Archive for the 'Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans' Category
• August 10, 2013 •
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Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Acting, Arabs, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, European History, Film, Health, History, Indians/Bangladeshi/Pakistani, Islam/Sufism, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Religion, World History
Tags: Diana, Diana Princess of Wales, Dodi Fayed, Downfall, Hasnat Khan, Khan, Lady Diana Spencer, Naomi Watt, Naomi Watts, Naveen Andrews, Oliver Hirschbiegel, The Princess of Wales, Westminster Abbey
• June 23, 2013 •
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Posted in Africans, American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Books, Class, Classical History, Education, European History, Exploration and Colonization, Film, Health, History, People of Color, Race, Television, Women
Tags: African Americans, Ancient Greece, Bernal, Black Athena, Blacks, Cambridge University, Cornell University, Culture, Egypt, Greece, Martin Bernal, Oriental Studies, Phoenicia, Racism, Sinologist, Sinology
• August 5, 2012 •
Comments Off on Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: We’ve Got a Shooting in an Oak Creek Sikh Temple
Posted in American History, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Discrimination, Domestic Terrorism, Hate Crimes, Immigration, India, Love, Mass Shootings, Murder/Manslaughter, National Issues, Obama Administration, People of Color, Religion, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, Sikhs, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin, Women
Tags: Amritsar, Chief of Police, Children, CNN, Drama, Guns, Gurdwara, Hate Crime, India, Indian Americans, Mass Shootings, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Murder, Muslim, Nichiren Buddhism, Oak Creek Wisconsin, Religions, Sikh, Sikhism, Sikhs, Temple Shootings, Terrorism, Turbans, United States, Wisconsin, World Peace, World Peace Gongyo
• February 9, 2012 •
Comments Off on That Poster From Facebook: George Takei Talks About the Rollback of California’s Prop. 8
Posted in American History, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Love, Religion, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "Good Morning America", Cali, California, California Proposition 8, Christine Gregoire, Facebook, Gakkai, Gay Marriage, Gender Identity, George, George Takei, LGBT, Marriage, Marriage Equality, Same-Sex Marriage, Sexuality, Soka Gakkai International, Star Trek, United States, Washington, YouTube
• January 4, 2012 •
Comments Off on That Cartoon From Facebook: “Hershey Bar”
Posted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, People of Color, Women
Tags: "Hershey Bar", Asian American, Asian Americans, Facebook, Gay, George Takei, GLBT, Hikaru Sulu, Japanese American, Japanese Americans, Lesson, Sansei, Sexism, Star Trek, Star Trek: The Original Series, Takei
• December 31, 2011 •
Comments Off on The New Year, 2012, Arrives
Posted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Cultural History, Holidays, Love, People of Color, Spirituality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Travel, Who I Am, World History
Tags: Asia, Auckland, Australia, International Date Line, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, New Year, New Years Eve, New Zealand, Oceania, Pacific Ocean, Samoa, Samoan, Samoans, Sydney, Tokelau
• December 1, 2011 •
Comments Off on Christmas Songs: Ray Charles and Betty Carter, “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” 1961
Posted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Betty Carter, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Holidays, Japan, Love, Ray Charles, Women
Tags: "Baby It's Cold Outside", "Neptune's Daughter", Academy Award for Best Original Song, African Americans, Betty Carter, Betty Garrett, Billboard Top 100, Black Women, Blacks, Christmas Songs, Cold, Comic Relief, Cult Appeal, Cult Status, Duets, Esther Williams, Excuses, Frank Loesser, Golden Age of Warner Bros. Cartoons, Holiday, Japan, Jazz, Love, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Mouse, New York, Ray Charles, Red Skelton, Ricardo Montalban, Sex, Snow, Synchronized Swimming, Temptation, United States, Wolf, Wolf Call, Wolf Whistle
• November 2, 2011 •
Comments Off on Hugh Grant, Baby Daddy
Posted in Acting, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, China, Class, Cultural History, Gossip, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Pregnancy/Pre-Natal Issues, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), United Kingdom, Women
Tags: "About a Boy", Actress, Affair, Baby, Baby Daddy, Bridget Jones, Cary Grant, Cell Phone Hacking, Cell Phone Hacking Scandal, Chelsea, Chinese, Common Sense, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Daniel Cleaver, Daughter, Dyan Cannon, Fling, Girl, Grant, Hugh Grant, Jennifer Grant, Legitimize, London, Marriage, Raising Children, Rupert Murdoch, Sex, Sexual Health, Sexuality, Slut-Shaming, Sophie Hong, Tinglan Hong, Tony Randall, United States, Unplanned Pregnancy
• October 31, 2011 •
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Posted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Class, Food, Health, History, Japan, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Political Malfeasance, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, The Mainstream Media (MSM), World History
Tags: Aftermath of World War II, Bailout, Bilingual, Billions, Collusion, Compensation, Confidence, Distrust, Duplicity, Fukushima Daiichi, Homelessness, Japan, Japan Tourism Agency, Japanese, Japanese Politics, Kyushu Electric Power Company, Lies, Lying, New Orleans, Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Power Plants, Radiation Exposure, Radiation Fears, Rick Steves, Sendai, Soka Gakkai, Tepco, The Katrina Diaspora, Tohoku Earthquake, Tourism, Trust, United States, Utility Companies, Yen, Yomiuri Shimbun
• August 18, 2011 •
Comments Off on South Africa, You Don’t Know Eddie Long Like We Know Eddie Long
Posted in Africans, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Class, Indians/Bangladeshi/Pakistani, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, South Africa, Televangelists, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: Africa, African Americans, Atlanta, Bisexuality, Bishop Eddie Long, Black Evangelicals, Blacks, Born again (Christianity), Eddie Long, Evangelical Tour, Homophobia, Homosexual Acts, LGBT, Missionary Work, Murder, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Self Image, Sex, Sexual Abuse, Sexuality, South Africa, United States, Young Men
• July 21, 2011 •
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Posted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Commercials, Health, People of Color, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Advertising, Angela Bryant, Asian American Women, Ay, Black Women, Chicana-Latina, Commercials, Douche, Douches, Douching, Ethnicity, Feminine Cleansing, Feminine Hygiene, Feminine Odor, Feminine Wash, Hispanic and Latino Americans, Latina, Latinas, People, Personal Care Products, Richards Group, Summers Eve, TV Ads, TV Commercials, Vagina, Vaginas, VaJayJays, Women
• May 23, 2011 •
Comments Off on Don’t Say Gay, Say Takei
Posted in American History, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Love, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Sexuality
Tags: Asian Americans, Associated Press, Gay, Gay Dads, George Takei, Hikaru Sulu, Human Reproduction, Japanese Americans, Lesbian Moms, LGBT, Mr. Sulu, Republicans, Senate Bill 49, Southern Republicans, Southerners, Stacey Campfield, Star Trek, State of Tennessee, Sulu, Tennessee, Tennessee Senate, The "Don't Say Gay" Bill, Twitter
• May 23, 2011 •
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Posted in African American History, Africans, American Foreign Policy, American History, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Education, European History, Exploration and Colonization, Immigration, Ireland, Jamaica/British Caribbean, Love, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Scotland, The Rest of the World, United Kingdom, Women
Tags: African American, African Americans, Ancestry, Barack Obama, Blacks, Enda Kenny, George W. Bush, Great Famine (Ireland), Ireland, Irish American, Irish of Color, Love, Moneygall, Muhammad Ali, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Racism, Republic of Ireland, Taoiseach, The Great Famine, The Irish Diaspora, United States
• March 24, 2011 •
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Posted in African American History, Africans, American History, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Democrats, Hoaxes, Journalism and Ethics, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement, Whoopi Goldberg, Women
Tags: 2008 Presidential Campaign, Barack Obama, Birther, Birthers, Black Man, Black People, Blacks, Business, CEO, Common Sense, Conspiracy Theories, Dictator, Disbelief, Donald Trump, FactCheck, Hawaii, Poll, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Racism, Racists, Republican, The Sixties, The View, United States, Whoopi Goldberg
• March 19, 2011 •
Comments Off on How Come Haiti Can Stand With Japan, But The Rest of The World Doesn’t?
Posted in American Foreign Policy, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Japan, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, People of Color, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, World History
Tags: Akihito, Black Tokyo, Economy, George Clooney, Gilbert Gottfried, Haiti, Hirohito, Hollywood, Hurricane Katrina, Japan, Leadership, Looting, New Orleans, Scavengers, Scavenging, Telethon, The Tohoku Earthquake, Tsunami, United States, World Economy, World War II
• March 17, 2011 •
Comments Off on New Page for SGI Buddhist Members and Friends Regarding The Japan Crisis
Posted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Japan, Natural Disasters, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, Who I Am
Tags: Asia, Buddhism, Daisaku Ikeda, Earthquake, Japan, Nuclear Power Plants, Radiation, SGI, Soka Gakkai, Tsunami
• March 16, 2011 •
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Posted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black Expatriates, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Film, Health, Homelessness, Japan, Joblessness, Love, Music, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, People of Color, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Travel, Who I Am, World History, World War II
Tags: "The African American Experience in Japan", "The Japan Times", 50 Cent, Aid, Ainu, Akafia, Alexandra Wallace, Assistance, Black Tokyo, Bush II, City, Country, Daimoku, Dear Life Japan, Dobashi's, Earthquake, Eric L. Robinson, Expatriates, Foreigners, Fulbright Fellow, Gai-jin, Gaijin, Gongyo, Gunjin, Homogeneity, Jackson Street, Japan Earthquake, Japanese, Jero, Jerome White, Jerome White Jr., Kokujin, Living in Japan, Meltdown, Miyagi Prefecture, New Orleans, Nichi Bei Bussan, Nichiren Buddhism, Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism, Nuclear Reactors, Nuclear Weapons, Okinawans, Outsiders, Payback, Pearl Harbor, Pioneers, Purity, Rastafarianism, Reggie Life, Sendai, SGI Buddhism, Takara in Tokyo, Takara Swoopes Bullock, The Katrina Diaspora, Tofu Factory, Tremors, Tsunami, UCLA, Working in Japan, 東北地方太平洋沖地震
• March 11, 2011 •
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Posted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Class, Japan, Natural Disasters, People of Color, The Mainstream Media (MSM), World History
Tags: 1998 Winter Olympics, 8.9, Asia, California, Canada, Crescent City California, Earthquake, English Language, Hawaii, Japan, Japan Earthquake, Japanese, Japanese Language, Japanese People, Left Coast, Live Streaming, Los Angeles, Nagano, New Guinea, New Zealand, PC World, Richter Scale, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Sendai, Soka Gakkai Japan, The Philippines, Tokyo, Tsunami Warning System, Tsunami Warnings, Tsunamis, United States, West Coast, West Coast of the United States
• February 22, 2011 •
Comments Off on Al Jazeera English Now In Talks With Comcast and Other American Cable Outlets
Posted in African American History, Africans, American Foreign Policy, American History, Arabs, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Class, Cultural History, Education, Indians/Bangladeshi/Pakistani, Islam/Sufism, Journalism and Ethics, Obama Administration, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Religion, Revolutions, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, World History
Tags: "The Island", AJE, Al Jazeera English, Aljazeera, American Foreign Policy, Arab World, Arabs, Comcast, Common Sense, Egypt, Faux Noise, Fox News, Jeff Jarvis, Muslims, News, Opinion, Public Affairs, Qatar, Roger Ailes, Rupert Murdoch, The Arab World, The Egyptian Revolution, The Egyptian Uprising, United States
• January 9, 2011 •
3 Comments
Posted in African American History, American History, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Glenda Cleveland, Hate Crimes, Joblessness, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Police Misconduct/Killings, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Thailand, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: 25th and Kilbourn, 911, African American Men, African Americans, Asian American Men, Asian Americans, Background Check, Black Poor, Black Women, Blacks, Boyfriend, Child Molester, Christopher Scarver, Cigarettes, Cleveland, Constables on Patrol, Crime, Death, FBI, Gays, Glenda Cleveland, HBP, Heart Disease, Human Flesh, Jeffrey Dahmer, Jury, Konerak Sinthasomphone, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee Police Department, Milwaukee WI, Mississippi, Molesters, Motherhood, Murder, Murder Spree, Nicole Childress, Ohio, Oxford Apartments, Poor, Poor People, Rape, Rescue, Rescuer, Sandra Smith, Serial Killer, Sex, Skull, South Side, Southeast Asians, Souvenir, Tony Hughes, Unemployed, Wisconsin, Working Poor
• December 19, 2010 •
Comments Off on Christmas Songs: “Silver Bells,” From The Film “The Lemon Drop Kid”
Posted in Acting, American Foreign Policy, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, China, Class, Comedy, Crime, Cultural History, Film, Holidays, Memoir, Music, People of Color, Race, Television, Television Series, Weather
Tags: "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer", "White Christmas", Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Brooklyn, California, Carol Richards, Children, Christmas, Christmas Season, Christmas Songs, Crime, Damon Runyon, English, Hip Hop, Jay Livingston, Jazz Era, KGO-7, KGO-TV, Korea, Lawrence Welk, Lemon Drop Kid, Manhattan, Marilyn Maxwell, Michael Jackson, Midtown, Musical Comedies, Muzak, Nat King Cole, Prohibition, Racism, Ray Evans, Roger Grimsby, Television, The Sixties, TV, Wrestling
• November 22, 2010 •
Comments Off on Those TSA Security Measures: Why Not Submit to The Body Scanners Instead?
Posted in Africans, American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Arabs, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Domestic Terrorism, Holidays, Memoir, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, The Clintons, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Travel, Whoopi Goldberg
Tags: 9-11, Airline Security, Airlines, al Qaeda, Americans, Americans of Color, Bladder Cancer Survivor, Body Pat-Downs, Body Scanner, Bustiers, Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Christmas, Civil Rights, Complaining, Complaints, CSIS, Domestic Terrorism, Draconian Measures, El Al, FBI, Genital Area, Genitals, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Holidays, Hysteria, International Terrorism, Interpol, Intrusiveness, Invasion of Privacy, Israel, Israelis, Jews, Lane Bryant, Monitoring, NBC Nightly News, Necessary Evil, New York City, Normality, One-Way Ticket, Outrage, Planes, Racial Profiling, Safety, Scotland Yard, Screening Process, Security, Shin Bet, Terrorist Sympathizers, Thanksgiving, The Holy Land, The View, Tom Sawyer, Transportation Security Administration, TSAs, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Unconstitutional, Underwear Bomber, United States, Wands
• October 19, 2010 •
Comments Off on The Story Behind The ‘I Love My Hair’ Sesame Street Video
Posted in African American History, Africans, American History, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Children's Shows, Class, Cultural History, Education, Love, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Public Television, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "I Love My Hair", "I Whip My Hair", "Sesame Street", "The Bluest Eye", "The Spook Show", ABC News, African American, Angelina Jolie, Anything Muppet, Barbie Dolls, Biracial, Biracial Children, Biracials, Black Muppet Girl, Black Women, Blacks, Blonde, Blue Contact Lenses, Children, Culture, Deep, Girls of Color, Growing Up, Joey Mazzarino, Latinas, Latinos, Love, Mash-up, NBC News, Racism, Segi Mazzarino, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Straight, Television, The Media, Toni Morrison, Towel, Viral, W, Whoopi Goldberg, Willow Smith, Women of Color, Zahara Jolie-Pitt
• August 29, 2010 •
Comments Off on The President at The Fifth of Katrina, Xavier University, New Orleans, August 29, 2010
Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Education, Homelessness, Hurricanes, Joblessness, Journalism and Ethics, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Obama Administration, Race, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Ninth Ward, Women
Tags: Ben Franklin High School, Broken Levees, Dr. Regina Benjamin, Emergency Plan, FEMA, Floods, Harry Shearer, HBCU, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, Levees, New Orleans, New Orleans Housing Authority, New Orleans LA, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Roman Catholic, St. Bernard Project, Stranded, The Big Easy, The Big Uneasy, The Fifth Anniversary, The Gulf Coast, The Musicians' Village, The President, The President of the United States, Xavier University
• August 25, 2010 •
Comments Off on Ms. Nordegren Regrets…
Posted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Love, Memoir, People of Color, Sexuality, Sweden, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "People Magazine", "The National Enquirer", Alimony, Charlie Woods, Children, Common Sense, Divorce, Drama, Eldrick Tont Woods, Elin Nordegren, Ex-Wife, Jumpoffs, Love, Marriage, Motherhood, Radar Online, Sam Woods, Sex, Shared Custody, Single Mother, Tiger Woods, TMZ.com
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