British Asian Shannon Singh on ITV’s Love Island: The Representation we Need? (Brown Girl Magazine)

weekly recap of Asian American news & newsmakers

Headlines

“British Asian Shannon Singh on ITV’s Love Island: The Representation we Need?” - (Brown Girl Magazine)

AAPI Headlines

• Boba shop owner’s life savings gone after fire destroys multiple businesses in Seattle (Next Shark)

• Woman accused of racism, punching 6-year-old Asian boy in the neck in Las Vegas (Next Shark)

• 79-year-old woman identified as person of interest after threatening to shoot Cambodians in Philadelphia (Next Shark)

Politics

• How the Biden Administration Can Advance Racial Equity (Center for American Progress)

• Andrew Yang’s Loss Fits a Pattern. Why Do Asian Americans Struggle in Mayoral Races? (Politico)

• Going undercover to infiltrate Chinese-American far-right networks (BBC News)

Business

• It’s Easier Than Ever to Get Asian Groceries Online (Vice)

• Austin-based iFly.vc closes $46M second fund from legendary tech founders (Tech Crunch)

• The Age Of Impact: Meet The Women Over 50 Creating Social Change At Scale (Forbes)

• 20th Anniversary of Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Award (Benzinga)

Entertainment

• British Asian Shannon Singh on ITV’s Love Island: The Representation we Need? (Brown Girl Magazine)

• Why Seeing Shannon Singh On Love Island Means So Much To Me (Bustle)

• The story behind the iconic Vietnam episode of 'Hey Arnold!' (NBC News)

• ‘Boiling point of acceptance’: AAPI actors share views on Hollywood’s portrayal of Asian men (Next Shark)

• ‘Being brown, gay and an immigrant’: Bretman Rock featured on July cover of Teen Vogue (Next Shark)

• Adele Lim makes directorial debut with actress Ashley Park to ‘platform so much AAPI magic’ (Next Shark)

• Cannes: Sony Takes Anita Mui Biopic for Five Asian Territories (The Hollywood Reporter)

Music

• 10 Iconic Teen Movies As Olivia Rodrigo Songs (Screen Rant)

• Atlanta rapper uses music to take on anti-Asian hate crimes (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

• Idol Rapper and Former Boyband Member Zhang Yanqi Signs with 88rising (Radii)

• 88rising launches new Japan-based imprint, 88INFINITY (NME)

• Why won’t American radio play more K-pop? (Vox)

Sports

• Asian-American soccer tournament returns to Garland for round two (The Dallas Morning News)

• Pac-12 stands with the Asian American and Pacific Islander community in calling for change and to Stop AAPI Hate (Yahoo! Sports)

• NFL ends racism claim investigation after former coach won't publicly name accused (NBC News)

• Abhimanyu Mishra, 12 and Indian American, is youngest chess grandmaster ever (NBC News)

• Shohei Ohtani hits 32nd homer, sets single-season record by Japanese player (Next Shark)

• Athletes are humans’: Naomi Osaka ‘excited’ to play at Tokyo Olympics after weeks of recharge (Next Shark)

Health / Science

• Decolonizing Alternative Medicine: Honoring the Legacy of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Healthline)

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Culture

“As schools reopen, will Black and Asian families return?” - (PBS News Hour)

Culture / Lifestyle

• Haunani-Kay Trask, renowned scholar who fought for Hawaiian sovereignty, dies at 71 (NBC News)

• Conversations in Context: Media Portrayals of the Asian American Experience (Smithsonian)

• California Could Make A $210 Million Investment In Asian And Pacific Islander Safety And Support. Here’s How. (Capradio)

• Su’ad Abdul Khabeer on what it means to be Muslim and cool (The Daily Star)

• In the face of rising anti-Asian violence, a Dallas women’s group seeks support and empowerment (The Dallas Morning News)

• Air Force Academy distributes George Takei’s 'They Called Us Enemy' to cadets (NBC News)

• Young Asian American Buddhists are reclaiming narrative after decades of white dominance (NBC News)

Family

• As schools reopen, will Black and Asian families return? (PBS News Hour)

• MY CHILD OF COLOR IS ‘HIGHLY CAPABLE.’ NOW WHAT? — PART 1 (Emerald)

Food

• 25 Books on Food Tank’s Summer 2021 Reading List (FoodTank)

• 6 Asian American Chefs Share Their Favorite Recipes (Travel + Leisure)

• Meet the Women Leading LA’s Barbecue Revolution (Eater LA)

Art / Literature

• Lawyer by Day, Children's Book Author by Night: How Susan Do Uses Her Voice and Vietnamese Culture in More Ways Than One (Yahoo! Finance)

• ‘The Good Asian’ comic book series aims for ‘truth where facts don’t exist’ (Datebook)

• Why are top jobs in Chinese museums going to white men? (The Art Newspaper)

• NXT Generation Theatrics, run entirely by teens, persists through COVID pandemic (ABC 7)

Fashion

• Bretman Rock on Manifesting His Gay, Asian, Immigrant Success (Teen Vogue)

• Victoria's Secret ditches angels, enlists Megan Rapinoe, Priyanka Chopra as new ambassadors (NBC News)

Beauty

• This brand is on a mission to empower beauty lovers of all shapes, skin tones and sexualities (Yahoo! Entertainment)

• Meet the women making nude lipsticks truly diverse (Lifestyle)

• 31 Beauty Products You’ll Probably End Up Using Every Single Day (BuzzFeed)

Love

• Nearly half of Americans don't know what 'fetishization' is, according to Bumble (Mashable)

• Are your dating preferences racist? (Mic)

• This Man's Illustrations About Life With His Boyfriend Are Absolutely Adorable (Huff Post)

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