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The slantyapolis blog (formerly SEFTRE) has served millions of views to 500K-1M+ individuals, trying to help in its own way, to give voice to the Asian and Asian American community, as well as document it, over the last 17 years. Sometimes op-ed, sometimes straight news, sometimes off the beaten path--the continued impetus remains that there's power in sharing voices and in sharing your own voice and reflecting that back into the communities you belong to.
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