Mark your calendars!
WHEN?
-SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 2009 from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM
WHERE?
Thai Town: Hollywood Blvd from Western Ave to Vermont Ave
FEATURING:
-International Curry, Curry King Contest, Raffle Drawing, and Cooking Demonstration
-The 6th Annual Thai New Year’s …

The LA Times and Santa Barbara Independent, among other newspapers, recently covered a local debate involving cultural stereotypes, school pride, and history.  Eli Cordero, a junior of Chumash descent, has pushed to remove Native American imagery at …

If you live in Los Angeles, the next time you’re on the freeway or at a busy intersection, take a look at the cars.
How many colors do you see?
I can count them on one hand: …

Thanks, my fellow Pac Ties bloggers, for commenting on my “Remember the (API) Ladies” post and bringing to my attention that a third woman has been appointed a prominent role in Obama’s administration.
On March 2, …

As we UCLA students slog through final exams, we like to commiserate about our exams, projects, and papers and then reassure each other that it’ll all be over soon.
In Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China, people …

I tend to bookmark things on the intention of going back to read them … but sometimes I forget.  But back in 2006, TIME Magazine published this really cool feature on “60 Years of Asian …

When I was an exchange student in Hong Kong two years ago, I learned that in Asia, some people (usually the older generation) assume that to be “American” is to be white.
In Hong Kong, I chatted with some …

Two university professors at Florida State University and University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered a decrease in racial prejudice that occurred during the Nov. 4 election. They call this the Obama Effect.
A series of …