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Yearly Archives: 2009

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Newsprint: Hmong Activists Urge Obama to Help Refugees

NEWS, POLITICSBy Pacific TiesMarch 5, 2009Leave a comment

As Hmong refugees in Thailand face deportation back to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Hmong activists in the U.S. are seeking help from President Obama to prevent what would be involuntary deportations. President Obama has stated in an earlier letter before taking office that as president, he would bring back American commitment to international human…

FEATURE: Blogosphere: The New Frontier?

POLITICSBy Pacific TiesMarch 4, 2009Leave a comment

This was the featured article in Pacific Ties’s The Dialogue Issue, Winter 2009. By Evelina Giang The journalism industry is hurting these days. The Los Angeles Times announced last month that it will be cutting 300 jobs, and many newspapers and magazines are following suit. With the recent cessation of print publication for AsianWeek, the…

Race in Colorblind Spaces

COMMUNITY, EVENTSBy Pacific TiesMarch 3, 2009Leave a comment

My first year at UCLA, I took a year long, 30 week course on Interracial Dynamics in America.  What I got out of it is the obvious reality that race sill matters, even thought many people would rather think it shouldn’t (hello? prop. 209?)  But in order to move towards a society where skin color…

Newsprint: Subgroups of Asian Americans Have Poor Health Coverage

NEWSBy Pacific TiesMarch 3, 2009Leave a comment

Asian Americans are often attributed with positive images of higher education, income and level of employment. Yet, this image is also overshadowed the public’s perception when it comes to health insurance coverage among the Asian American community. A study done by the Kaiser Family Foundation in January 2007 found that as a whole, Asian Americans…

Newsprint: Minorities Become a Growing Presence in Reality TV

WeekliesBy Pacific TiesMarch 2, 2009Leave a comment

Diversity on television shows has been scarce for decades. Although many leading networks have been pressured to diversify, leading characters on scripted prime time shows still predominately consist of white, young and prosperous actors. Now, reality television programs are including a wider range of not only race and class, but of age and sexual orientation…

Vegetarian/vegan recipes and restaurants

FOOD, WeekliesBy Pacific TiesMarch 1, 2009Leave a comment

In the latest issue of Pacific Ties (pages 16-17), I wrote an article entitled “Balancing Culture and Conviction,” exploring  the experiences of Asian American vegetarians and vegans.  Because of space limitations in the print issue, I wasn’t able to include veg-friendly recipe and restaurant links. So, here in the limitless amount of space online, I…

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