Surprise! MAGA Indians Face Racism From the Right

And Other Items of Note From Angry Asian America.

MAGA Indians Went All In on Trump. Many Right-Wingers Can't Stand Them

South Asians are a powerful, visible minority with top roles in the overwhelmingly white Trump administration. They’re also facing a racist backlash, fueled in part by the white nationalist Groyper movement.

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Street Fighter | Official Trailer

Behold, the insane trailer for Street Fighter, the upcoming latest movie adaptation of the hit video game. "Set in 1993, estranged Street Fighters Ryu (Andrew Koji) and Ken Masters (Noah Centineo) are thrown back into combat when the mysterious Chun-Li (Callina Liang) recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament: a brutal clash of fists, fate, and fury. But behind this battle royale lies a deadly conspiracy that forces them to face off against each other and the demons of their past. And if they don’t, it’s GAME OVER!" It looks chaos, and I'm digging it. In theaters everywhere on October 16.

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Behind the Hacker Leak of 'Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender'

The highly anticipated animated feature Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender leaked online months ahead of its premiere on Paramount+. An anonymous X account claimed that a Nickelodeon employee emailed him the entire film, though that appears not to be the case. The fallout has sparked a discussion over Paramount's decision to forgo a traditional theatrical release for a valuable franchise.

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Charles Melton on Beef Season 2, New Fatherhood, and Life as a Zillennial

After going from Riverdale heartthrob to art-house breakout with May December, actor Charles Melton put his own life story into his latest role on the second season of Netflix anthology series Beef.

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My Strange Dysphoria

Supirya Ganesh, who plays Dr. Samira Mohan on The Pitt, opens up about conforming to notions of Western, white beauty standards before finding her queer community. In this essay for Vulture, she writes about the gender dysphoria she experienced when she moved from India to the US as an 18-year-old to attend Columbia University. She details a specific moment at a New York bar when someone directly asked her if she was a man or a woman.

To Kurt Suzuki: About That Hat and "Having Some Fun"

Guest Post by Joseph Shoji Lachman



Kurt Suzuki, a yonsei (4th gen. Japanese American) wore one of those disgusting white supremacist hats when visiting the White House. It was horrifying, and symbolic of larger issues of Asian Americans and adjacency to white privilege.

The question I always want to pose to these garbage Japanese Americans is, how can you support a guy whose campaign and supporters have voiced support for the incarceration of Japanese Americans and have used it as a justification for oppressing other minority groups?

Suzuki couldn't even muster an apology. He said he was just trying to "have some fun." I wonder if he could go to a migrant concentration camp, look a mother and child in the eyes while wearing that hat, and claim it's just about having some fun.

I wonder if he could look me in the eye as a fellow yonsei and say it's just about having some fun.