Chinese-American // Posts tagged as "Chinese-American"
The Man With the Iron Fists … a most important Asian American film since…
Film review by Allan Cho Dare I say The Man With the Iron Fists is the most important film in Asian American film since Chan Is Missing? A visual menagerie of wam’s, bop’s, and pow’s, this film has it all – fighting, action, story, love, war. Sex. Everything. Set in imperial China, the story revolves around ...
A Graphic History of the Chinese in North America
Escape to Gold Mountain: A Graphic History of the Chinese in North America A new graphic novel ( a fat comic book ) is being released this month! Here’s an inside scoop for our Ugly Chinese Canadian blog readers: the author of this new title, David Wong, is a contributor to this blog! From the publisher’s (Arsenal Pulp ...
Maybe time to wind up this Blog
Hello all, As some of you have noticed, there has not been many new posts on this blog, the UGLY Chinese Canadian. What initially started out as an outlet for me to vent, slowly evolved into an assortment of odd news pieces and material shared from a number of people – artists, writers, activists and politicos. I ...
US Passes Resolution of Regret for 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act
Media release courtesy of Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Background Congresswoman Judy Chu authored House Resolution 683 to express the regret of the House of Representatives for passing the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. That law prevented Chinese citizens from becoming naturalized American citizens, voting, or immigrating to the United States. It lasted for 60 years ...
Now a word from our Toisan Brother…
For those of you who aren’t familiar of 台山 “Toisan” (or Taishan)… Toisan is the county in southern China, near Canton, where most of the early Chinese to North America hail from. Hell, almost all the who’s who multi-generational Chinese ABC’s and CBC’s (American born Chinese / Canadian born Chinese) have Toisan ancestry. Kuul, eh? English speaking ...
1909 Headline: Chinese Leaves Whites Behind in Aviation
We often wonder what if. What if this Asian-American genius of 1909, did not die in the demonstration mishap in China. Would 1900s China have then created a fleet of aircraft? …and would have the outcome of the second world war in Asia been different? Would there have been a war? The Headline shouts. “Chinese Leaves Whites ...
Iris Chang: The Chinese in America
The late Iris Chang, on her (then) upcoming 2003 book, “The Chinese in America“. Iris Chang was the writer for the highly regarded historical book, “The Rape of Nanking”, and sadly, Iris passed away a year later, in November of 2004 of suicide. Iris would have celebrated her 44th birthday this March. From the video site: “Author Iris Chang ...
AAJA Media Advisory on Jeremy Lin News Coverage
courtesy of Doris Truong, from the Asian American Journalists Association Feb. 22, 2012 As NBA player Jeremy Lin’s prowess on the court continues to attract international attention and grab headlines, the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) would like to remind media outlets about relevance and context regarding coverage of race. In the past weeks, as more news outlets ...
ESPN called Jeremy Lin, a “Chink”
Some folks just don’t get it. After the recent fallout with the idiotic Superbowl Ad for GOP Senate wannabe dickwad, Pete Hoekstra – that showed a Chinese woman (in pidgin Chinglish) thanking America for spending and borrowing money from China. “We takee you jobs” It sparked a media outrage and drew criticism from fellow politicians as well as ...
A Mother’s Plea Considering interracial marriage (part 1)
The following post is from writer, Valerie Lee. Valerie writes, “… this appeared in Face Magazine years ago and I haven’t changed a thing. Talk to you soon!” . A Mother’s Plea Considering interracial marriage (part 1) by Valerie Lee First published in FACE Magazine, July 1993 One day my daughter’s Chinese American friend Pearl, a sales representative at a large computer ...
Chinese Sausage… a basic staple for the ordinary Joe
Growing up on the westcoast, my fellow eastside, runny nose Chinese pals used to munch on these greasy sticks of protein with our hot steaming bowls of rice. As a teenager, friends often referred to the humble Chinese sausage, as “beggar’s food”. But, hell… they can call it what they want, it was a savoury treat. ...
Year of the Dragon!
The Year of the Dragon BY VALERIE LEE During the two-week Chinese New Year celebration, meats, fruits, fish, vegetables and noodles will all be consumed because what you eat at your first meal that day will determine your good fortune, your health, wealth, and happiness. Many Chinese American families like to make special holiday foods. They spare no ...
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