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Labels: Music
Totally loving this video by Mark Tuan - just cute, like the nostalgia from the Beverly Hills days and the semi-Thriller dance offs.
When you want some of the feels on a Sunday!
Labels: Music
Labels: Music
Links and news from around the way:
Black women teaching science find formula for incorporating anti-racist practices
https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2023/november/black-women-teaching-science-find-formula-for-incorporating-anti.html
San Jose police officer resigns after "disgusting" racist text messages released
https://abcnews.go.com/US/san-jose-police-officer-resigns-after-disgusting-racist/story?id=104658409
2 former Northwestern football players describe racist treatment in 2000s
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38810533/former-northwestern-football-players-describe-racist-treatment-early-2000s
Bird Names Honoring Racists Will Soon Be a Thing of the Past
https://www.theroot.com/bird-names-honoring-racists-will-soon-be-a-thing-of-the-1850990184
Kenya Moore blasts Ramona Singer for showing ‘signs of being a racist’
https://pagesix.com/2023/11/04/entertainment/kenya-moore-blasts-ramona-singer-for-showing-signs-of-being-a-racist/
WhatsApp's AI sticker generator called out for racism against Palestine, Meta responds
https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/whatsapps-ai-sticker-generator-called-out-for-racism-against-palestine-meta-responds-2458599-2023-11-06
MIT debaters clash over whether STEM is ‘systemically racist’
https://www.thecollegefix.com/mit-debaters-clash-over-whether-stem-is-systemically-racist/
From the PR
Film Lab’s TV Series Returns!
Tune in this month for the 16th season of Film lab’s signature TV series, Film Lab Presents, hosted by Jen Betit Yen and featuring the top 50 72 Hour Shootout 2023 films #DiscrimiNATION: A Thousand Tiny Cuts. Over 1.1. million viewers have already enjoyed the show! The show’s upcoming season will premiere November 26, 2023, in partnership with CrossingsTV. The episodes will air across all markets where Comcast is available, in addition to New York and Los Angeles on Spectrum.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3591302/
Airtimes:
#FilmLabPresents
It's been a while since there was a post specific to White People Going Bad.
After reading the JACL's response to the not so honorable Gov. Jim Pillen of Nebraska, thought that there was no better time than bây giờ to do another post.
Here's the JCL's email in total.
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During a radio interview in September, Governor Jim Pillen of Nebraska responded to an article written by Yanqi Xu of the Flatwater Free Press, regarding runoff pollution caused by farms owned by the Pillen family. In his response, Gov. Pillen noted that he had not read the article but continued on to say “All you got to do is look at the author. The author is from communist China. What more do you need to know?” JACL denounces Governor Pillen’s remark as racist, xenophobic, and contrary to the advancement of an independent and free press in this country.
The United States has seen a startling increase in anti-Asian hate and violence, specifically targeting Chinese and Chinese American communities. This rise has sadly been fueled by elected officials such as Governor Pillen as well as media personalities who have used their platforms to promote hate and intolerance in society. Legislators and governors in other states have introduced laws restricting property ownership targeting Chinese citizens in the United States hearkening back to the Alien Land Laws of the last century.
The JACL Omaha Chapter Board added: “When community members do not voice their concerns over actions of leaders that negatively impact certain groups, an appearance of complicity or disregard can be construed by the public, and history has shown that innocent people will be targeted.”
Our elected officials must be held accountable for their actions and should take accountability themselves for such. We call on Governor Pillen to apologize for his smearing of Yanqi Xu and his use of anti-Chinese rhetoric.
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Thank you JACL for the response!
Got this in the emails and wanted to make sure and post on up from AAWW (a portion of it)
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We are deeply privileged to constellate with so many luminous Palestinian writers who have graced the pages of The Margins over the years. It is our priority to continue uplifting and amplifying the voices and stories of Palestinians, from NYC, to Gaza, to the West Bank, and beyond. Here are some poetry selections we hope you’ll sit with as you move into your weekend.
Stay tuned for more projects in support of Palestinian writers soon, including a very special collaboration with Global Feminists for Palestine and New Third World on December 1.
With love & in action,
The Margins Team
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I get it in some ways - the kid is supposed to be flying---but sans the other arm, it kind of looks like the kid is just saluting Hitler.
And....I mean--I know this is just me--but I feel like the kid underneath the mask could be Asian....and then that would be completely wrong....
Happy Early Halloween!!!
Picture from the Innocence Project of FL @FLA_Innocence
News still needs to come out about this shooting--and that means real news, versus what the GBI, or GSTs want the public to hear--and we need those body cameras.
We definitely need to see the body cameras.
Maybe they figured after the ruling on Manuel Paez Terán--Tortuguita--they were untouchable?
How does speeding turn into killing someone?
Leonard Cure, after receiving around $800K just this year as part of the settlement, and being out 3.5 years...he went crazy and started attacking the officer?
Sure, maybe there were some triggers--but I'd put my money on Leonard just going to jail and then looking to get out...like he did before.
I just don't see it.
Show us the body camera.
Tim Flores and Genie Kwon, the married chefs and owners of Kasama in Chicago, talk about opening the first Filipino restaurant in the world to be awarded a Michelin star. The husband and wife team also shares a recipe for chicken adobo.
As an elite athlete, Lee’s body is her instrument. There’s an intimacy and awareness borne from years spent testing her limits and becoming extremely familiar with every nook and cranny, every strength and weakness. Now, overnight, her body felt completely foreign. She was supposed to be getting ready for the postseason. She was supposed to be celebrating her final collegiate season. She was about to turn 20. Instead, she wondered, What’s wrong with me? [...]
Her message is a reminder for anyone facing health challenges as well as the broader community of girls and women in sports, especially in the Hmong community, in which Lee has noticed girls tend to take on more traditional roles at home. “That’s why I want to help pave a way for other women,” she says. She doesn’t mean that everyone should do gymnastics. Rather, she wants to encourage people to find something that is meaningful to them and that brings them joy, and to not give up on themselves.
Spaces in Between 2023 is a group exhibition featuring artists Chellioh, Kelly Sux, Po Yan Leung, and Sean Chao at GR2 Gallery running from September 30, 2023 to October 17th, 2023.
Art goes live online at 12 Noon PT
I won't go into conjecture on the latest articles or comments, and unlike the rest of the internet and pitting Asian against Black and vice versa, will only say that everyone loves them both and it's unfortunate that this has happened (unlike SYJ where we KNOW she's married to the DEVIL).
Here's to hoping they can work it out, or at least have a path forward for their sake and their daughter's sake.
C'est la vie.
I don't know about you, but I'm feeling like all this "Hasan Minhaj is a liar" news is really just people not liking the subject matter of Hasan and it seems like a lot of these people coming out are...well....a lot of White People who seems to focus on a lot of White Things and White Comedians.
Robin Williams, even though some of his voices could be a little out of date today, was the king of hyperbole and story telling. That's what comedians and satirists do. But I never heard that about Williams. His cocaine stories were never put up to a litmus test of if everything actually happened.
No--he did cocaine and told us funny stories about it (well you know....as much as being a cocaine addict can be funny).
They embellish life to make a point to make us laugh and think.
Do people really think they tell us the truth about themselves all the time? Or don't write pieces for their skits/shows which aren't the absolute facts?
What world are we living in?
Is someone going to sue because Star Trek isn't real?
Just leave Hasan Minhaj alone.
And yes, he would be a great Daily Show Host.
Introducing IN THE CAMPS: A REFUGEE MUSICAL by Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay! The project is currently in its second phase, where we’ll host four intimate community performances at Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center.
NOTE: Only 60 seats are available per show. Late seating WILL NOT be permitted - please come on time!
The story
Using songs and humor, IN THE CAMPS will take place in a refugee camp and tell the story of Laotians who’ve escaped communist Laos. While in the camps, refugees built makeshift past lives to remind them of who they were before the disruption of war. An older woman turns a storage hut into a beauty parlor. She offers hair washing, scalp massages, and haircuts to remind herself that there is still beauty in the world. A former monk erects a martial arts gym behind one of the food distribution tents. He trains young Laotians on how to regain their strength, confidence, and power. An ex-communist soldier tries to blend in. He fears violent retaliation from victims and their families if he is found out. He is also hopeful that in a camp full of Buddhists, he will be forgiven. A young newly-wed must decide on the length that she will go and the boundaries she will cross to reunite with her husband who is missing.
Book and Lyrics by Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay
Music and Lyrics by Ketsana Vilaylack
Directed by Ova Saopeng
C. “Meaks” Meaker as dramaturg
Featuring Soudavone Khamvongsa, Lidet Viravong, Chufue Yang, Tri Vo, and Phouthavone 'Kat' Chanthalone
Showtimes
You just have to at least like the fact that Milne is getting charged with a hate crime because that doesn't always happen.
The King County Prosecutor's Office announced Monday they rush-filed charges of a hate crime and first-degree malicious mischief against 76-year-old Craig Milne. Prosecutors have asked for Milne to be held on $30,000 bail. Meanwhile, the Wing Luke Museum remains open as staff and volunteers continue to heal from Thursday night's violent attack.Police say Milne yelled racist statements and took a sledgehammer to shatter nine windows of the historic museum in Seattle's Chinatown-International District.
Executive Director Joël Barraquiel Tan says there has been an incredible outpouring of love and support from the community.
He says staff, volunteers and leadership have constantly been checking in on each other since the attack and are committed to educating the public about Asian American and Pacific Islander history in Puget Sound.
"Over 100 years of anti-Chinese policies and vigilantism that isn't that long ago, that isn't too many generations ago, and I think this recent hate crime and vandalism is just connected to that," said Tan.
Read more at: https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/wing-luke-museum-staff-focus-on-healing-and-rebuilding-after-alleged-hate-crime
Video and Community Response
And if you're curioius to see the video of the 76 year-old White Man doing the crime....https://original.newsbreak.com/@choeshow-1601553/3161917916680