Tell your relatives to stop spreading bullshit on Facebook. Today in Coronavirus-related racism: a fake letter, purporting to be from an official with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, has been circulating on email and Facebook regarding a supposed Coronavirus outbreak in the South Bay region of Southern California. This is 100% not […]
Recently, the Netflix TV series ‘The Healing Powers of Dude” premiered: “Meet Noah, he’s an 11-year-old with social anxiety disorder starting middle school. School can be tough, but with the help of his emotional support dog, Dude, plus his friends and family, maybe it can be less scary. The Healing Powers of Dude arrives January […]
Things to Know From Angry Asian America ‘Fast & Furious 9’ Trailer: Sung Kang on Justice For HanJustice for Han! The new trailer has dropped for Fast & Furious 9, the latest installment in what is now officially being referred to as “The Fast Saga,” and holy shit, it is on. Not only has Justin […]
When I first saw this Nike ad for the Chinese New Year in China, I loved it. It brought back many memories of my father fighting over a bill with others at a Chinese restaurant. As noted in this article: “The ad, which was released just before the Year of The Rat kicks off on […]
Things to Know From Angry Asian America Family Claims They Were Racially Stereotyped Over Coronavirus ConcernsWith news of the recent coronavirus outbreak in China, the racist stereotyping has begun! In Washington state, an Asian American family who approached a sample table while shopping at Costco says they were asked “if they came from China” and […]
Things to Know From Angry Asian America At long last, there’s a bubble tea emojiThe Unicode Consortium, a non-profit that standardizes languages across digital platforms and devices, on Wednesday announced an upcoming launch of 62 new emoji in 2020, including a smiling face with tear, polar bear, seal, pickup truck, fondue, teapot, magic wand, beetle, […]
Things to Know From Angry Asian America What We Lost in the Museum of Chinese in America FireLast Thursday night, 70 Mulberry Street in Manhattan caught on fire, likely destroying much of the Museum of Chinese in America’s collection of some eighty-five thousand items — a trove of priceless, irreplaceable artifacts from Chinese American history, […]
Things to Know From Angry Asian America 85,000 Pieces From Beloved Chinatown Museum Likely Destroyed in FireOfficials at the Museum of Chinese in America said Friday evening that thousands of historic and artistic items it had carefully collected and curated over decades were most likely lost after a fire tore through New York’s Chinatown building […]