5.14.2017

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A Letter to My Mother That She Will Never Read: "When does a war end? When can I say your name and have it mean only your name and not what you left behind?"

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'First you make them laugh:' Asian-American performers fight for visibility: In the fight against what Asian-American actors see as their underrepresentation in Hollywood, what better weapon than humor?

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The Blessing (And Curse?) Of Miss Saigon: Miss Saigon has returned to Broadway. When the hit musical was first performed was controversial for its stereotypes and story and casting choices. Code Switch's Kat Chow explores Miss Saigon's journey in 2017.

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Whose Kansas Is it Anyway?: WNYC's Arun Venugopal traveled to Kansas to speak with members of the Indian community about how they're dealing with the recent deaths resulting from hate crime, and with their changing status in America.

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9 Times Non-Asians Completely Screwed Up Asian Food And We Lost Our Appetites: Banh Mi bagels with cheese, banana sushi, chopsticks with Filipino ribs... Why do they keep doing this?

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This Immigrant Found His 'American Dream' In Inspiring Others To Give Back: TV journalist, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and motivational speaker Toan Lam is motivated to help others in part because of his own immigrant experience.

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The Narrator Of HGTV's "House Hunters" Is Ready To Step Out From The Shadows: House Hunters and its many spinoffs are a pop culture phenomenon, but the iconic narrator has always been heard and not seen -- until now.

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Jeremy Lin details the racism he dealt with while playing at Harvard: On a recent podcast, Jeremy Lin told some disturbing stories about racism that he dealt with during his college career at Harvard.

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 Turned Mantis Into the Butt of a Joke: Instead of being a kickass cosmic hero in her own right, the Mantis portrayed in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 was little more than a stereotype and the butt of numerous jokes.

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Aziz Ansari on the Return of 'Master of None' and that 'S.N.L.' Monologue: Aziz Ansari, co-creator and star of the Netflix series Master of None, talks about his obsession with making pasta, among other things.

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'Master of None's' Alan Yang Isn't Laughing at Your Dumb Asian Joke: Master of None co-creator, executive producer and writer Alan Yang talks about new season, dating less white people, and just how political the show's aims really are.

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15 Times Constance Wu Was A Goddamn Gift To The World: Yet another fine BuzzFeed list in appreciation of Fresh Off The Boat star Constance Wu.

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A Radical Universe Of Self-Care: A strange world where women of all colors, sizes, and styles partake in self-care, guilt-free: The Little Book of Life Hacks by comic artist Yumi Sakugawa -- Get this book!

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Interview: Andrew Choi (St. Lenox): Andrew Choi, the vocalist behind St. Lenox, talks about the band's latest album, Ten Hymns from My American Gothic, his background as a classically-trained musician in a Korean American household, and what Choi's plans are for the future.

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From Korea to the NFL: One Rookie's Unexpected Journey to the Bolts: When Younghoe Koo arrived to the U.S. from South Korea in 2006, he had no idea what the NFL was. So how did he end up on the Bolts?



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