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What Kind of Asian Are You?

“Where are you from?
…
I mean, where are you fro-om?”

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ASIAN AMERICAN DISNEY PRINCESSES:
by Kim (annakimskywalker) & Donnie (donniekompany)
11x17 inkjet prints


Most of us grew up watching Disney classics featuring the beautiful Disney princesses we all know and love. Disney was and continues to be a staple in the lives of many children. However, despite how much we admired these princesses, it was difficult relating to them because they didn’t physically represent us. Take a look at any Disney princess product and you will see the preference towards the White princesses, white washing of princesses of color (skin color, facial features, etc), and the shoving of these princesses to the side.

In the 76 years since Snow White was released, there have been 12 (soon to be 13) Disney princesses, only 5 of whom are women of color (Jasmine in 1992, Pocahontas in 1995, Mulan in 1998, Kida in 2001, and Tiana in 2009). It took 55 years to portray a woman of color as a princess, and these portrayals also came with problematic and inaccurate representations of their respective cultures & histories (not to mention Tiana was a frog more than half of the movie).

How are young APIA children supposed to believe in “happy endings” when we don’t see them happening to people who look like us?

All of the above was the inspiration behind this photoshoot. We believe physically showing some of our favorite princesses as Asian American women will allow us to build more of a connection with the princesses who weren’t women of color, but who still possess qualities we admire and/or see in ourselves.

**These are just 5 of the 15 we recently showed at our university’s Asian American Studies Expo.

Andrea as Sleeping Beauty
Henna as Belle
Cat as Cinderella
Young as Snow White
Jenny as Tinkerbell

Photography/lighting: Kim
Hair/makeup/wardrobe: Donnie
Editing: Kim & Rachelle

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The Real Oxford Asians Although the Twitter account “@OxfordAsians” has been removed, most tweets the author(s) of the account wrote can still be found archived here. Students leaders from the Asian American Association (AAA) at Miami University of Ohio have decided to speak up and turn this incident into a learning moment.

The Real Oxford Asians

Although the Twitter account “@OxfordAsians” has been removed, most tweets the author(s) of the account wrote can still be found archived here. Students leaders from the Asian American Association (AAA) at Miami University of Ohio have decided to speak up and turn this incident into a learning moment.

I’m Asian American - Douglas Kim

This video is a parody of the song “Rockin the Suburbs” by Ben Folds. Our friendly neighborhood American Asian is just a regular guy trying to get through life in America without getting hated on by Asians and Americans, is that too much to ask?

Bitter Sweets - A story about growing up Chinese-American in New York City I have a hard time with my Chinese-American identity. My parents are Chinese. This I can say with certainty. They can speak the language; they can write it; they can follow the subtle shifting social cues that are demanded of them. It is as if they possess an essential lens of “Chineseness” through which they view the world. For me it’s harder.

Bitter Sweets - A story about growing up Chinese-American in New York City

I have a hard time with my Chinese-American identity. My parents are Chinese. This I can say with certainty. They can speak the language; they can write it; they can follow the subtle shifting social cues that are demanded of them. It is as if they possess an essential lens of “Chineseness” through which they view the world.

For me it’s harder.

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It’s Pretty Clear That The Ivy League Discriminates Against Asians There’s a theory, which has led to multiple lawsuits, that top colleges maintain racial quotas to limit the number of Asians accepted. According to research published last month in The American Conservative, there appears to be at least some form of discrimination going on.

It’s Pretty Clear That The Ivy League Discriminates Against Asians

There’s a theory, which has led to multiple lawsuits, that top colleges maintain racial quotas to limit the number of Asians accepted.

According to research published last month in The American Conservative, there appears to be at least some form of discrimination going on.

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Chinese, Japanese, or Korean Game - Could you guess the nationalities of some notable Asian and Asian American celebrities?

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Chef Who Refuses to Be Defined by His Wok

At 30, Mr. Huang is usually identified as a chef, which is only partly true. He is the chef and co-owner of BaoHaus, an informal Taiwanese bun shop in the East Village. But, he is quick to add, “I have more to say as a writer than from behind a wok.”

THINGS ASIANS HATE by Eliot Chang

David Phan’s Suicide Sparks Grief, Anger and Call for Justice As reported in The Salt Lake Tribune, while David’s family lovingly supported him when he came out as gay, David shielded his parents from the “horror and negative experiences” he faced at Bennion. The desire to protect the parents from knowing that one is being bullied is quite common, according to Dr. Amanda Di Bartolomeo, clinical psychologist at George Mason University, who has worked with students in similar situations. But what’s uncommon and inexcusable is that no one from Bennion alerted the Phan family about any “personal challenges,” whether bullying or non-bullying related.  Unquestionably, Bennion’s chain of command failed to provide David the support he needed and wanted. It has also failed many of its other students, as indicated in many of the letters from current and former classmates addressed to the Phan family. So what, exactly, was the tipping point for David?  

David Phan’s Suicide Sparks Grief, Anger and Call for Justice

As reported in The Salt Lake Tribune, while David’s family lovingly supported him when he came out as gay, David shielded his parents from the “horror and negative experiences” he faced at Bennion. The desire to protect the parents from knowing that one is being bullied is quite common, according to Dr. Amanda Di Bartolomeo, clinical psychologist at George Mason University, who has worked with students in similar situations. But what’s uncommon and inexcusable is that no one from Bennion alerted the Phan family about any “personal challenges,” whether bullying or non-bullying related. 

Unquestionably, Bennion’s chain of command failed to provide David the support he needed and wanted. It has also failed many of its other students, as indicated in many of the letters from current and former classmates addressed to the Phan family. So what, exactly, was the tipping point for David?  

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Congressional Gold Medal goes on national tour- Herbert Yanamura is an American, born and raised among the coffee farms of Hawaii’s Kona district. Yet the U.S. government branded him an “enemy alien” after the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor because he looked like the invaders. So Yanamura volunteered to join the Army to prove his loyalty. Nearly 70 years later, that same government honored him and the thousands of other Japanese-Americans who served in World War II with one of its most elite rewards: the Congressional Gold Medal. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/texas/article/Congressional-Gold-Medal-goes-on-national-tour-4184139.php#ixzz2I1cEl1kR

Congressional Gold Medal goes on national tour-

Herbert Yanamura is an American, born and raised among the coffee farms of Hawaii’s Kona district. Yet the U.S. government branded him an “enemy alien” after the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor because he looked like the invaders.

So Yanamura volunteered to join the Army to prove his loyalty.

Nearly 70 years later, that same government honored him and the thousands of other Japanese-Americans who served in World War II with one of its most elite rewards: the Congressional Gold Medal.


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/texas/article/Congressional-Gold-Medal-goes-on-national-tour-4184139.php#ixzz2I1cEl1kR

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"A Lot Like You", an exploration of African-Asian-American identity and women empowerment

Eliaichi Kimaro is a mixed-race, first-generation American with a Tanzanian father and Korean mother. When her retired father moves back to Tanzania, Eliaichi begins a project that evocatively examines the intricate fabric of multiracial identity, and grapples with the complex ties that children have to the cultures of their parents.