Discarding Social Conditioning

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Becoming a Secure Asian American (Pts. 1 - 4)

A reader asks: "How do you transition into being a ...

Sexualizing Homosexuality

I spent the majority of my life in sunny Los ...

What the Global Power Shift Means for Asian Americans

We are witnessing one of history's great power shifts. I'm ...

Big Ups to Disney's 'Up'!

Pixar has the uncanny ability to strike gold with everything ...

Manny Pacquiao Being Manny Pacquiao

I've recently become interested in boxing. I know, a timely ...

Rushed by Christmas Amid Lingering Halloween

Christmas is officially in the house. Or in the Walmart ...

Jeremy Lin: A Cut Above the Stereotype

The sports world was abuzz last week with the ridiculous ...

The Meteoric Rise of John Cho

Last week, the bluray version of Star Trek came out. ...

An Asian American Thanksgiving

We have a long weekend to stuff ourselves and sit ...

Love Knows No Boundaries

I was going to write about the upcoming holiday season ...

My Favorite Part of Thanksgiving

I grew up in a primarily White neighborhood so I ...

The World Has Tiger by the Tale

You don't become a Tiger Woods without an indomitable will. ...

Experiencing The Generational Rift Firsthand

I recently took up a temp job as a favor ...

Obama on Legalizing Hookers, Drugs, Gambling

A young man at a recent Obama town hall meeting ...

Multi-Racial Land: A Racist Christmas Song

In the spirit of the season I wanted to remember ...

Here Comes The Jeremy Lin Show

It looks like I was a little early to jump ...

Remembering Christmas After a Breakup

Breakups hurt. It’s been well-documented. And sadly, all the clichés ...

South Philly High Back In The News

Okay, not the mainstream news, but the race-aware and Asian-American ...

Fellatio, Fong and Questions 27 and 28

Brotherly Advice for Asian American Women

Hey, Asian women, I love you. But I gotta tell ...

10 Reasons Why Identity Matters to Asian Americans

After years of sleep-deprivation, hobo chic and ramen dinners, you've ...

Spotting Race Bores

Race bore" is a term commonly used to put down ...

Sacred Sexuality

Let's get real for a moment. I mean, just ...

Thoughts for Sleepless Nights

They say all humans are genetically 99.95% identical. What? ...

Asian American Woman's Burden

By the age of ten I could picture my future ...

What Those Chinese Tattoos Really Say

Last week, my good friend Jill – miss golden ...

Basketball Is Serious Business In China

Asian American Man to Man

Big American Misconceptions About Asians

We Asian Americans stand at the crossroads between west ...

Women Without Men

The China Dilemma

Untying the Gordian Knot of North Korea

New UC Admission Policy Change May Be Good for Asian ...

Obama, China and an Emerging New Reality

Asian American Life 36 Years Later

Tiger's Hard Rocky Road to Redemption

As long as your heart is beating the road to ...

Confessions of a Happy Asian American

Some people bitch about being Asian in the U.S. of ...

Unsticking Japan

I am delighted that the LDP has lost power in ...

Dear Will Smith

At age 10, most girls had just graduated Barbie and ...

Asian Southerners

When my parents told me they were moving from our ...

Asian Students Under Assault

It's been a long time since I've been in the ...

The Brainy Bunch, Anyone?

Every generation has its family sitcoms. First it was “Leave ...

Asian Reality Stars Shine Bright

My friend Michelle, who currently resides in New York, recently ...

Revisiting My Childhood : A Weekender Back East

I'm sitting here in the basement of my childhood at ...

The U.S. Open and Asian Tennis Parents

Thanks to a nightmare rain delay and my preference for ...

Rising Asian American Stars

The highly-anticipated CW premier of “Melrose Place” aired last week, ...

The End of Cars As We Know Them

I'm not a car guy. I'm an appliance guy. I ...

The Race Factor in Asian American Life

An Ohio football coach was convicted of setting fire to ...

Why I Love Los Angeles

I absolutely love Los Angeles. After traveling more than I ...