Apply to the 2016 Kundiman Asian American Writing Retreat

June 15-19 at Fordham University



Hey writers! Kundiman is now accepting applications for the 2016 Kundiman Asian American Writing Retreat, an annual retreat to help mentor the next generation of Asian American writers. During the Retreat, nationally renowned Asian American poets and writers conduct workshops with fellows. This year's faculty includes Kimiko Hahn, Lee Herrick, R. Zamora Linmark, and Bich Minh Nguyen.

It's happening June 15-19 at Fordham University in New York. Here's a video about the retreat:

Jerk customer's anti-immigrant "tip" draws internet fury

"Tip for U.S. citizens only."



There are big tippers, there are stingy tippers... and there are just plain assholes. Big fat middle finger to the asshole who left this "tip" for a waitress at a Southern California Thai restaurant.

'Tip' Left for a Waitress Leads to Fury Online

After dining at Bamboo Thai Bistro in Redondo Beach, the customer wrote his server an anti-immigrant message , rather than a monetary tip, in the gratuity line of his check: "Tip for U.S. citizens only."

Missing: 33-year-old Eugene Vibar, last seen November 1

Southeast Portland man has been missing since Halloween.



Have you seen Eugene Vibar? In Oregon, police and loved ones are asking for the public's help searching for 33-year-old Southeast Portland man who has been missing for over two weeks.

Police, friends search for Eugene Vibar, missing SE Portland man

Eugene Vibar was last seen in the early morning hours after Halloween, at 2:30am on November 1, after returning from the HOWL Halloween festival. He left his house in the South East Buckman area to go for a walk. When he didn't return for several days, his roommate filed a missing persons report.

Vibar is 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 170 pounds, with brown eyes and shoulder-length brown hair. He was last seen wearing blue jeans and a black or blue jacket.

Celebrate "Huangsgiving" with 'Fresh Off The Boat'

Episode 208: "Huangsgiving" airs Tuesday, November 17, 8:30 PM on ABC.



ABC's hit Asian American family sitcom Fresh Off The Boat airs Tuesday nights at 8:30pm, right after The Muppets. The comedy, inspired by the memoir of chef Eddie Huang, tells the story of the Huang family, a Taiwanese American family getting their immigrant hustle on in suburban Orlando, in pursuit of the American dream. If you missed this season's episodes, they're available for viewing on the ABC website.

Fresh Off The Boat stars Randall Park as Louis, Constance Wu as Jessica, Hudson Yang as Eddie, Forrest Wheeler as Emery, Ian Chen as Evan and Chelsey Crisp as Honey. With special guest assist from Lucille Soong as Grandma Huang. This week, the Huangs host Thanksgiving! And some fave guest stars return.

Here are some more details about episode 208, "Huangsgiving":

Philip Ng cast as Bruce Lee in 'Birth of the Dragon'

Movie inspired by the story of Bruce Lee's most famous fight.



So there's this Bruce Lee movie that's been in the works for a while. Birth of a Dragon is a "biopic" of sorts, inspired by Lee's infamous Chinatown fight with Master Wong Jack Man. And now, the project has found its Bruce Lee. The legendary martial artist will be played by Hong Kong-born actor Philip Ng.

Philip Ng cast as Bruce Lee in Birth of the Dragon

According to Entertainment Weekly, Ng will play Lee, while Chinese actor Yu Xia will play rival Wong Jack Man. As legend has it, the two martial artists fought in a real-life confrontation in Oakland in 1965. Details about the duel -- including why they fought and who actually won -- have been debated for decades, but Lee's family credits the fight for sparking the development of the philosophy that would eventually become Jeet Kune Do.

Birth of the Dragon will be told from the perspective of Steve McKee. Wait, who the hell is that?

Sikh man's selfie doctored to look like Paris terrorist

Veerender Jubbal has never even been to Paris.



By now, you've seen and heard about the deadly terror attacks that killed at least 129 people in Paris last week. While there has been an international outpouring of support and compassion, the aftermath has also seen assholes act like bigger assholes, as assholes so often do. For instance, the asshole who doctored this photo of a Canadian Sikh man to make him look like one of the terrorists purportedly responsible for the attack.

Doctored photo wrongly accuses Sikh man of being Paris terrorist

Shortly after the attacks, someone doctored a photo of Veerender Jubbal, a Canadian Sikh man who months ago posted a selfie taken in front of a mirror. Mr. Jubbal, who wears a turban and beard in observance of his faith, was holding an iPad. The image was altered to show him holding a Quran and wearing a suicide vest.

What. The. Fuck.

When the doctored image began to spread -- and even got picked up and reported by one of Spain's biggest newspapers -- Jubbal posted the original photo as evidence that he had nothing to do with the attacks. He's never even been to Paris. He's just a regular guy with a turban who posted a selfie, which unfortunately is enough fodder for some Photoshopping asshole to turn him into a terrorist.

McDonald's employee fired for coffee cup racism

Employee wrote "chino" and drew a racist face caricature on an Asian customer's coffee cup.



Oh look, this shit again. Last week in Chicago, a McDonald's employee was fired after writing "CHINO" and drawing a racist caricature -- referring to an Asian American customer -- on a coffee cup order.

McDonald's worker fired for writing 'chino' on coffee cup

Paul Kim, who is Korean American, was at the McDonald's Kedzie and Foster when he noticed that "CHINO" -- a Spanish slang term for Asian -- was written on his uncle's coffee cup, along with a racist caricature of an Asian face. Yes, those three lines are supposed to be a face.

Kim shared a photo of the cup on Twitter:

Back to Blogging

Damn. I need a vacation to recover from my vacation.



All right, I'm back. Sort of. I took a much-needed break last week to get a breath of fresh air and recharge the batteries. Good stuff. I'm going to be honest: I was not quite ready to return. But it's time to fire up the laptop and get back to the sweaty business of blogging. Many things happened while I was away. I hope you'll pardon me as I shake off the vacation brain, sift through a truckload of emails and get back up to speed.

While I was away, I asked a bunch of folks to contribute guest posts to keep things going around here. Huge thank you to everyone who hooked it up during my break. Here's a roundup of everybody's contributions:

Angry Reader of the Week: Margaret Cho

"I try to create beauty and laughter and attempt to right the wrongs I see daily."



Good people of the internet! It is time, once again, to meet the Angry Reader of the Week, spotlighting you, the very special readers of this website. Over the years, I've been able to connect with a lot of cool folks, and this is a way of showing some appreciation and attention to the people who help make this blog what it is. This week's Angry Reader is Margaret Cho.

AMC's Into the Badlands: The Time is Now

Guest Post by Keith Chow



I'm on vacation! This week, I'm taking a much-needed break to recharge the batteries and get a change of scenery. To keep things going around here, I've enlisted the help of several friends of the blog to submit guest posts on various topics of their choosing. Here's one from Keith Chow, cross-posted from The Nerds of Color.

As we near the end of 2015, one thing is for sure: it's a great time to be an Asian American television consumer. For the first time in history, you'll need two hands to count the number of major television programs to feature Asian American leads! On ABC alone, you have shows like Fresh of the Boat, Dr. Ken, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Quantico.

This Sunday night, the biggest network of them all -- AMC -- throws its hat into the ring with Into the Badlands, a dystopian martial arts drama starring Daniel Wu. And I can safely say the show is unlike anything you've ever seen before.

Asian Humans of New York

Guest Post by Minh-Ha T. Pham



I'm on vacation! This week, I'm taking a much-needed break to recharge the batteries and get a change of scenery. To keep things going around here, I've enlisted the help of several friends of the blog to submit guest posts on various topics of their choosing. Here's one from Minh-Ha T. Pham, author of 'Asians Wear Clothes on the Internet: Race, Gender, and the Work of Personal Style Bloggin.'

My guest post pays tribute to New York City, with a special focus on my home borough of Brooklyn. In it, I spotlight Asian New Yorkers in the fields of fashion, food, and photography. Here are their stories, told mostly in their own words. (All photos are used with permission and courtesy of the featured individuals unless otherwise noted.)

6 Years, 6 Lessons (and 1 to Grow On): Opening Federal Government's Doors to the Asian American and Pacific Islander Community

Guest Post by Kiran Ahuja, Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (2009-2015)


Photo credit: Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
I'm on vacation! This week, I'm taking a much-needed break to recharge the batteries and get a change of scenery. To keep things going around here, I've enlisted the help of several friends of the blog to submit guest posts on various topics of their choosing. Here's one from Kiran Ahuja, exiting Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

I am humbled by the opportunity to serve as the Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs), housed within the Department of Education, for the past six years. The Initiative is working to improve the quality of life and opportunities for AAPIs through increased access to, and participation in, federal programs in which they may be underserved. During my time, I learned a lot, so I wanted to take the opportunity to share with you some of my big takeaways – so here are the Top 6 Lessons (and 1 to grow on) learned as Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

A Comics Artist Shamelessly Plugs Some of Her Amazingly Talented Asian American Friends and Colleagues

Guest Post by Wendy Xu



I'm on vacation! This week, I'm taking a much-needed break to recharge the batteries and get a change of scenery. To keep things going around here, I've enlisted the help of several friends of the blog to submit guest posts on various topics of their choosing. Here's one from comics artist Wendy Xu.

Wendy here. I'm a comics artist. I'm currently working on a webcomic (more on that later), and my recent projects include pencils in a comic displayed as part of the New York Historical Society's Chinese in America exhibit, as well as had a short comic in Shattered: The Asian American Comics Anthology. I've also printed and sold my short witch comics at indie cons like MOCCA and SPX.

I was drawing one night when I got an email from Phil inviting me to write a guest post for Angry Asian Man. Since comics and graphic novels dominate my entire life, from my day job to what I do off-hours, this is -- you guessed it -- about comics. Mostly, I wanted to use the opportunity to showcase and shamelessly plug some of my amazingly talented Asian American friends and colleagues, all of them up-and-comers in the comics industry who undoubtedly have long and illustrious careers ahead of them.

I once heard Marvel talent Alitha Martinez say at a panel, "To be in this industry, you have to be good. You have to be very, very good, because at least hundreds of other people want to be doing what you're doing." Outside of the Big Two of Marvel and DC, there are many other artists in the independent comics world creating, publishing and selling their own stories -- and they are all, indeed, very, very good. Editors and new readers, pay attention!

Featured in this interview are: Trung Nguyen, Shivana Sookdeo, Alice Meichi Li and Arielle Jovellanos.

The Final Frontier: Captain Demora Sulu

Guest Post by Sarah Kuhn



I'm on vacation! This week, I'm taking a much-needed break to recharge the batteries and get a change of scenery. To keep things going around here, I've enlisted the help of several friends of the blog to submit guest posts on various topics of their choosing. Here's Sarah Kuhn on her favorite Star Trek hero.

The announcement came down earlier this month: there's a new Star Trek series in the works. Geek Twitter lit up with an avalanche of conflicting thoughts and feelings, "Hooray!" mingling with "How dare they?!" and "Also, what the fuck is CBS All Access?"

I only had one thought and it was immediate, specific, and all-consuming: How can we get Demora Sulu to be captain of the Enterprise?

Why are Asians so rare on Shonda Rhimes' hit TV shows?

Guest Post by Gil Asakawa



I'm on vacation! This week, I'm taking a much-needed break to recharge the batteries and get a change of scenery. To keep things going around here, I've enlisted the help of several friends of the blog to submit guest posts on various topics of their choosing. Here's Gil Asakawa (who watches a lot of television).

My wife Erin and I love junk-food TV. From The Blacklist and Blindspot to Grimm and Castle, we turn into small-screen zombies at night, depending on our DVR to serve up our shows. But there's one junk-food TV brand that we've decided to strike from out diet, and delete from our DVR.

After years of devouring the medical soap series Grey's Anatomy, a couple of seasons of the media-political soap Scandal and How to Get Away with Murder, the most recent ABC hit series written and produced by Shonda Rhimes, we've gone cold turkey on her shows.

Here's why: Rhimes is a terrific storyteller, and pioneering producer who casts African Americans in prominent or starring roles in her series. But except for Sandra Oh's keystone character, the irascible but brilliant surgeon Cristina Yang, Asians are either non-existent or generally fringe-ified. It's almost as if with Oh's departure from Shondaland (Rhimes' production company and the realm where all these shows dwell), the box for Asian stars was checked off: "Done."

Top Five Reasons Why Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders Should Support Affirmative Action

Guest Post by Nicole Ochi, Supervising Attorney, Advancing Justice - LA


I'm on vacation! This week, I'm taking a much-needed break to recharge the batteries and get a change of scenery. To keep things going around here, I've enlisted the help of several friends of the blog to submit guest posts on various topics of their choosing. Here's one from Nicole Ochi, Supervising Attorney at Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles.

Last week, in partnership with more than 160 Asian American and and Pacific Islander organizations, Asian Americans Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice) and Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), filed an amicus curiae ("friend of the court") brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of University of Texas Austin’s ("UT-Austin") race conscious admissions policy. So, why did more than 160 AAPI-serving organizations, from large, pan-Asian national organizations and professional associations, to student and grassroots groups serving Arab, Filipino, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, South Asian, Southeast Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities stand together to tell the nation’s highest court that it should uphold UT-Austin’s race conscious admissions policy for a second time?

Here are the top 5 reasons:

Turning the Big 1-2: Behind the Scenes of 'Fresh Off The Boat'

Guest Post by Hudson Yang


Eddie has cool T-shirts, but I have cool T-shirts too.
I'm on vacation! This week, I'm taking a much-needed break to recharge the batteries and get a change of scenery. To keep things going around here, I've enlisted the help of several friends of the blog to submit guest posts on various topics of their choosing. Here's one from Hudson Yang, star of ABC's Fresh Off The Boat.

So this week's episode of Fresh Off The Boat, "The Big One-Two," was about Eddie turning 12, and actually I turned 12 a few weeks ago too.

I don't feel that different as a 12 year old than I did as an 11 year old. I do get more privileges. My dad lets me sit up front in the car sometimes. And I'm treated differently, beause I'm older and I can't get away with being irresponsible all the time. I have to help with the dishes and laundry, and I have to take care of my seven-year-old brother Skyler more. And I have to watch how I act around him, because I see that he's watching what I do all the time, and I want him to have a good role model.

My Favorite Asian American Photographers

Guest Post by An Rong Xu


I'm on vacation! This week, I'm taking a much-needed break to recharge the batteries and get a change of scenery. To keep things going around here, I've enlisted the help of several friends of the blog to submit guest posts on various topics of their choosing. Here's one from photographer and filmmaker An Rong Xu.

Hi all, this is An Rong Xu, I'm a photographer, and film maker based in New York City. I'm a big believer in sharing, so I'm going to share with you, a few of my favorite Asian American Photographers, as well as why I love them.

Full disclosure: a few of them are good friends of mine. Also, these are my own views and opinions, so if you have any questions, comments, or want to tell me about the next great talent, holla at your boy.

Conversations with My Parents in <Chinese> & English

Guest Post by Connie Sun



I'm on vacation! This week, I'm taking a much-needed break to recharge the batteries and get a change of scenery. To keep things going around here, I've enlisted the help of several friends of the blog to submit guest posts on various topics of their choosing. Here's a comic strip from Connie Sun.

There is nothing more central to my Asian-American identity than trying to hold on to enough Chinese to communicate with my immigrant parents.

Is Glenn Rhee the Most Beloved Asian American Male in the U.S.?

Guest Post by Ken Fong


I'm on vacation! This week, I'm taking a much-needed break to recharge the batteries and get a change of scenery. To keep things going around here, I've enlisted the help of several friends of the blog to submit guest posts on various topics of their choosing. Here's one from Ken Fong.

Spoiler alert: If you haven't kept up with The Walking Dead, don't read any farther.

A little more than three weeks ago, multitudes of fans of this hit show on AMC exploded with a collective shriek of disbelief that no doubt attracted multitudes of unwanted zombies to wherever they were watching when actor Steven Yeun's character Glenn Rhee was killed by hordes of the now-infamous reanimated corpses.

For those of us who hadn't read the graphic novel before the show aired, we were de-lighted when, during Episode 1 of Season 1, it turned out that the voice on the radio that guided Sheriff Rick to safety from the "walkers" surrounding the tank belonged to an Asian American character, Glenn Rhee. Even though I was creeped out by the horrific hordes of undead, I was immediately hooked on one of the few current TV shows that featured an Asian American in a heroic-without-being-a-badass-martial-artist role.

The Folks Behind 'Off the Menu: Asian America' Share Their Favorite Food Stories

Guest Post by Momo Chang



I'm on vacation! This week, I'm taking a much-needed break to recharge the batteries and get a change of scenery. To keep things going around here, I've enlisted the help of several friends of the blog to submit guest posts on various topics of their choosing. Here's Momo Chang of the Center for Asian American Media.

Hello, my name is Momo Chang, and I’m the Content Manager at the Center for Asian American Media, and a freelance journalist. CAAM is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing stories that convey the richness and diversity of Asian Americans by funding, producing, distributing and exhibiting works in film, TV and digital media. As part of my job, I’ve had the great fortune to work on a multimedia food project entitled Off the Menu: Asian America, a companion website of food stories, essays and recipes to support the film by the same name.

Off the Menu: Asian America is a PBS documentary directed by award-winning filmmaker Grace Lee, which premieres nationally on Monday, December 8, 2015 (check local listings). Co-produced by CAAM and KQED, Off the Menu is a road trip into the kitchens, factories, temples and farms of Asian Pacific America that explores how our relationship to food reflects our evolving community. To celebrate the release of the film, we’re also holding an #OfftheMenuAsianAmerica recipe contest.

I asked some of the filmmakers of Off the Menu: Asian America and some of the talented folks who contributed their personal essays, photos, artwork, recipes and articles to the website, about their favorite foods or food moments with the Angry Asian Man blog. Here’s what they said:

The Real Yi-Fen Chou: What a Fake Asian Poet Taught Us about Actual Asian Poets

Guest Post by Timothy Yu


I'm on vacation! This week, I'm taking a much-needed break to recharge the batteries and get a change of scenery. To keep things going around here, I've enlisted the help of several friends of the blog to submit guest posts on various topics of their choosing. Here's one from Professor Timothy Yu.

The message landed in my inbox late on a weekend night: Have you seen this? Attached was a link to a contributor's note to The Best American Poetry 2015, an anthology edited annually by a different well-known poet. The bio was for a poet named Yi-Fen Chou, one of 75 included in this year's anthology. But Yi-Fen Chou was not Yi-Fen Chou at all:

Trumping anchor babies and birth tourists

Guest Post by Vincent Pham



I'm on vacation! This week, I'm taking a much-needed break to recharge the batteries and get a change of scenery. To keep things going around here, I've enlisted the help of several friends of the blog to submit guest posts on various topics of their choosing. Here's one from Professor Vincent Pham.

In August 2013, Donald Trump jumped into the political scene, spouting China's destruction of the U.S. economy and his distrust of President Obama's claims to legitimate birthright citizenship. The general public and mainstream media counted him out as crazy, figuring such comments would make him a long shot at being a legitimate presidential candidate. Yet, in 2015, we have him hosting Saturday Night Live and near the top of the Republican polls. He's still bashing China and now he's talking about anchor babies and birth tourism.

Seriously, what is going on here? And why should us readers of Angry Asian Man care?

Our Time Now: An Asian American Actor's Journey to Broadway

Guest Post by Greg Watanabe

Greg Watanabe in 'Allegiance'
I'm on vacation! This week, I'm taking a much-needed break to recharge the batteries and get a change of scenery. To keep things going around here, I've enlisted the help of several friends of the blog to submit guest posts on various topics of their choosing. Here's one from actor Greg Watanabe.

As I type this, I'm sitting backstage at the Longacre Theatre on a break before tonight's preview of Allegiance. We open on the 8th, which may have passed by the time this is posted.

To get an idea of what being in this show means to me, you have to understand a little of my background.

Protect L.A.'s Koreatown

Guest Post by tk lê



I'm on vacation! This week, I'm taking a much-needed break to recharge the batteries and get a change of scenery. To keep things going around here, I've enlisted the help of several friends of the blog to submit guest posts on various topics of their choosing. Here's one from tk lê, Angry Asian Intern.

I love Koreatown. From Far East Movement to Parker (aka Dumbfoundead) to Roy Choi and the entire cast of Ktown -- as many before me have said and shown, the neighborhood is filled with small businesses to satiate practically any of my child-of-immigrant cravings, and at any time of the day. The local mail store that opens before the post office does, the bar down the street that lets me bring my own mixers, and the endless fried and spicy things to cure all that ails me... Yes, I love Ktown for all these things.

I also love the community here. As one of the densest populations in all of Los Angeles, Ktown is filled with people. Workers who catch the bus before sunrise, God-fearers who worship with megaphones, gardeners who harvest fresh vegetables between brick and concrete. People -- mostly working class people of color -- exist here, they live and they thrive and they struggle. They play and they work and they party.

Ktown is not, as a developer named Mike Hakim has said, a community full of "rapists" and "pedophiles." (This is on public record. Go to the 11-minute mark.)

1984: When death paid me a visit

Guest Post by Vishavjit Singh


I'm on vacation! This week, I'm taking a much-needed break to recharge the batteries and get a change of scenery. To keep things going around here, I've enlisted the help of several friends of the blog to submit guest posts on various topics of their choosing. Here's cartoonist Vishavjit Singh.

"To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth." - Voltaire

Death is one of the few constants in life. It waits for every one of us. We find ways to ignore it, battle it, make attempts to prolong its arrival but come it does. We grudgingly accept its inevitability but there are times that death makes it appearance in ways for us to hold its couriers in contempt. Times when a few of our species sink into the depths of darkness to orchestrate, execute plans of the most sinister kind to snatch innocent lives. This death haunts us with its memories long after its departure.

Death of this kind paid a visit thirty-one years ago in the first few days of November to my family home. I was far away from Washington DC, the city of my birth residing with my family in a two bedroom apartment in one of oldest capitals in the world, Delhi in India.

Angry Asian Vacation

Excuse me as I take a little break from the sweaty business of blogging.



Aloha! I am out of here. I've packed my bags and skipped town for a much-needed vacation. Excuse me as I take a little break from the sweaty business of blogging. No computer-ing! I'll be sipping drinks by the pool, reading a book and/or watching the crap out of Aziz Ansari's Master of None on Netflix.

But don't worry! Things will keep going around here. There will still be updated content. I've enlisted the help of a bunch of smart friends who will be contributing guests posts on various topics while I'm away. I've got you covered. Enjoy their posts, be good to one another and I'll see you when I get back.

Stay Angry.

Read These Blogs

First Hmong family arrived in Minnesota 40 years ago on Nov. 5: Thursday marked the 40th anniversary of the first Hmong refugees to arrive in Minnesota. According to the Minnesota Historical Society, Dang Her, his pregnant wife, Shoua Moua, and their son, Touvi, were the first Hmong settlers in the United States from Southeast Asia.

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It's Time to Step The F*ck Up for Asian American Studies | #WeNeedAAPIStudies: "I learned to consider the Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander identity more broadly, beyond my own personal narrative as a heterosexual, cis-gendered, well-educated Chinese American woman." Jenn from Reappropriate talks about the impact of Asian American Studies courses in her life, and why we need to advocate for AAPI Studies now.

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Textbooks don't tell the history of minorities, students say. Teenagers want to change that: A very inspirational group called "API Leaders for the Leadership of Youth" is working to create ethnic studies classes at every Portland high school.

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Why Asian Americans don't vote Republican: "Our study suggests that the increasing salience of issues like immigration that implicitly or explicitly offend minority groups coupled with exclusionary rhetoric from prominent leaders of the Republican Party will continue to push Asian Americans to the Democratic Party."

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How Asian American women became the target of anti-abortion activism: Across the country, Asian women's reproductive rights are being challenged and their family-planning decisions are being policed.

This Week's Angriest Posts

Not necessarily the angriest, just the most viewed.



1. Man to plead guilty in beating death of adopted son
3-year-old Hyunsu O'Callaghan was "beaten to death from head to toe."

2. Your Halloween Costumes, Part Three
Part three of our annual gallery of reader-submitted Halloween costumes.

3. Your Halloween Costumes, Part Two
Part two of our annual gallery of reader-submitted Halloween costumes.

4. Steven Yeun missing from 'The Walking Dead' opening credits
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER

5. Guess he didn't get the memo.
There sure were "a lot of Oriental fans" at the Charlotte Hornets home opener.

6. Another mistrial declared in Alabama police brutality case
Former cop Eric Parker is accused of using excessive force against Sureshbhai Patel.

7. Surprise, America. A lot of us really hate 'Sixteen Candles.'
This week's 'Fresh Off The Boat' went waaaay meta with the #‎RepSweats commentary.

8. Students file lawsuit alleging voter intimidation
Chinese American students accuse town supervisor of voter intimidation and group defamation.

9. Celebrating Bruce Lee: An Intimate Evening with Shannon Lee & Diana Lee Inosanto
Sunday, November 15 at the Japanese American National Museum

10. Suspect arrested in stabbing of Spencer Stone
28-year-old James Tran is charged with attempted murder.

Stay Angry, my friends.

Kollaboration Star 2015

Saturday, November 14 at the Aratani Theatre in Little Tokyo.



It all comes down to this. You are invited to Kollaboration Star 2015. The world famous Asian American talent show presents it annual finale showcase featuring an amazing lineup of up-and-coming Asian American artists from around the country, as well as guest performances from The Kinjaz and ARCHIS.

This year's show also features an epic collab medley featuring music from MC Jin, Travis Atreo, and members of OG Asian American pop groups Kai and One Vo1ce performing their classic hits. All hosted by Beau Sia. Whaaaat. It's happening Saturday, November 15 at the Aratani Theatre in Little Tokyo.

Here are some more details about the event:

8th Annual Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival

Showcasing 23 features and over 30 shorts from 17 countries, November 12-22



It's film festival season, you guys. And I am sucker for film festivals. Philadelphia, this one's for you. The 8th Annual Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival is going down next week, November 12-22, showcasing a slate 23 features and over 30 shorts from 17 countries. The festival promises to be the biggest one yet, kicking off with the Opening Night presentation of Benson Lee's teen comedy Seoul Searching.

Here's the official festival trailer:

Ken gets responsibly drunk on 'Dr. Ken'

Episode 110: "Ken Teaches Molly a Lesson" airs Friday, November 6 at 8:30pm on ABC



This week on ABC's Dr. Ken, Ken gets druuuuuuunk... in the name of science and parenting. When Molly admits to taking a sip of beer at a party, Ken must teach her a lesson about alcohol's effects on the body.

Inspired by executive producer/star Ken Jeong's real life and career as a medical doctor, Dr. Ken follows Dr. Ken Park, a physician with bad bedside manner trying to juggle medicine and being a family man to his wife and kids -- and not quite succeeding on either front.

Dr. Ken also stars the awesome Suzy Nakamura as Ken's wife Allison, Krista Marie Yu as daughter Molly, and Albert Tsai as his son Dave. They're all great. The cast is rounded out by Tisha Campbell-Martin as Damona, Jonathan Slavin as Clark, Kate Simses as Julie and Dave Foley as Pat.

Here's a preview of this week's episode, "Ken Teaches Molly a Lesson":

First look video highlights from Broadway's 'Allegiance'

Watch Episode 7 of the behind-the-scenes documentary webseries 'Trek to Broadway.'



The new Broadway musical Allegiance, currently in previews at The Longacre Theatre, opens on November 8. Inspired by George Takei's true-life experience in an internment camp, Allegiance follows one Japanese American family's extraordinary journey through wrongful imprisonment during World War II.

Allegiance stars George Takei as Sam Kimura/Ojii San, Lea Salonga as Kei Kimura and Telly Leung as Sammy Kimura; with book by Marc Acito, Jay Kuo, and Lorenzo Thione and music and lyrics by Jay Kuo.

Here's a new first look video with musical highlights from Allegiance:

Guess he didn't get the memo.

There sure were "a lot of Oriental fans" at the Charlotte Hornets home opener.



Real quick. I point your attention to this opinion piece posted on NBA.com, recapping the Charlotte Hornets' home opener last Sunday. The author notes that there was a visible increase in Oriental fans in the crowd, no doubt attributable to what he calls "the Jeremy Lin impact." Hey wait, did you just say "Oriental"?

Another mistrial declared in Alabama police brutality case

Former cop Eric Parker is accused of using excessive force against Sureshbhai Patel.



This shit is unbelievable. The case of the Alabama police officer accused of using excessive force against a 58-year-old Indian grandfather, partially paralyzing him, has ended in a mistrial. Again.

Another Mistrial Declared For Alabama Cop Who Paralyzed Indian Grandfather

For the second time in two months, a jury has been unable to reach a verdict in the federal civil rights case against former Madison police officer Eric Park. After deliberating for three days, the jury of nine women and three men were unable to reach a unanimous verdict, and the judge declared a mistrial.

15th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival

Presented by Pacific Arts Movement, November 5-14



Hey, San Diego film fans! It's time for one of the best events of the year! Pacific Arts Movement presents the 16th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival -- the largest showcase of Asian cinema on the West Coast, with ten packed days of more than 130 films and program from 20 countries. The festival runs November 5-14, with things kicking off this Thursday with the Opening Night Presentation of Miss India America.

Take a look at the festival trailer:

Suspect arrested in stabbing of Spencer Stone

28-year-old James Tran is charged with attempted murder.



In Sacramento, police have arrested a suspect in connection with the stabbing of Spencer Stone, the U.S. Air Force Airman who was hailed as a hero for helping to thwart a terrorist attack on a train in France.

Sacramento PD arrest man in Spencer Stone's stabbing

28-year-old James Tran was arrested on suspicion of stabbing Stone multiple times outside a nightclub in midtown Sacramento last month. The fight, which was caught on a surveillance camera, was apparently sparked by some kind of dispute between Tran's and Stone's friends over a cell phone video.

Kal Penn is making a comedy about TV news

Star re-teaming with 'Harold & Kumar' writers for ABC's 'Fair and Balanced'



This sounds pretty awesome. Kal Penn is re-teaming with the guys behind the Harold & Kumar franchise to executive produce and star in the ABC comedy Fair and Balanced, set in the world of conservative cable news.

'Fair And Balanced' News Channel Comedy Starring Kal Penn From 'Harold & Kumar' Writers In Works At ABC

Written by Hayden Schlossberg and Jon Hurwitz, the creators of Harold and Kumar, the single-camera comedy revolves around an aspiring public radio reporter who is swayed to work at a Fox News-type channel.

Surprise, America. A lot of us really hate 'Sixteen Candles.'

This week's 'Fresh Off The Boat' went waaaay meta with the #‎RepSweats commentary.



This week's Fresh Off The Boat blew my mind on multiple levels. Watching Eddie and his crew navigate the confusing, awkward territory of middle school relationships was painfully hilarious. But watching Louis invited to be a guest on the local morning news show, grappling with the burden to represent, was just plain genius.

Louis appears as a guest on Good Morning Orlando, charming everybody with his on-air impressions of Donald Duck and Sylvester Stallone. But when he gets home, Jessica calls him out on his buffoonery.

"We don't get opportunities to be on TV," she says. "That's why when we do we need to present our best face, not clown around like you did today." She likens his performance to one of the most notorious Asian stereotypes in the history of Hollywood movies -- Long Duk Dong of Sixteen Candles.

Helen Gym elected to Philadelphia City Council

Helen Gym is the first Asian American woman elected to office in Philadelphia.



The votes are in! Now it's official. On Tuesday in Philadelphia, public schools activist (and friend to this blog) Helen Gym won the general election for City Council At-Large, after kicking some serious ass at the polls.

Kenney and Gym change the education conversation

With over 142,000 votes, Gym was the leading vote-getter among Council at-large candidates. She is the first Asian American woman and the first Asian American Democrat ever elected to office in Philadelphia.

Gym rode to the Council on the strength of her education activism, building a grassroots campaign and raising more in small dollar contributions in the primary than any other candidate, including the mayor's race.

In her election night statement, Gym thanked community supporters and reiterated her commitment to public education, stressing that "Our work has only just begun."

Celebrating Bruce Lee: An Intimate Evening with Shannon Lee & Diana Lee Inosanto

Sunday, November 15 at the Japanese American National Museum



Bruce Lee fans! If you are in Los Angeles, Visual Communications invites you to a unique celebration of Bruce Lee's 75th Birthday. Join us for a screening of the documentary In His Own Words, then sit in on an intimate conversation with Bruce's daughter Shannon Lee and his god-daughter Diana Lee Inosanto, followed by a celebration with live performances, special guests, a silent auction, food and beverages and more. It's happening Sunday, November 15 at the Japanese American National Museum.

Here are some more details about the event:

Sim Bhullar acquired by Toronto Raptors' D-League team

7-foor-5 center is the first player of Indian descent to play in the NBA.



Sim Bhullar, the first player of Indian descent to play in the NBA, is headed back home to Canada. The Toronto Raptors' Development League affiliate Raptors 905 has acquired the 7-foot-5 center, who hails from Toronto.

Raptors 905 trade for Brampton's Sim Bhullar

The Raptors 905 acquired the rights to Bhullar, who made his NBA debut last year with the Sacramento Kings, in a trade last week with the Reno Bighorns farm team in exchange for the rights to guard Ricky Ledo.

Bhullar was born in Toronto before moving to the United States for high school.

Man to plead guilty in beating death of adopted son

3-year-old Hyunsu O'Callaghan was "beaten to death from head to toe."



Here's a guy who can rot in prison. A former division chief for the National Security Agency is expected to plead guilty this month to beating his adopted three-year-old son to death, according to court documents.

Onetime NSA division chief to plead guilty in young son's death, court files show

38-year-old Brian O'Callaghan, onetime chief of the NSA's Korea division, was arrested and charged last year in connection with the beating death of his son Hyunsu O'Callaghan, who had special needs, just months after Callaghan and his wife adopted him from South Korea.

Hyunsu was severely beaten while in the care of O'Callaghan in January 2014. The family claimed it was a tragic accident. Investigators say O'Callaghan repeatedly struck the child, hitting him so hard that the boy died two days later. According to the State's Attorney, "Basically this child was beaten to death from head to toe."

Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, November 5-15

This website is a proud media sponsor of Reel Asian's 18th annual edition.



Torontoooooo! Toronto film lovers, this one's for you. The Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival kicks off its 19th annual edition this week, presenting 72 films from over 10 regions including Afghanistan, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Canada and the United States. The festival runs November 5-15 at venues in Toronto, North York and Richmond Hill.

Here's the official Reel Asian trailer:

Eddie's got a girlfriend, sort of, on 'Fresh Off The Boat'

Episode 206: "Good Morning Orlando" airs Tuesday, November 3, 8:30 PM on ABC.



ABC's hit Asian American family sitcom Fresh Off The Boat airs Tuesday nights at 8:30pm, right after The Muppets. The comedy, inspired by the memoir of chef Eddie Huang, tells the story of the Huang family, a Taiwanese American family getting their immigrant hustle on in suburban Orlando, in pursuit of the American dream. If you missed this season's episodes, they're available for viewing on the ABC website.

Fresh Off The Boat stars Randall Park as Louis, Constance Wu as Jessica, Hudson Yang as Eddie, Forrest Wheeler as Emery, Ian Chen as Evan and Chelsey Crisp as Honey. With special guest assist from Lucille Soong as Grandma Huang. On the next episode, Eddie and his friends get girlfriends! Sort of.

Here are some more details about episode 206, "Good Morning Orlando":

Steven Yeun missing from 'The Walking Dead' opening credits

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When we last saw Glenn on The Walking Dead, our favorite zombie apocalypse survivor was seemingly swallowed by a horde of the undead, leaving legions of fans devastated and traumatized by the cruelest of cliffhangers. And if you tuned into the latest episode to get some clarity on Glenn's final fate, the show said hell no, you'll have to wait at least another week. On top of that, keen-eyed viewers may have noticed a disturbing detail about this episode: Steven Yeun's name was missing from the opening credits.

Since the October 25 episode, there has been a great deal of speculation and theorizing about whether or not Glenn actually met his end or somehow survived that ridiculously impossible situation. But instead of returning to the bloody alley where Glenn may or may not have met his doom, the show took a step back from the current storyline to focus wholly on another character, Morgan, and his backstory.

We Glenn fans shake our fists at you, Walking Dead.

Your Halloween Costumes, Part Three

Part three of our annual gallery of reader-submitted Halloween costumes.



All right. The Monday after Halloween. As we all recover from our candy-induced sugar highs and hangovers, let us look back one last time at this year's Halloween revelry. We put the call out to you, the good readers of this website, for photos of your awesome Halloween costumes, and you delivered a deluge.

Above, we have Colonel Sanders and a chicken, looking rather brotherly despite their natural rivalry. Thank you to everyone else who sent in photos. If you haven't already, check out Part One and Part Two.

And now, here's the third and final batch of costume photos:

Students file lawsuit alleging voter intimidation

Chinese American students accuse town supervisor of voter intimidation and group defamation.



In upstate New York, a group of Chinese Americans college students have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against a local town supervisor, alleging voter intimidation after he challenged their right to vote.

Chinese-American students sue Deerpark supervisor

Ten Chinese American students at Fei Tian College are suing Deerpark Town Supervisor Gary Spears, accusing him of voter intimidation, group defamation and violation of their civil rights after he challenged their new voter registrations in an apparent effort to suppress voter turnout.

In August, Spears challenged thirty new voter registrations by students at Fei Tian, which is located on the grounds of a local religious enclave, Dragon Springs Buddhist Inc.

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