I think it's interesting that this discussion has seldom come up, and I've checked this site on and off for seven years since I was 16ish (I'm now 24).

How often have you been *praised* for being half Asian?

( For me personally )

I'm curious, has anyone been made fun of for being half Asian?

The award for controversial book of the year so far for concerned parents has to be Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother.

The author is a Chinese American academic at Yale, Amy Chua, and the book plots her "tough mothering" style of parenting.

Ms Chua explains her thinking.

The sound file is here. (4:36 in length ( Read more... )

This weekend the Asian American Writers' Workshop brings the first annual Pageturner festival to Brooklyn, including the winners of the 12th Annual AAWW Literary Awards. We'll preview some highlights of the event as we speak with AAWW executive director Ken Chen, this year's poetry award winner Sesshu Foster, and featured festival artists ( Read more... )

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I just found out about the Asia Pacific Forum:  "the progressive, pan-Asian radio show, covering underreported stories from Asia, as well as Asian American politics and culture."  I thought folks here migth be interested.

I was wondering if anyone one here is familiar with the work of Asian Pacific American Fred Ho. I just ordered a book he edited, "Legacy to Liberation: Politics and Culture of Revolutionary Asian/Pacific Americans ( Read more... )

Hey everyone-last weekend at the Anarchist Finding Our Roots Conference in Chicago, Illinois, there was a caucus for people of color! I was wondering if anyone else has had experience in any kind of civil rights groups, and/or Asian-American leadership groups ( Read more... )