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A driven daughter: Her father's spy case made a rights activist of Alberta Lee

Five years ago, Alberta Lee was a hotshot technical writer at IBM, making good money, winning praise and promotions from her bosses and planning a...
By Lesli A. Maxwell | Sacramento Bee
November 29, 2003

Asian American Comedians @ Hollywood IMPROV!!

"ChopSchtick Comedy" Every other Saturday @ Midnight (currently April 12 & 26, 2003) The Improv 8162 Melrose Ave - Hollywood 323.651.2583 [url=http://www.geocities.com/amysfunny]www.geocities.com/amysfunny[/url] Email Amy or...
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April 07, 2003

Asian Comedy @ The Hollywood IMPROV!!

The son of a Korean-American mother and white father, Mr. Kelley knows firsthand the complexities, frustrations, and personal revelations of the multiracial experience. For the...
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February 18, 2003

Chinese-American community moving toward Christianity

By Phuong Ly (c) 2003, The Washington Post Standing next to the traditional lion statues and red good-luck signs, members of Chinese Christian Church in...
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January 20, 2003

Would beating a "Road Rage Buddy" stop road rage?

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January 19, 2003

We're Golden, Baby!

The publisher made this suggestion many years ago and to the best of my knowledge, his idea has not caught on. However, after all these...
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October 08, 2002

Beyond Black and White

While America heals and moves forward, the Asian-American community has also shown its allegiance to the country it calls its own. Although often targeted as...
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September 17, 2002

One Year Later: Diversity as a Core Value

Across the nation, American Muslims, Sikhs, and people who merely look Middle Eastern or South Asian, are singled out for harassment, threats, and assaults. According...
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September 11, 2002

Must Asian Masculinity Be Anti-Feminist?

This has been particularly true of the controversy over Maxine Hong Kingston's book "The Woman Warrior." Authors and critics Frank Chin and Jeffrey Paul Chan...
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August 21, 2002

Does My Future Lie in China or America?

After having given this fundamental problem some thought, I have found that it really resolves itself into four minor problems: First, that of allegiance or...
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August 03, 2002

Who exactly is Asian American?

According to the U.S. government's official racial classification rules, the westernmost 2,400 miles of Asia don't count as "Asian." Even if you are from Lebanon...
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July 26, 2002

The Lessons of Vincent Chin: How Quickly We Forget

On June 19, 1982, 27-year-old Chin was brutally murdered when Ronald Ebens and Michael Nitz smashed his head open with a baseball bat. The two...
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July 24, 2002

Why Do Some Asians Prefer White Mates and Others Prefer Fellow Asians?

More Asian-American Women Prefer White Mates The results on race and mate preferences were very interesting. First, the numbers show that close to 30% of...
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July 23, 2002

In Seattle, a tribute to a Chinese man who saved Jewish lives

Ho is being honored in a traveling exhibit called, "Visas for Life: The Story of Dr. Feng Shan Ho," now at Seattle's Wing Luke Asian...
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June 01, 2002

Sense and sensitivity

Earlier this month, in its nationwide chain of 311 stores, Abercrombie & Fitch began selling T-shirts featuring cartoony images of Asian-American men with "jokey" punch...
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May 16, 2002

People leaving the welfare rolls

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May 15, 2002

Asian Americans' challenge: Reap opportunity, preserve heritage

Asian Americans have learned there is a downside to being called the "model minority." For one thing, America's expectations run high. They include one rarely...
By Ruben Navarrette | Dallas Morning News
May 11, 2002

LA's darkest days

LOS ANGELES – Late in the afternoon of April 29, 1992, a ruddy haze of smog was softly lit from above by cool, fading sunlight...
By Daniel B. Wood | Christian Science Monitor
May 08, 2002

Miles Along, Miles to Go

On certain blocks, young black men, some righteously enraged by injustice, some merely frenzied, dragged people from cars and beat them. Men, women and children--Latino...
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May 08, 2002
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