Archive for the 'Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans' Category
After the Verdict on Mehserle, Black Oakland Largely Sits This One Out
• July 9, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Aftermath, Attitudinal Healing Connection, Black Youth, Blacks, Churches, Coffeehouses, Community Centers, Constables on Patrol, Drama, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Growing Up, Johannes Mehserle, Lake Merritt, Latinos, Mainstream Media, Mayor Ron Dellums, MSM, Murder, Oakland CA, Oakland Chamber of Commerce, Oaktown, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, Racism, Rage, Richard Pryor, Rodney King, Ron Dellums, Shawn Gullatt, The Media, Verdict, Vigil, Youth, Youth Uprising, Youths of Color
Johannes Mehserle GUILTY of Involuntary Manslaughter in the Shooting of Oscar Grant
• July 8, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Journalism and Ethics, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Uncategorized
Tags: African Americans, Alameda County, BART, BART Cops, BART Train, Black Mothers, Black Women, Blacks, California, Civil Suit, Constables on Patrol, Cops, Discharging Weapon, District Attorney David Stein, Fruitvale Station, Johannes Mehserle, L.A. County, Los Angeles CA, Los Angeles County, Money, Oakland, Oaktown, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, Wanda Johnson
BREAKING: A Verdict Has Been Reached in the Oscar Grant-Johannes Mehserle Case
• July 8, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "The Los Angeles Times", Acquittal, African Americans, BART, Blacks, California, Constables on Patrol, Cops, Decision, Drama, Gun, Involuntary Manslaughter, Johannes Mehserle, Jury, Justice, Murder, Oscar Grant, Police, Racism, Second Degree Murder, Taser, Tasering, Transit Cop, Verdict, Voluntary Manslaughter
“Babies” Opens in Time for Mother’s Day. See It. See Yourself.
• May 7, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Africans, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Documentary, Film, Japan, Mongolia, Namibia, People of Color, Race, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: Babies, Children, Film Documentary, Focus Features, Growing Up, Love, Motherhood, One Year, Self Image, Self-Expression, Self-Worth
BREAKING: Person of Interest, Naturalized Citizen from Pakistan Sought; Nissan Pathfinder Used in Times Square Near-Bombing Was Sold Off Craig’s List
• May 3, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Crime, Domestic Terrorism, Obama Administration, Pakistan, People of Color, Race, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: Bombing Attempt, Craig's List, Foiled Terrorist Plot, Islam, Naturalized American, Naturalized Citizen, Nissan Pathfinder, Pakistan, Pakistani, Pakistanis, Person of Interest, Radical Islam, Times Square
The Nike Ad: Tiger Woods and His Father Earl’s Voice
• April 8, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Spirituality, Sports, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Growing Up, African American, Self Image, African Americans, Blacks, Sports, Asian American, Love, Infidelity, Self-Worth, Self-Respect, Georgia, Biracial, Rebranding, Father, Tiger Woods, Golf, Eldrick Tont Woods, Eldrick Woods, Nike, Sex Scandal, The Masters, Fatherhood, Scandal, Endorser, Endorsements, The Swoosh, Branding, Love of Work, Love of the Game, Augusta GA, Earl Woods
Tiger’s Press Conference–The Whole Thing
• April 5, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, Charlie Woods, Children, Drama, Eldrick Tont Woods, Eldrick Woods, Elin Nordegren, Elin Nordegren Woods, Fifteen Minutes, Infidelity, Jumpoffs, Love, Marriage, Money, Press Conference, Revenge, Rielle Hunter, Scandal, Self Image, Self-Respect, Sex, Son, Tiger Woods
BBC Production of Zadie Smith’s “White Teeth” at Hulu
• March 25, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Africans, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Class, Crime, Domestic Terrorism, European History, Exploration and Colonization, Fiction Writing, Film, Health, History, India, Jamaica/British Caribbean, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Public Television, Race, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, Television, The Rest of the World, United Kingdom, Women, World War II
Tags: "White Teeth", Anti-Immigration, Black Muslims, Blacks, Britain, Culture, Immigration, India, Indians, Islam, Islamists, Love, Malcolms, Neo-Colonialism, Pakistan, Pakistanis, World Culture, Zadie Smith
The Poet Ai Joins the Ancestors
• March 24, 2010 • 4 CommentsPosted in Ai, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Books, Class, Education, People of Color, Spirituality
Tags: "Killing Floor", "No Surrender", "Nothing But Color", African American, Ai, Ai Ogawa, American Book Award, Asian, Asian American, Buddhist, Florence Anthony, Irish, Japanese, Leon Trotsky, Lev Bronstein, Multiracial, Native American, Oklahoma State University, Poet, Poetry, Russia, The National Book Award, United States Artists Ford Fellowship, University of California Irvine Alumni, Yukio Mishima
The Health Care Bill Passes (w/Updates)
• March 21, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in American History, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Democrats, Health, Health Care/The Public Option, Native Americans/First Nations, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race and the Health Care Debate, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: Anti-Abortion, Community Health Centers, Ends Rescissions, Executive Order, Free Preventive Care, Health Care Insurance, Health Care Reform, HR No. 3590, Independent Appeals Process, Long Term Care Insurance, Medicare Part D, No Limit Coverage, Obama Administration, President Barack Obama, Primary Care Doctors, Salary Discrimination, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Tax Credits, The Uninsured
Why Only Black People Will Read and Learn From Black History…And Then, Not Even All of Us Will Get It
• March 13, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Aborigines/Blacks, African American History, Africans, American History, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Education, European History, Exploration and Colonization, Health, History, Mental Health/Psychology, Native Americans/First Nations, People of Color, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, Sexuality, Spirituality, Women
Tags: African American History, African Americans, American History, Anti-Racism, Blacks, Clinical Psychology, Dr. Joy DeGruy-Leary, European History, Evaluating Self, Healing, P.T.S.S., Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, Racism, Rape, Self-Examination, Self-Reflect
Tiger: Okay, Now Can We Let Him Alone?
• February 20, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Domestic Violence, Gossip, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Performance-Enhancing Drugs (PEDs), Race, Religion, Sexuality, SGI Nichiren Buddhism
Tags: 18 Holes of Golf, Amy Bishop, Amy Bishop Anderson, Charles Barkley, Children, David Letterman, Eldrick Tont Woods, Eldrick Woods, Elin Nordegren, Elin Nordegren Woods, Elin Woods, Entitled, Entitlement, Family, Father, Golf, Greece, Growing Up, Haiti, Harvard, Husband, Iceland, IMF, International Monetary Fund, Karma, Mahayana Buddhism, Marriage, Michael Jordan, Nichiren Buddhism, O.J. Simpson, Oscar Grant, Rebuilding, Sampler, Sean Bell, Southeast Asia, Stalkerazzi, Tabloid Press, Tabloids, Thailand, Thanksgiving, Theravada, Theravada Buddhism, Tiger Woods, University of Alabama Huntsville
BREAKING: Tiger Woods Will Make a Public Statement at a Press Conference Friday
• February 17, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: African American, African Americans, Blacks, Children, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Drama, Eldrick Tont Woods, Eldrick Woods, Elin Nordegren, Extramarital Affairs, Florida, Golfing, Growing Up, Infidelity, Jumpoffs, Marital Strife, Marriage, Press Conference, Separation, Sex, Sexual Addiction, Tiger Woods, Women
Jasmina Anema, 6, Dies of Leukemia; Spurred Bone Marrow Drives Among Blacks, People of Color, Multiracials
• January 29, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Education, Health, Leukemia, Native Americans/First Nations, People of Color, Race, Science, Women
Tags: African Americans, Aggressive NK Leukemia, Asian Americans, Asians, Barack Obama, Be-The-Match Registry, BFFs, Blacks, Bone Marrow Donor, Bone Marrow Drives, Bone Marrow Transplant, CaringBridge.org, Celebrity Deaths, DKMS Americas, Donors, Hispanics, Jasmina Anema, Latinas, Latinos, Leukemia, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Michelle Williams, OneForJasmina.com, Paul Pierce, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Rihanna, Rihanna Fenty, The First Daddy, Thea Anema
Howard Zinn, Author of “A People’s History of the United States,” Dies at 87
• January 28, 2010 • 3 CommentsPosted in Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cuba, Education, Haiti, History, Iran, Mexico, Native Americans/First Nations, Obama Administration, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, The Economy, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: Iraq, Barack Obama, James Bond, Vietnam, Hiroshima, Nazis, Eduardo Galeano, "Memory of Fire", Alice Walker, Noam Chomsky, Heart Attack, Howard Zinn, The Greatest Generation, Marian Wright Edelman, Spelman College, Matt Damon, Royan France, Dresden, Tokyo, "A People's History of the United States", James Carroll, Myla Kabat-Zinn, Jeff Zinn, Anti-War, "The People Speak", Civil Libertarian, Historian, Bruce Springsteen
Tiger Spotted at Mississippi Sex Addiction Clinic
• January 21, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Gossip, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Religion, Sexuality, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Benoit Denizet-Lewis, Circuses, Eldrick Tont Woods, Eldrick Woods, Found, Golf, Golf Pro, Golfer, Golfing, Hattiesburg MS, Location, Love, Multiracial, Pine Grove Behavioral Health and Addiction Services, Radar. com, Self-Affirming, Sex, Sex Addiction, Sex Machines, Sexuality, Tabloid Press, Tabloids, Tiger Woods
Meanwhile, Back in Los Angeles: Pretrial Hearings Underway in the Oscar Grant Case
• January 9, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Public Television, Race, Television
Tags: "Grand Theft Auto", "The L.A. Watts Times", "The Los Angeles Times", Alameda County, Anthony Sowell, BART, BART Police, Bled to Death in Custody, C-Span, California, Changing Stories, Chuco's Justice Center, Criminal Record, DeAndre Brunston, Flight from Justice, Fruitvale Station, Gag Order, Hayward CA, Johannes Mehserle, Judge Perry, Judge Robert J. Perry, Keishia Brunston, L.A. County Sheriff's Department, L.A. County Sheriff's Deputies, Marysol Domenici, Michael Rains, Mitrice Richardson, Murder, Nevada, New Year's Day, Oakland, Oaktown, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, Property Damage, Public Television, Riots, San Francisco Bay Area, Taser, Tasering, Tatiana Grant, Televising Court Cases, Tony Pirone, Wanda Johnson
Raw Tiger on February 2009 Cover of “Vanity Fair” w/Update
• January 4, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Art, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Fashion, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Oz", "Vanity Fair", Annie Leibovitz, Boxing, Cover Photo, Eldrick Woods, Half-Naked, Insurance Policy, Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, Jumpoffs, Miss America 1984, Naked, Raw, Sex, Sex Scandal, Shirtless, Sport, Sports, SUV, Suzette Charles, Thug, Tiger Woods, Vanessa Williams, Womanist Musings
New Book, “The Assassination of Fred Hampton” Discussed on Democracy Now!, December 4, 2009
• January 3, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Books, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Documentaries, Education, Hate Crimes, History, Journalism and Ethics, Murder/Manslaughter, Native Americans/First Nations, People of Color, Public Television, Race
Tags: "Big Brother", "Book TV", "Democracy Now!", "Eyes on the Prize", "Talking Book", Activism, Amy Goodman, Attica, Black Nationalism, Black Youth, C-Span, Chicago IL, Chicago Police Department, Coalition Politics, Deborah Johnson, Edward Hanrahan, Empowerment, FBI, Fred Hampton, Fred Hampton Jr., Jeffrey Haas, Jr., Latino Youth, Malcolm X, Mark Clark, Maywood IL, Media PA, NAACP, Oakland CA, Police Brutality, Stevie Wonder, The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther, The Black Panther Party for Self Defense, The Black Panthers, The Red Guard, The Young Lords, William O'Neal, Young Gifted and Black, Youth, YouTube
Rush Limbaugh Had a Heart Attack. Period.
• December 31, 2009 • Comments OffPosted in American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Education, Gossip, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Pacific Islander, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Bullitt", "Bullshit", "Monster's Ball", Arrogance, Blacks, Cardiac, Cardiac Arrest, Cardiologist, Cardiology, Demons, Drama, Ego, Envy, Evil, Fear, Haoles, Harpoon, Health Care, Heart Attack, Hubris, Nurses, Peter Boyle, President Obama, Racism, Republicans, Rush, Rush Limbaugh, Self Image, Steve McQueen, The Great White Whale, The Three Stooges, TMZ.com, Ugly, Ugly Ways
The Word on Harlem’s Streets About Tiger Woods
• December 17, 2009 • 4 CommentsPosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Consumerism, Education, Film, Gossip, Homelessness, Joblessness, Love, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Sports, Television, The Economy, Women
Tags: 125th Street, Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard, African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Common Sense, Eldrick Tont Woods, Eldrick Woods, Growing Up, Harlem, Interracial Relationships, Jobs, Marriage, New York City, NYC, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, The Apollo Theater, The Hotel Theresa, The Theresa Hotel, Tiger Woods, White Women
This Just In: Tiger Woods Taking an Indefinite Leave from Golfing
• December 11, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Love, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Sports, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "SportsMoney", Adultery, African Americans, Blacks, CBS, CBS News, Common Sense, EA Sports, Eldrick Woods, Elin Nordegren, Elin Nordegren Woods, Extra!, Forbes.com, Fox News, Gatorade, Gillette, Golf, Golfer, Golfing, Growing Up, Infidelity, Jaimee Grubbs, Jumpoff, Jumpoffs, Katie Couric, Marriage, Mike Ozanian, Nike, Nude Photos, PepsiCo, Playboy, Playgirl, Proctor & Gamble, Rachel Uchitel, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Tiger Woods, TMZ.com, Winning
‘Queen’ Michelle, The Google Images Photo, and the Party Crashers for Sale
• November 29, 2009 • Comments OffPosted in American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Democrats, Education, Fashion, History, India, Journalism and Ethics, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Reality Shows, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: Barack and Michelle Obama, Checkbook Journalism, Chimp in Pearls, CNN, Conspiracy Theories, Dane County, Facebook, First Lady Michelle Obama, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Google, Hindus, Larry King, Lawrence Summers, Madame Gursharan Kaur, Madison WI, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, Michelle Obama, Mount Horeb, Naeem Khan, Nancy Reagan, Neo-Clintonesque, Noam Chomsky, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Reality TV, Spanx, Sweat Shop Labor, The Dress, The First Couple, The First Lady, The Inaugural Ball, The Media, The Nobel Peace Prize, The Rich, The Right Wing, The Secret Service, The Stunner, Timothy Geithner, Wingnuts
Those New Breast Cancer Guidelines: Keep Doing What YOU Are Doing Right
• November 18, 2009 • Comments OffPosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Cancer, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Education, Health, Health Care/The Public Option, Memoir, Native Americans/First Nations, People of Color, Race, Race and the Health Care Debate, Women
Tags: "Dr. Oz", "The Doctors", Advocate, African American Women, Bedside Manner, Black Women, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Guidelines 2009, Canada, Cancer, Capitol Square, Family History, Healing, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Health Reform, Hippocratic Oath, Hormone Replacement Therapy, HRT, Mammogram, Mammograms, Mammography, Medical Rationing, Memoir, Niacin, Policosanol, Pumpkin Oil, Radiation Exposure, Self-Examination, The Nineties, The Seventies, Tumors, Vitamin D, Wisconsin
Dane County Announces Two-Day Mass Flu Inoculations in Madison
• November 16, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Education, H1N1/Swine Flu, Health, Native Americans/First Nations, Obama Administration, People of Color, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Alliant Energy Center, Channel 3, Channel 3000, Children, Common Sense, Consent Forms, Dane County, Dr. Thomas Schlenker, English, Families, Flu, H1N1, Hmong, Immunization Clinics, Individuals, Influenza, Madison, Mass Inoculations, Milwaukee, Pandemic, Public Health, Public Health Madison, Spanish, Swine Flu, WISC-TV, Wisconsin
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