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First Asian American woman appointed as Shoreline judge

March 10, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Secretary, teacher, or nurse.

Being a woman, these were the only choices that counselors gave Marcine Anderson when she graduated from an Oregon high school in a small town in 1973.

Filed Under: Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2010, Ethnic Studies, First Asian American, Helen Frye, International District Legal Clinic, It Judge Frye, King County Council, King County District Court Judge, Marcine Anderson, Northwest Women, Office Civil Division, Oregon Circuit Courts, Seattle Anderson, Shoreline District Court, Suffolk University Law School, Vol 29 No 11 | March 13 - March 19, WSBA, Washington State Bar Association, Washington State Supreme Court Justice Susan Owens

Ronald Takaki, ethnic studies pioneer, passes away

June 4, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BERKELEY, California (AP) — Ronald Takaki, a pioneer in the field of ethnic studies who taught the University of California system’s first Black history course, has died. He was 70.

Filed Under: News, Obituaries, Community News Tagged With: Asian American Studies Center, Asian Americans, Chinese, Ethnic Studies, President Bill Clinton, Ron Takaki, Ronald Takaki, Troy Takaki, UCLA, United States, vol 28 no 24 | June 6 - June 12

Malaysia racial ties fragile 40 years after riots

May 16, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The last time Hung Poh Lee walked unassisted was 40 years ago, before a bullet fired in the heat of Malaysia’s worst race riots and sliced through her spine and shattered her future.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: Denison Jayasooria, Ethnic Chinese, Ethnic Studies, Hung Poh Lee, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, National University, Southeast Asian

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