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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 31 No 21 | May 19 – May 25

NAAAP offers scholarship to Asian American students

May 18, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

NAAAP-Seattle is pleased to announce the 2012 NAAAP-Seattle High School and College Scholarships to encourage promising Asian American students seeking higher educational opportunities. This scholarship will award three winners in the Greater Seattle area. Each winner will receive up to $2,500 to go towards educational purposes. (end) For more information, visit seattle.naaap.org/scholarship.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2012, Asian American, Greater Seattle, NAAAP, Vol 31 No 21 | May 19 - May 25

Hokubei Hochi Foundation offers inaugural student internship program

May 18, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Hokubei Hochi Foundation has launched its inaugural student internship program, which includes travel to Japan.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2012, Hokubei Hochi Foundation, Japan Oct, North American Post, Pacific Northwest, Vol 31 No 21 | May 19 - May 25, culture

BLOG: Comparing women’s basketball in U.S. and China

May 18, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Rarely do I sit through a basketball game from the beginning to the end, especially when I already know the outcome. So what made me stay when the U.S. Women’s National basketball team played against the China’s Women’s National team last Saturday when the scores weren’t even close?

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2012, Basketball Team, Beijing Olympics, China National Women, Chinese Americans, Chinese National Team, Diana Taurasi, Moscow, Northwest Asian Weekly, Ocean City Restaurant, One Chinese, Publisher Ng's blog, Seattle Storm, Sue Bird, Sylvia Fowles, Tamika Catchings, Vol 31 No 21 | May 19 - May 25, Yao Ming

“Headshot”

May 17, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Reviewed by Andrew Hamlin Pen-ek Ratanaruang’s earlier films, like “Mon-Rak

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2012, Andrew Hamlin, Nopporn Chaiyanam, Pen-ek Ratanaruang, Vol 31 No 21 | May 19 - May 25

“The Revolutionary”

May 17, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Reviewed by Tiffany Ran Sidney Rittenberg was an American civil rights activist

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2012, China, Chinese Communist, Cultural Revolution, Harvard Exit, Pacific Place, Sidney Rittenberg, Tiffany Ran, Vol 31 No 21 | May 19 - May 25

“Tatsumi”

May 17, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Reviewed by Andrew Hamlin Prize-winning director Eric Khoo hails from Singapore, but his latest, an animated

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2012, Andrew Hamlin, Eric Khoo, Harvard Exit, Singapore, Vol 31 No 21 | May 19 - May 25, WWII, Yoshihiro Tatsumi, attention

APIs sound off on Obama

May 17, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Compiled by Staff Northwest Asian Weekly This month, for API Heritage Month,

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: 2012, API, Asian Americans, Asian Pacific Americans, CEO, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, FORCE, Northwest Asian Weekly, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Seattle, Steven Chu, Suzanne Pak, Tamiko Nimura, Vietnamese, Vol 31 No 21 | May 19 - May 25, technology

Speak out or clam up? — Part 1 of 2: Why Black and Asian women respond differently when faced with racism

May 17, 2012 By Stacy Nguyen

By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly “Recently, I was hanging out in the library. Somebody came up to be and randomly asked <!–more–>me if I was Korean or Japanese or something like that,” said Michelle Tran. “I said, ‘No, I am half-Chinese, half-Vietnamese.’ They were like, ‘Oh, where were you born?’ And I said, ‘I […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: 2012, Bitter Reproach, Dating Blacks Asians, David Matsumoto, Elizabeth Lee, Harriet Tubman, Janet Swim, Jose Soto, Korean American, Kwangsu Kim, Marquita Prinzing, Michael Bernstein, Michelle Tran, Sam Heyman, Shorewood High School, Tsukasa Nishida, Vol 31 No 21 | May 19 - May 25, West Seattle, William Gudykunst, Yuko Matsumoto

Last rites — API volunteers administer honors at military funerals

May 17, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jeffrey Osborn NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY A military funeral consists of a number of ceremonial events including the firing of three

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: 2012, API, Ai Bac Nguyen, American Legion Post, BCT, Ben Tran, Greg White, Jeffrey Osborn, Regional Command, South Vietnam, Tahoma National Cemetery, United States Army, United States Marine Corps, United States Volunteers, Vietnam War, Vol 31 No 21 | May 19 - May 25, Washington Army National Guard

EDITORIAL: APIs must continue to speak out against cultural misrepresentations

May 17, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

We’ve seen it before: A company misuses an Asian word or symbol, a politician makes a derogatory comment on Asians in a campaign ad. Usually, these actions are followed by angry letters. The issue goes viral on the Internet. Sometimes, the person or the company issues an apology, sometimes not.  

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2012, Goddess Kali, Indiana Jones, Rajan Zed, Vol 31 No 21 | May 19 - May 25, attention

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