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Interview With My Bully

A great article about an Asian American woman who confronts her racist childhood bully in adulthood.

http://www.salon.com/2012/02/14/interview_with_my_bully_when_i_confronted_my_bully_about_racism/singleton/ 

The Jeremy Lin Show

Linsanity! Lincredible! Lindispensable! Linconceivable! Lindestructable! Linvincible!

Call it what you want, but Jeremy Lin is the talk of the NBA.

I didn't want to blog about him, I didn't want to overhype him before he earnt his stripes, because you know the haters are waiting to pounce. But I can't contain myself anymore. Jeremy Lin is the man!

I've been following this kid even before he was in the NBA. I excitedly blogged about him in 2010 when he officially became the second Asian American and first Chinese/Taiwanese American in the NBA. And even when he got dropped by the Warriors and the Rockets with barely any play time, I kept my support for him.

This is a classic underdog story. This kid was overlooked, again and again, leaving college undrafted, dropped from two teams for no good reason and barely any play time. Then suddenly given an opportunity to shine because the team's All-Star player was injured. That's when the magic happened. And the rest as they say, is history.

This isn't just an Asian American story, this is a story any person can relate to. Anyone who's ever been passionate about anything, who was consantly doubted and overlooked, but never gave up.

I've watched every game of his since he's been starting and watching his team has been refreshing.

I wish the guy all the best in what I'm sure will be a long fulfilling career.

Did this study actually surprise anyone?

Racism linked to low IQ

"There's no gentle way to put it: People who give in to racism and prejudice may simply be dumb, according to a new study that is bound to stir public controversy.

The research finds that children with low intelligence are more likely to hold prejudiced attitudes as adults. These findings point to a vicious cycle, according to lead researcher Gordon Hodson, a psychologist at Brock University in Ontario. Low-intelligence adults tend to gravitate toward socially conservative ideologies, the study found. Those ideologies, in turn, stress hierarchy and resistance to change, attitudes that can contribute to prejudice"

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But no, seriously... did this study actually surprsie anyone?

Yul Kwon

It's no secret of mine that Yul Kwon if my favourite Survivor of all time.

 

I mean seriously, he's badass. Smart, strong, humble and a natural born leader. He's the whole package for a superhero. Not to mention the fact that Cook Islands was originally separated by ethnicity and I don't think anybody expected the Asian tribe to win. (Well, except us Asians... we know we're natural born survivors).

But do you know the backstory of this Korean American demi-god? It is one of great struggle, which probably explains why the guy is such a fighter.

Great interview here.

"I’ve often wondered how I would have felt as a kid if I’d seen someone like me on TV. I don’t know for certain, but I think it would have made a difference, at least a small one. If I can make that kind of difference for just a few kids out there today, I’m pretty sure even my parents would be happy."

Represent.

Happy Lunar New Year 2012!

This goes out to all the cool cats out there celebrating the Dragon Year! Happy Lunar New Year. I hope you enjoy the below video:

 

Racist Heineken Ads

Damn these ads are racist:

Oooh cool (loser) white guy with hot asian chick, stereotyping Asian men. What's new. And people wonder why there's so much self-hate in our community. WTF is Heineken's obsession with ridiculing our culture?

I'm never drinking Heineken again. Is there a beer that's not racist these days?

Watch at your own risk:

http://youtu.be/ZcX1PTOmvO8

http://youtu.be/Bywh_r0bvGs

http://youtu.be/ILBWjXY5ybA

http://youtu.be/cqsGkfG2fXs

Level: Asian

Like a boss!

 

Again... it's Harry Shum Jr

You guys love Mike Chang. In fact a huge portion of my traffic is dedicated to this dancing heartthrob.

So at the risk of turning this blog into a sexy Harry Shum Jr fan page, here's one more post to hopefully satisfy the masses.

Recently, our hunky Asian dancer was found in People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive 2011 issue.

 

Then you might have seen him in GQ.

Okay... I'm straight and all... but damn... he is one hot Asian guy (don't tell my gf I said that!)

Ladies, you're very welcome.

Dumbfoundead

I've been following Dumbfoundead for many years now. I dig his style and glad to see he's finally blowing up. Check him out on Carson Daly below.

 

And the awesome music video that went viral:

 

Meme Proposal

Geek love, is there anything greater?