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Catch Sri Lankan Athlete Michelle Lewis’ TV Debut On The Latest ‘The Titan Games’
Let’s face it, with gyms closed across the country and stay-at-home orders still in place, most of us have lost any incentive we might have had to get outside […]
Michael Yo’s Rocky Road To Recovery From COVID-19
Michael Yo is renowned for his lighthearted sense of humor, but in a post on his Instagram (@michaelyo) on March 30, the comedian and actor showcased a more vulnerable […]
Asian American Male Directors Are Getting More Filmmaking Opportunities … What About Women?
It was 1990 when a lightbulb went off in Christine Swanson’s head—“I can be a filmmaker.” She was then a timid half-black, half-Korean University of Notre Dame freshman, sitting […]
In The Mix: 5 Rappers You Didn’t Know Were Afro-Asian
Big L once said “I’m so ahead of my time, my parents haven’t met yet.” For many of the rappers on our list, their parents (or grandparents or even […]
‘Blasian Narratives’ struggles with the question: Black enough? Asian enough?
Teaching third graders in an underserved area of Brooklyn, Cenisa Gavin often looks out at her mostly black and Latino students and is reminded of the failings of her […]
Guy Talk With Michael Yo: Dating As A ‘Blasian’
Story by Paul Nakayama This column used to be called The Awful Truth because dating advice can be exactly that. After watching the impossibly racist “music” video “Asian Girlz” […]
