Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVThe 1970s television drama “Kung Fu” was “groundbreaking for what it was when it aired,” says Christina M. Kim.
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Yet again, we’re seeing random violence against Asian Americans, only this time the victim fought back!
Xiao Zhen Xie alleges she was just minding her business on Wednesday when a white male came out of nowhere and punched her in the eye. The 76-year-old told reporters and police she grabbed a nearby plank of wood to defend herself.
But she did more than that! She sent the attacker to the hospital!
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Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVThe 1970s television drama “Kung Fu” was “groundbreaking for what it was when it aired,” says Christina M. Kim.
coronavirus vaccine.The actor’s impassioned address comes as the US continues to battle the virus, with over 555,000 deaths at the time of writing.“I’m not a doctor, but I trust science. And I’m told that, for some reason, people trust me,” Freeman says at the beginning of the video, which was created by the arts advocacy group The Creative Coalition and the National Blue Ribbon Task Force.“So here I am to say I trust science and I got the vaccine.
My Krazy Life, the 2014 debut album from YG, has returned to music streaming platforms after a brief disappearance on Monday, as Pitchfork reports. The project's song "Meet The Flockers" has been newly edited to remove a lyric about burglarizing "Chinese neighborhoods" — lyrics that came under scrutiny once more this month following a wave of anti-Asian hate crimes in the United States.
Back in the late '60s when I was a student at UCLA studying martial arts under Bruce Lee, he spoke often and passionately about the harmful way Asian Americans were portrayed on television shows and in movies. How having characters like Hop Sing (Bonanza) and Hey Boy (Have Gun Will Travel) shuffling about happily serving their white bosses gave the impression that Asian males were grateful, sexless servants.
In the light of rising incidents of violence against Asian Americans, several citizens took to the streets to march for a Stop Asian Hate rally. While several celebrities have also shown support online, Rihanna joined the rally in a rather unrecognisable look as she protested against Asian Hate.
Rihanna has stood in solidarity with the Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community after attending a Stop Asian Hate rally in New York City over the weekend.The singer attended the rally on Easter Sunday (April 4), with her assistant Tina Truong sharing pictures of the two of them attending the protest on Instagram.Remaining low-key, Rihanna was decked out in a black sunglasses, face mask and a casual black baseball cap for the event.Footage from the rally showed the singer dancing in
As a sea of protests continue to engulf the US, the latest celebrity to come out in solidarity was none other than Rihanna. The pop icon joined a bunch of protestors in New York City who were protesting Asian hate.
NEW YORK -- Up-and-coming actors will sometimes claim to know a variety of skills to be considered for roles, but Olivia Liang set a boundary early in her career.“When I started off in the industry, people would ask me why martial arts wasn’t on my resume because it was such a typecast for Asians to do martial arts roles," said Liang. "So I made a promise to myself.
Ethan Shanfeld Early in the pandemic, actor Christine Chang was attacked in a grocery store. She told her story to “New Amsterdam” co-executive producer and writer Y.
On Thursday, CAA kicked off the month of April with the CAA Amplify Town Hall to address the surge of violence against Asians and Asian Americans. These acts of violence and harassment have been on the forefront in the past week with the Atlanta shootings and the most most recent attack in New York City where a man brutally attacked 65-year-old Vilma Kari while saying racist remarks.
BTS, one of the world’s largest K-pop bands, is speaking out on the rise of anti-Asian violence following recent and deadly acts of racial discrimination in the US. In a new post shared to social media, the group comprised of Jungkook, V, Jimin, Jin, Suga, RM, and J-Hope condemned hate crimes based on race while opening up about the times they’ve faced discrimination.
Shirley Chung, a Top Chef finalist and owner of Culver City's Ms. Chi Cafe, recalls an incident last year in which a group of diners made her staff sanitize their outdoor table — twice.
EXCLUSIVE: The Asian and Asian American community in the country has had a rough couple of weeks. One could also argue they have had a rough couple of years — or even decades — since the first Asian set foot on the soil of America. Nonetheless, now is the time for authentic, humanizing representation of Asian and Asian Americans to bolster community morale and to bring light to a time when things seem so dark.