Janet Yang Becomes First Asian Elected as Film Academy President (Variety)
Janet Yang Becomes First Asian Elected as Film Academy President (Variety)
Tuesday (Aug 9th) review of Asian American news & newsmakers
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Notable AAPI Headlines
Janet Yang Becomes First Asian Elected as Film Academy President (Variety)
San Francisco beating of 70-year-old Asian woman: Police seek 11-year-old, 3 other young suspects (Fox News)
Bay Area Nonprofit, Asian American Residents Sue Siskiyou County (NBC Bay Area)
Texas man sentenced to 25 years after attacking Asian family, including slashing 6-year-old (USA Today)
Man Charged With Killing Worker Over Duck Sauce Found Dead, Police Say (NY Times)
Entertainment
Op-Ed: For Filipino Americans, seeing ourselves in a summer movie is a wonder (LA Times)
Sundance Institute Partners With The Asian American Foundation On New Fellowship And Scholarship For AAPI Artists (Deadline)
Is Bullet Train Guilty of Whitewashing? (Den of Geek)
Jo Koy & Easter Sunday Helped Me Better Understand My Filipino Family (Refinery 29)
Houdini called him a ‘super magician’ and an American pretended to be Chinese to copy his act. Who was Ching Ling Foo? (SCMP)
Michelle Yeoh becomes Dr. Yeoh as first Asian artist to receive AFI’s honorary doctorate in fine arts (NextShark)
Culture / Lifestyle
Sania Khan's Killing Sparks Conversations About the Stigma Around Divorce in South Asian Communities (Time)
Q&A: Why and how Pew Research Center conducted 66 focus groups with Asian Americans (Pew)
In Chinatown and the Bay Area, Residents React to Pelosi’s Trip (NY Times)
Martial arts and Asian American identity (Penn Today)
Meet the Jews of color exploring what it means to be Black, Asian, Latino — and Jewish (Forward)
Politics
U.S. Senate confirms first South Asian American judge on 9th Circuit (Reuters)
Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit sparked international tension, but isn’t likely to shake up her popularity with Chinese American voters at home in San Francisco (The Conversation)
Business
Google Adds New ‘Asian-Owned’ Tag for Business Listings in Search and Maps (Social Media Today)
20+ Great Asian-Owned Shops and Boutiques in Greater Philadelphia (Visit Philadelphia)
Google Search and Maps update adds new identifier for Asian-owned businesses (Techradar)
American Dreamers: Andy Fang, Co-Founder Of DoorDash, On How A Class Project Turned Into A Massive Food-Delivery Service In America (Forbes)
Music
Raja Kumari Brings West Coast Rap to India (NY Times)
The Composer Huang Ruo on Illusion and Betrayal in ‘M. Butterfly’ (NY Times)
Sports
Decade in the making: Newsome inches closer to Gilas Pilipinas goal (Rappler)
Health / Science
How to talk about disability sensitively and avoid ableist tropes (NPR)
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Family / Education
A school superintendent where I live said Asian Americans get good grades because they’re wealthy. She has no idea what my family went through (Fortune)
Texas schools need course highlighting Asian Americans, advocates say (Dallas Morning News)
How Should Asian American History Be Taught? A Scholar Explains (Education Week)
Food
‘Food is our love language’: exploring south-east Asian roots with meal kits (Guardian)
Where do we stand with MSG? (Salon)
Chef Vicky Lau on Celebrating Ten Years of Tate Dining Room And Her Evolution (Prestige)
'Sweeter than honey': Inside the underground quest for the perfect mango (Courier Post)
Fashion
This Hmong American Fashion Designer's Star Shines Bright (Mpls St. Paul)
When fashion meets art: Onitsuka Tiger turns its London flagship into a gallery (The Value)
DESIGNER KIM SHUI IS CROWDSOURCING A GARMENT FOR HER NEXT NYFW RUNWAY SHOW (Nylon)
Beauty
How Tatcha’s founder built a globally renowned beauty brand ‘without a plan’ (Emirates Woman)
Makeup Trends From Douyin Are Going Viral On TikTok, So I Tried It (Buzzfeed News)
The 15 Top Korean Models To Follow on Instagram (Next Luxury)
Art / Literature
How a tiny Chinatown bookstore became a hub for authentic Asian American stories (CNN)
‘Pachinko’ author Min Jin Lee credits success to hallyu, rise in global popularity of Korean culture (NextShark)
Who’s Rog?: Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (‘DDLJ’) Accused Of “Whitewashing” Broadway Musical Adaptation (Deadline)
Love
EME Hive’s Livestreaming Feature Revolutionizes Online Dating for Asian Singles (DatingNews)
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