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Cory Aquino: The Spirit of Philippine Democracy
Read my latest on the death of Cory Aquino…
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Ponderings on the Fourth of July
Proud to be an American of Asian descent? Or just proud to be here in the U.S. of A., free, but maybe not debt-free?
California’s giving out IOU’s, what can we give our creditors?
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Ron Takaki, the man who put APAs into historical context for the academy, is dead
In the future, we will know why May is Asian Pacific American Month. It isn’t just because of the arrival of the first Japanese immigrant (May 7,1843). Or the sweat equity earned by Chinese workers who helped complete the transcontinental railroad (May 10,1869).
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No Asian American to the high court but Sotomayor’s pick gives hope
If you thought affirmative action was dead, just look at what President Obama did. He has affirmed that the much maligned remedy to racial injustice is alive and well with his pick of Federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Check it out on my blog at www.amok.com
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May Day! May Day! It’s APA Heritage Month
But does any one care?
I survived Vice President Joe Biden’s warning yesterday having taken a cross-country plane trip, a bus ride, and a subway ride all within the same 24 hours.
I’m not sure what I’m incubating, but I’m proud to say I lived to see the start of another APA month.
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Do you know Fred? The Fred T. Korematsu Institute …
Check out what I have to say about the Asian Law Caucus and the Fred T. Korematsu Institute for Civil Rights and Education….
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Do you know Fred? The Fred T. Korematsu Institute…
Check out what’s happening at the Asian Law Caucus Dinner and the new Fred Korematsu Institute…
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Manny Pacquiao: The Phillippines answer to Barack Obama?
Though he’s focused on his next fight againts Ricky Hatton, Pacquiao has said politics is his next stage.
He’s already the most popular Filipino on the planet.
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Jiverly Wong’s sister’s interview on “Today Show” barely scratches the surface
Saw Jiverly Wong’s sister on the “Today Show.”
Read my reaction to it on my blog:
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Immigrant Rage goes beyond Binghamton: There’s a lot more Jiverly Wongs out there
“A gunman invaded an immigration services center…” So begins the lede sentence to the New York Times story about the massacre in Binghamton, N.Y. at the hands of Jiverly Wong.
For most of Friday, officials kept Wong’s identity a closely held secret until it was leaked. But why the reluctance to fully reveal these facts: Jiverly [...]