New York Gov. Hochul gives $10M to Asian American groups impacted by COVID (ABC News)

Monday (Feb. 21) review of Asian American news & newsmakers

Hi everyone, hope your week is off to a good start.

Just a quick FYI, we are rolling out the paywall in Crushing The Myth News today. This means that free subscribers get the Notable AAPI Headlines, Entertainment & Culture sections for free; Paid subscribers receive the full newsletter with politics/business/music/food/fashion/sports/much more.

Why is there a paywall, you might ask? — Well, the simple answer is that Crushing The Myth depends on a small team of part-time contributors to deliver you the most Asian American headlines of any site or feed. We take the time to curate what we feel are trending topics and important news so everyone can stay up to date as quickly and efficiently as possible. To support our small team and our web/hosting/operational costs, we look to the support of our readers and patrons.

If you enjoy our work, please consider upgrading from a free subscription to a Paid plan ($5/month or $30/year… around the cost of a boba tea!). One reader called it “a weekly dose of Asian American awareness” :-) We love that.

One last note: if you’ve followed Crushing The Myth over the years or know me (JD), you know that I have big dreams and aspirations for where to take Crushing The Myth. Asian Americans are the fastest growing segment in American culture, and we have big plans. For now, we want to deliver you the most Asian American headlines weekly; in the future, we want to deliver you much more!

Thank you as always, JD

~ Recap of our weekly newsletters ~

• We send 3 distinct types of emails each week:

  • Crushing The Myth News (on Monday and Wednesday evenings, we summarize the top trending headlines on Asian American news and newsmakers) - *free subscribers get an abbreviated version, paid subscribers get the entire newsletter.

  • Entertainment Exclusive (on Thursday evenings, we send an in-depth editorial on Asian American news and newsmakers in the Entertainment Industry) - *free subscribers get an abbreviated version, paid subscribers get the entire newsletter.

  • Cultural Perspective (on Sunday nights, we invite a guest columnist to send out a unique perspective on Asian American culture) - *free to all subscribers.

  • If there’s big, breaking news, you’ll get that, too. (We try to be respectful of your inbox and send only the most important breaking news.)

~ Free subscribers vs. Paid subscribers ~

• Free subscribers get an abbreviated version of the Monday and Wednesday newsletters as well as an abbreviated version of the Entertainment Exclusive. The complete Monday and Wednesday Crushing The Myth Newsletters and the Entertainment Exclusive newsletter are available to paying members. Membership is $5/month or $30/year. There’s also a premium tier at $100/year that includes paid subscriptions for up to three email addresses and other perks — and lends support to the new model of independent media Crushing The Myth represents.

In short summary:

We’re giving you more links and headlines each week because Asian American news is growing! Free subscribers get abbreviated versions, paid subscribers get full access. And we’re introducing a new “Cultural Perspectives” guest column each Sunday night which everyone will receive (free).

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Headlines

New York Gov. Hochul gives $10M to Asian American groups impacted by COVID - (ABC News)

Notable AAPI Headlines

• ‘It’s Terrifying’: Now Two Asian Spa Workers Have Been Killed in Albuquerque in a Single Month (Yahoo)

• NYC Man Charged With Hate Crimes in Attack on Asian Woman (US News)

• New York Gov. Hochul gives $10M to Asian American groups impacted by COVID (ABC News)

• California bills aim to curb anti-Asian attacks against women, vulnerable groups (NBC News)

Entertainment

• Grey's Anatomy star Sandra Oh has disappointing update on her Netflix show (Digital Spy)

• 10 Asian American Actors, Comedians and Duos Who Would Rock the Oscars Stage (Character Media)

• Olympian Mirai Nagasu Explains Why She Couldn’t Work With Chris Kirkpatrick on ‘Celebrity Big Brother’: ‘We Just Didn’t Have the Same Vibe’ (US Mag)

• Ali Wong Steals Our Hearts Yet Again in Don Wong (Paste)

• In Trying To Speak For Everyone, Ali Wong Loses Herself (Esquire)

• Simu Liu Is the Superhero We Need Now (Vanity Fair)

• How Dante Basco tapped the whole family to make his ‘Fabulous’ directorial debut (LA Times)

• Indiana Jones’ Short Round Actor Ke Huy Quan Opens Up About Why He Stepped Away From Acting For So Long (Cinema Blend)

• Simu Liu reveals how Ken Jeong was the first person to make him feel welcomed in Hollywood (NextShark)

Culture / Lifestyle

• For an Asian American woman like me, Christina Yuna Lee's death hits too close to home (USA Today)

• I Kept My Family's Secret For Over 60 Years. Now, I'm Finally Telling The Truth. (HuffPost)

• Inside NYC’s skyrocketing anti-Asian violence: How hate speech led to hate crimes (New York Post)

• Recent killings of Asian American women force Asians abroad to rethink their relationship with the U.S. (WaPo)

• In an exclusive, illustrated excerpt from the upcoming book ‘RISE,’ Jeremy Lin remembers his road to the NBA and reflects on where Linsanity led (The Ringer)

• How a St. Louis anchor turned a racist call into something good (Poynter)

• Asian women continue to face 'terrifying' attacks in the US. What advocates say needs to change. (USA Today)

• How the Chinese Language Got Modernized (The New Yorker)