10.04.2015

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Asian-American woman asks white residents of Portland to pay for her therapy: A Portland native of Thai-Cambodian ethnicity has set up a fundraising page asking the city's white residents to pay for her mental health care support, saying her problems have been caused by the pervasive racism she's encountered.

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How U.S. Immigration Policy Got to be Such a Mess: From the 1965 Immigration Act until today, nine scholars weigh in on how U.S. immigration policy got to be the tangled mess it is today.

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Explaining Chinese Restaurants, Korean Dry Cleaning, and Indian Motels: A combination of social networks, skills, and circumstance can lead to ethnic groups clustering around a single industry.

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Register for Asian American Studies, NOW.: First year in college? Back to campus? If you haven't registered for Asian American Studies here are 3 reasons why you need to NOW.

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It's Time to Talk: South Asian Women in the U.S. Have Some of the Highest Suicide Rates: According to a study a few years ago, young South Asian women in the U.S. were found to have a higher suicide rate than the general U.S. population.

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All Americans Should Want Chinatown to Stay Chinatown: An affordable housing crisis in American cities is tearing apart Chinatowns and hurting immigrant communities' ability to fully contribute.

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How I Deal with Racist Patients: When a patient requested 'no Indian doctors,' Dr. Farah Khan expected the hospital higher-ups to stick up for her. But they didn't. How can doctors deal with racist patients?

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I hated not being white: The lies I told just to fit in haunt me still: Why growing up, Tom Phan wanted to get away from the burdens and preconceptions of being Asian in America.

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How a Chapman University Law-School Student Saved a Korean Immigrant From Deportation: How Jonathan Shin, a Champan University Law School Student, helped to save a Korean immigrant family from being separated by deportation.

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To Save the Children of Korea: On the History of International Adoption: An interview with Dr. Arissa Oh, whose book, To Save the Children of Korea, The Cold War Origins of International Adoption, explores the history of Korean adoption.

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Lisa Ling: America Has 'No Shortage Of Stories': Lisa Ling talks about her long career as a journalist, and about her most recent work on the CNN original docu-series This Is Life.

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Sam Wo, century-old Chinatown noodle joint, blooms anew: The legendary San Francisco eatery Sam Wo will finally reopen later this month -- a piece of the city's Chinese American culture restored.

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Danny Bowien Teaches Jimmy to Make a Chinese Food Burrito: After pounding lunchbox shots, Mission Cantina's Chef Danny Bowien shows Jimmy Fallon and Questlove how to make a burrito out of leftovers on The Tonight Show.

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Meet the Nepalese-American death metal guitarist who just found water on Mars: Luju Ojha is a graduate student, guitarist and scientific jack-of-all-trades who helped find water on Mars, all at an age when many people are still living in their parents' basement.

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Will Kim Ng be MLB's first female GM? Right now, Kim Ng is the senior vice president of baseball operations for Major League Baseball. Will she be the MLB's first female GM?

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Incognito: In China, actor Daniel Wu is a huge celebrity. In his hometown, he's just like everyone else.

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The Walking Dead: Steven Yeun says Glenn and Maggie are 'stronger than ever': Steven Yeun talks about what to expect from his character in the upcoming sixth season of The Walking Dead.

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Margaret Cho is feeling a little 'Psycho': Margaret Cho talks about politically outspoken comedy, gay rights, and how to do "Fashion Police" right as she takes off on her "PsyCHO Tour."

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'I Want to Talk About How We Can Use Our Anger to Heal': Badass Comic Margaret Cho Dishes: More badassness from Margaret Cho, who talks about race, sex, white fragility and hollering to be heard.

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Author Gil Asakawa On Being Japanese American: 'I Was A Banana': Gil Asaawa's latest book, Being Japanese American: A JA Sourcebook for Nikkei, Hapa... & their Friends is "an instruction manual of sorts for folks like him looking to connect with both sides of their culture."

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Priyanka Chopra Talks Bollywood, Diversity on TV, and What's Ahead This Season on Quantico: An interview with Priyanka Chopra, who makes her debut on American screens on ABC's new thriller, Quantico.

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Quantico's Sexiest Plot Holes, a List: ABC's Quantico is filled with plot holes -- not least, the amazingly gorgeous state of star Priyanka Chopra's hair -- undoubtedly the best hair on television.

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Gene Luen Yang Schools Us with His 11 Favorite Middle-Grade Comics: Award-winning graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang provides a list of his eleven favorite middle-grade comics.

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It's a Coder! It's a Teacher! It's a Kick-Ass Graphic Novelist!: A Q&A with Gene Luen Yang, whose middle school graphic novel Secret Coders with artist Mike Holmes came out last week.

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The Rumpus Interview with Yumi Sakugawa: The Rumpus talks to cartoonist/illustrator Yumi Sakugawa about her newest comic Ikebana, Spam musubi-eating monsters and the power of silence.

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