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LETTER: RE: A-POP! The Slants: Is it offensive?

May 15, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

1) The Trademark Office never claimed that organizations refused to do business with us because of our name; rather, they claimed that one event in particular (Asian American Youth Leadership Conference) cancelled our performance and my keynote due to complaints about our name. This was false – members of the AAYLC steering committee sent signed […]

Filed Under: Letters to the Editor Tagged With: 2015, AAYLC, Asian American Youth Leadership Conference, Asian Americans, Asian Week, Simon Tam, The Slants, Trademark Office, Vol 34 No 21 | May 16 - May 22

Commentary: Balloon boy mom doesn’t deserve racist remarks

October 29, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The press wondered if Mayumi was involved in the hoax or a battered victim. After telling everything to the sheriff, she may be both. I first heard the story on Dori Monson’s radio show in Seattle, and then saw the balloon land on a video posted on the Internet. Her looks, name, and accent are all Japanese. That makes her boys, Falcon, Bradford, and Ryo, Asian Americans or at least Hapa.

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2009, American West, Arthur Hu, Asian Americans, Asian Week, Commentary Balloon, Diana Nguyen, Dori Monson, Fort Collins, Great American Celebrity Machine, Mayumi Heene, Native Americans, One Japanese, Seattle, Vol 28 No 45 | October 31 - November 6, Wife Swap, attention

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