Curmudgeon, Asian American theatre geek (aka Godfather of Asian American theatre). Head of Pork Filled Productions. Lit. Mgr. of SIS Productions.
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Before you begin your thinkpiece, the Supreme Court DID NOT strike down Affirmative Action
Admission preferences for legacies, donors, employee families and special recommendations are still allowed
The Court struck down Affirmative Action For everyone except WHITE PEOPLE
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“I was on my usual running path when I heard an older man yelling loudly enough for me to hear through my headphones. "Sexy lady, hey hey hey sexy lady!" He kept screaming it and I decided to just ignore him and keep running.
This ignoring seemed to piss him off so he lashed out and said "eff you, dumb B****!" Now let's keep in mind he was well-dressed and appeared to be on his lunch break from an office job.
That was my trigger point. The B word. I ripped off my headphones prepared to stand up for myself when this little boy who was walking alongside his mother and little sister in a stroller looked at the guy and said, "Hey. That is not nice to say to her and she didn't like you yelling at her. You shouldn't do that because she is a nice girl and I don't let anyone say mean things to people. She's a girl like my sister and I will protect her."
The man was immediately embarrassed and started gathering his lunch to leave. I asked the mother if I could hug the little boy (his name is James) and I told him how grateful I was for him. He just shrugged and said "Well I just wanted to make sure your heart was okay."
According to his mother, this is a typical day in the life of James. Thank you so much to the mothers and fathers who are raising the next generation to be brave and courageous, and to be little earth angels for all. I am so touched.”
Credit: Julia Price
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me in 2020: wow there is really a shortage of books and memoirs and reported experiences about the 1918 spanish flu pandemic. i wonder why??
me in 2023: so we all just memory holed covid and are never gonna talk about That Whole Thing again huh
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What Wikipedia did: we stood strong for our principles and fought to the Supreme Court of Turkey and won. This is what it means to treat freedom of expression as a principle rather than a slogan.
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BREAKING: Donald Trump is humiliated as a leaked tape emerges of him completely freaking out on a reporter aboard his plane after a campaign rally in Waco. NBC News' Vaughn Hillary mentioned that Trump was "frustrated" with Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg's investigation.
"Don't ask me any more questions!" Trump lashed out.
"I don't want to talk to you," Trump said when questioned again. “Do you hear me? You’re not a nice guy."
The journalist refused to abandon the line of questioning and Trump finally lost it, grabbed the man's two phones, and hurled them aside.
“Alright, let’s go, get him out of here. Outta here. Outta here,” Trump said to his aides, at which point they told the reporter that he was "done."
Once again, we see that Donald Trump has the temperament of an angry child. How can anyone think that a "man" like this should be in control of the nuclear button?
Retweet if nothing in this world could ever convince you to vote for Trump!
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Mark your calendars, MECH CADETS hits Netflix on August 10!
Netflix Sets 'Mech Cadets' Premiere; Daniel Dae Kim, Ming-Na Wen, Brandon Soo Hoo & Debra Wilson To Star deadline.com/2023/05/netflix…
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It was 50 yrs ago that my mom immigrated from South Korea to America despite not knowing anyone else in the entire western hemisphere of Earth. Tonight I got to bring her to the White House for the State Dinner between the US and South Korea. I feel blessed to share this moment.
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Viewers have strong feelings about the show's authentic depiction of the sense of belonging, social pressures and uncomfortable dynamics inextricably linked to the church. nbcnews.com/news/asian-ameri…
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A wrong number just sent me this text and now I must find out who they are so we can be friends forever.
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This is one of those times where I had to step back for a moment because there's so much to unpack. I imagine Scholastic is afraid the word "racism" will draw the CRT vultures. I hope it does. 1/x
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This fits in a long tradition of Asian American suffering being weaponized to break solidarity between us and other BIPOC . Intentional or not, this edit seeks to sanitize the experience of Japanese Americans for white consumption and reinforce a narrative of Asian exceptionalism
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“milf” is forever iconic but i present to you john cho’s vastly underrated “back off, cock boy”
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This should concern everyone who understands American history. Racial and national origin scapegoating is how Chinese exclusion, Japanese concentration camps and the Muslim ban came to be @CAAsanfrancisco @StopAAPIHate
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I just want to say here- there have been pioneers all along- and I share this because now I look at Bway and the Ballet, I think of my Mom- who was a dancer- who was not asked to join the Aussie ballet even w all her Letters, because she was Chinese Aussie - she tried SO hard.
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I remember when I had to Photoshop hit movie posters with an Asian face so they would know what it means to feel seen. #StarringJohnCho was a prototype. The seven years since have been remarkable. So many more stories to tell. This is just the beginning 🫶🏼✨
