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SNL’s Hu Jintao a new “Charlie Chan-ism”?
Nineteen years ago, the musical Miss Saigon first came to Broadway with a white actor augmented by eye prosthesis and bronzing cream to make him look more Asian. Sound a bit too Charlie Chan-like for…
Undocumented to get “Bushwhacked”?
George W. Bush smiled and chatted up Matt Lauer on the Today Show Wednesday. “I’m enjoying selling the book,” Bush said. “My debating days are over.” Yes, with his memoirs out now, Bush is all about…
On California, Nikki Haley and Identity Politics
So Democrats lost the House, but the Republicans couldn’t win the Senate. It means on the national level, we are in for two years of “incremental nothing,” when things only seem to…
Asian American Tea Party?
Even before the results are in, the Tea Party has impacted this year’s mid-terms. But have you seen any Asian Americans in its ranks? I haven’t noticed any. Which leads me to wonder, how…
Hate Crime For Rutgers Outers?
While we wait to see if New Jersey prosecutors will pursue hate crime enhancements against Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei in connection with the outing of Rutgers student Tyler Clementi, is there anyone…
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