San Francisco is a world-class city that never sleeps and Chinatown is a small but lively segment of the Bay Area metropolis. On the way to Chinatown, people pass through an area called the Tenderloin, the home of various quirky and colorful characters. Tourists can find 30 blocks of historic Chinese American history in Chinatown.…
DetailsWith the success of The Avengers, media consumers like myself can’t help but look to the future and think, “What next?” Well, what’s next is Iron Man 3. But now I’m wondering, what does the comic book industry have anything to do with Asian Americans? Unfortunately, it has everything to do with Asian Americans. The…
DetailsIn an email sent to contractors in the Gulf Oil Spill, BP specifically told them not to hire vessels owned by Vietnamese Americans and Cambodian Americans in the oil spill clean-up. Despite the fact that over half of the fisherman affected by the oil spill were Vietnamese Americans and Cambodian Americans, vessels owned by these…
DetailsThe Big Bang Theory’s Mayim Bialik at UCLA! The Regents Scholar Society Presents MAYIM BIALIK: UCLA alumna, actress, and author. May 2nd, 7:30pm, Rolfe 1200 In addition to starring and garnering laughs on “The Big Bang Theory” as neuroscientist Amy Farrah Fowler, Bialik also holds a PhD from our very own UCLA. After becoming famous with her role…
DetailsThe Vietnamese American community has become more open to approaching mental health professionals. This increased openness has been linked to a “progressive” attitude from mental health professionals. Dong-Matsuda, a mental health professional and community volunteer, also notes that the Vietnamese American community has shown resilience and has found some forms of coping through religious practices,…
DetailsIn times of financial trouble, it pays off to observe the needs of the community. In the 1980s, the radio station KBIF based in Fresno, California did exactly this when its religious broadcasting was simply not garnering enough listenership. KBIF noticed the growing Asian community, particularly among Hmong immigrants, and began an experimental weekend program targeted at this ethnic group.…
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