Asian Pacific American Media Coalition Grades Television Network Diversity Progress
October 31, 2007
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THE FEED: Grading the Graders: Network TV Diversity Report Cards Get a Failing Grade From Me by Eric Deggans, St. Petersburgh Times
Asians Energizing Space Exploration
October 29, 2007
Japanese American Astronaut Dan Tani Diagnoses Problems With International Space Station’s Solar Array; Indian American Sunita Williams Returns to Earth After Setting Record for Longest Flight; Japan’s “Moon Princess” Lunar Explorer a Success. It’s Japan’s 2nd time to the moon; China’s Launches First Moon Probe, Chang-e 1; First Malaysian Cosmonaut Survives Rough Soyuz Landing; India Plans ‘Chandrayaan‘ Moon Shot in 2008.
Asian America and the So. Calif. Wildfires of 2007
October 26, 2007
QUALCOMM STADIUM, San Diego, Calif.—If we weren’t here to experience it firsthand, we’ll probably never know what it felt like to receive that “reverse 9-1-1″ call in the middle of the night telling us to flee the flames, and we won’t know what it felt like to wait hours or days to find out if we still had a home or not.
But another week has passed and the fires are nearly out. As the evacuation shelters were closing and the news crews were packing up their equipment, the first real accounts began trickling out of fire-struck areas of San Diego County. The tiny, family-owned, National City, Calif.-based weekly San Diego Asian Journal deserves a Pulitzer (I’m not kidding) for their reporting, commentary and community service during the inferno that swept through its community during the Great Southern California Wildfires of 2007.
“I always thought that San Diego, California, my adoptive hometown for the past 25 years, is Paradise.”
Simeon G. Silverio, Jr.
epicanthus.net
October 22, 2007
To Live, Love and Die in Porn Valley
October 17, 2007
Porn Director Chico Wanker Wang and Actress Haley Paige Got a Taste of L.A.’s Adult Entertainment Industry, and It Eventually Killed Them
Since this is a tale oozing from the depths of Southern California’s sleazy porn industry, everything and everyone must be taken with
a shot of tetracycline or at leasta grain of salt, including me and my BS—YK
The discovery of the body of Inkyo Volt Hwang (aka pornographer Chico Wanker Wang) in a Morgan Hill motel room Sept. 29 and the death of his wife, 25-year-old Maryam Haley (aka porn star Haley Paige), in a King City motel 37 days earlier has the San Fernando Valley’s porn industry abuzz with rumor and recrimination.
The usual coterie of porn industry hangers-on and self-serving informants has emerged, and the tragic tale of Inkyo and Maryam swells to mythic proportions via weblogs like Reverse Cowboy, Luke Ford Is Back and Adult Video News.
Michelle Malkin Quits Fox, Fujimori Faces Death Penalty in Peru, J-Town Betrayal, Asian-Pacific Linebackers Spark Wins
October 15, 2007
Neocon Princess Michelle Malkin (aka Michelle Maglalang) reportedly quits O’Reilly Factor over a feud—1, 2, 3—with Geraldo (Click image for more) ◊ Peru’s Nisei ex-president Alberto “El Chino” Fujimori on trial for human rights abuses ◊ Japanese Americans express distrust, frustration, worry over future of Little Tokyo ◊ Outstanding defensive performances by Asian-Pacific NFLers over the weekend: Seattle linebacker Lofa Tatupu with 8 tackles against the Saints; New Orleans’ LB Scott Fujita, 7 tackles; Cincy DT Domata Peko, 5 tackles and a pass deflection; Rams’ LBs Pisa Tinoisamoa had 6 tackles and an interception, while Brandon Chillar (East Indian) chipped in with 4; New England LB Tedy Bruschi, 6 tackles, and Philly LB Chris Gocong, 3 tackles.
Snapshots From Asian America IX
October 11, 2007
Yoko Ono marked John Lennon’s 67th birthday Tuesday by dedicating the Lennon Imagine Peace Tower in Reykjavik, Iceland ♥ Falun Gong activists crash Tournament of Roses garden party ♥ NYPD’s Gregory Chin hailed as hero ♥ The joke’s on Masi Oka.
Snapshots From Asian America VIII
October 9, 2007
Civilian judge ponders double jeopardy in case of army officer who refused to fight in an illegal war in Iraq ♦ Clothing store, TV network incur the wrath of Pilipino America ♦ Designer Anand Jon won’t enjoy prison ♦ ‘Sulu’s’ giddy over heavenly body ♦ Pigs take to the air as Korean and Japanese American firms team to battle Pinkberry.
After his astounding game against Detroit Sunday, Washington coach Joe Gibbs might have to figure out a way to get his 6-3, 285-pound Samoan fullback Mike Sellers the ball more often. Sellers scored two TDs—one rushing, one receiving—as the Redskins mauled the Lions 34-3. It was also a coming out party for Stanford Univ. freshman quarterback Tavita Pritchard, the nephew of former Washington State QB Jack “The Throwin’ Samoan” Thompson. The Cardinal were 41-point underdogs to No. 1-ranked USC, but Pritchard rallied his team from nine down and won the game with a 1o-yard TD toss to Mark Bradford with 49 clicks left to hand the Trojans their first loss 24-23. Meanwhile, Louie Sakoda iced the win for the Univ. of Utah with a 45-yard field goal in the final quarter as the Utes beat Louisville 44-35. In other NFL action: Polynesians continued to make their presence felt. New England’s veteran linebacking duo of Tedy Bruschi and Junior Seau throttled Cleveland’s offense in Foxborough. Bruschi had five tackles and two sacks, while Seau had six tackles and two interceptions—one for a TD—in the Patriots’ 34-17 win. Keep current statistically with API NFLers throughout the season here.
Snapshots From Asian America VII
October 4, 2007
Margaret Cho is married, healthy, happy, heavily tattooed and ready to rawk. The IRS has been all over Pasadena’s All Saints Church since its pastor spoke out against Bush. All Saints has a history of activism. An Asian American woman says she didn’t kill her family. LAPD Sgt. Ya-May Christie was an up-and-comer, then she found out what she had to do to get to the top. Controversial Sheriff Harry Lee ruled Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, like he was the Kingfish himself for 30 years. He died Oct. 1 at 75.
Save Little Tokyo!
October 2, 2007
‘This is A New Era: It’s Not Little Tokyo Equals Japanese Any Longer,’ Declares Former New Otani Hotel-Weller Court Exec Takashi Ito
Click here for panoramic QuickTime views of Little Tokyo
Japanese Americans are mobilizing to help save their century-old Little Tokyo district in the face of a series of secretive real estate deals they fear may change the downtown enclave’s historical and cultural significance forever.
For some J-Town business owners displaced by wartime internment in the ’40s, eminent domain property seizures in the ’50s and city-imposed redevelopment in the ’70s, it’s like déjà vu all over again. A summary of Little Tokyo’s history.
Now, a group calling itself J-Town Voice is urging members of the community to attend, make their views known and demand answers at a public meeting of the Little Tokyo Community Council Thursday, Oct. 4, 6:30 p.m., at the Japanese American National Museum, 369 E. First St., Little Tokyo. The same organization also has mounted a nationwide petition drive aimed at demonstrating Japanese America’s resolve. Read/sign the petition here.
At the heart of the community’s worries are the recent sales of two major commercial developments in the 67-acre Little Tokyo district to a pair of real estate development firms.
