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Commentary: We need to boycott “The Last Airbender”

July 8, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

These days, many people think that cries of racism are false alarms — after all, we live in a society where race doesn’t matter, right?

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2010, Asian Americans, China, Chinese American, Dante Basco, Filipino American Avatar, Greenland, India, Korea, M. Night Shyamalan, Mako Iwamatsu, Middle Eastern, Send Hollywood, Sifu Kisu, Vol 29 No 28 | July 10 - July 16, culture, language

State GOP takes no action over SC senator’s slur

July 1, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Republicans ended their meeting last Saturday without disciplining or dismissing a state legislator

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, 2012, COLUMBIA, GOP, India, Jake Knotts, Joel Sawyer, Katrina Shealy, Lexington County, Mark Sanford, Middle Eastern, Nikki Haley, SC, Saturday Night Live-type, Vol 29 No 27 | July 3 - July 9

Critics: ‘Airbender’ & ‘Prince’ were whitewashed

June 3, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Ever since he first came out of a block of ice in the Nickelodeon cartoon series “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” the other tribes in his fictional, Asian-inspired

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Cultures Tagged With: 2008, 2010, Asian Americans, Chinese, Dev Patel, Guy Aoki, Jackson Rathbone, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jehanzeb Dar, Martha Nichols, Middle Eastern, Nicola Peltz, Noah Ringer, Paramount Pictures, Slumdog Millionaire, TV, Vol 29 No 23 | June 5 - June 11, Yet Harvard

India successfully tests nuclear-capable missile

February 11, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

NEW DELHI (AP) — India again successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable missile on Sunday, Feb. 7, that can hit targets across much of Asia and the Middle East, a defense ministry press release said.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Asia, China, India, Middle Eastern, Mumbai, Pakistan, Russia, Vol 29 No 7 | February 13 - February 19, Wheeler Island

Girl NOT gone wild: Bachelorette parties get a dose of culture

July 8, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Bachelor and bachelorette parties are becoming a common part of American weddings. They are meant to celebrate the last day of singlehood. Some people spend this day with family and friends. Others throw big parties that have scandalous elements.

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Cultures Tagged With: Buddhist Thai, China, Chinese, Cock Loft, Elaine Kim, Filipino, India, Middle Eastern, Morocco, Nile River, Northwest Asian Weekly, Philippines Despedida, Thailand, culture, vol 28 no 29 | July 11 - July 17

Ethnic up the wazoo: The fashion industry goes global for inspiration, but is it Orientalizing or trailblazing?

April 11, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Marie Claire magazine’s “Indian Stunner” picks Tory Burch shirt retails for $550 J.Crew trousers retail for $228 Nicole Miller clutch retails for $175 (Photos provided by their respective companies) By Amy He NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY No trend is safe from the hands of fashion designers who are constantly on the prowl to satisfy the fickle […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Fashion Tagged With: Ann Taylor, Blue Plate, Chinese, Dazed Confused, Divine Power, Enzo Angiolini, Far Eastern, Indian Stunner, Internet Marie Claire, Javier Vallhonrat, Josh Olin, Lakshimi Menon, Middle Eastern, New York Times, Nicole Miller, Orient Excess, Roberta Freymann, South American, Tory Burch

Obama victory sparks cheers around the globe

November 15, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

TOKYO (AP) — Across the globe, people in city squares and living rooms, ballrooms and villages cheered the election of Barack Obama as U.S. president, raising hopes that America’s first Black commander in chief would herald a less confrontational America.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: 2008, Abu Ghraib, Afghanistan, Akihiko Mukohama, Barack Obama, Europe, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Guantanamo Bay, Iraq, John Wood, Kim Jong-il, Middle Eastern, Mohammed Arshad, Muneer Jamal, North Korean, Pracha Kanjananont, President Bush, Yu Fangjing, vol 27 no 47 | November 15 - 21

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