There is a reason why I bang a gong in the one-man shows that I do across the country.
The agung is a kulintang instrument, indigenous to the Philippines, where my parents are from. My gong also is part of an historical legacy, having been owned by my late dear friend Thelma Buchholdt, the first Fi
When I coached my daughters’ youth soccer teams, some parents, who didn’t know the game, would yell “charge” and encourage the girls to kick the ball toward the goal as hard and as far as they could.
Wrong.
Sometimes, if the ball-handling skills are up to it, you kick the ball backwards in order t
I respect the rule of law. I don’t always like it, but I understand why we need it in a democracy.
For example, when the homicide laws did not favor a prosecution in the murder of my cousin in California in 2014, I was outspoken and critical.
My family still did not get justice. And unless there w
History was made on the eve of the last day of Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the month we celebrate our inclusion in society.
It was the first time ever a former president became a convicted felon. And without a doubt, it was fueled by an unconscious but racist Asi
I couldn’t make the AALDEF 50th anniversary gala in New York this week, because I was in Florida fighting for the next 50 years.
I’m doing my show, “Emil Amok, Lost NPR Host, Wiley Filipino, Vegan Transdad,” an iteration of the show I did while in New York a few months ago.
Here’s what I found in
Simu Liu was announced this week as a Justice in Action Award recipient to be feted at the AALDEF 50th anniversary gala on May 20.
Simu, you will recall, beat the monstrous Emil Blonsky as an appetizer in “Shang Chi…” Oh, and he’s done some other things too. Like stand up for all Asian males as the
Asian Americans following the historic Trump criminal trial should ask themselves this: If you knew what you know now from testimony under oath, would you have still voted for Trump in 2016?
On Tuesday, Donald Trump, the former president on trial for felony criminal charges, was in a New York court
It’s here. So, for this heritage month, take a stand.
Know who we are. Be all inclusive this month of May to honor all of us.
The acronym already makes sure we have the Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the mix with the East Asians and South Asians.
Thanks to the Biden administration, old
After Columbia's imposed deadlne to end student encampments had passed on Monday, 200 student protestors were blocking the entrance of Columbia's Hamilton Hall. Another dozen protestors were inside the building waving a Palestinian flag in a symbolic move. Hamilton Hall was occupied in 1968 during s
Trump jury? It better have at least one Asian American, as we generally get cast as Juror No.1 or Juror No. 9, in many court dramas on TV.
It’s one of our stereotypes.
We will have to wait a few days to see if that happens or if we can even find the perfect Americans for this history-making jury.
I’m in New York doing my show, “Emil Amok, Lost NPR Host, Wiley Filipino, Vegan Transdad” as part of the New York City Fringe/Under St Marks Theater for three more shows, including one this Saturday.
But I’m still working as a journalist, viewing the world from an Asian American lens.
This week, I
You might have seen a certain digital billboard over Times Square last week.
Hope you didn’t blink. It was up just 5 seconds an hour for just ten hours. It did not cause the earth to move. If you missed it, this very picture will be used in another digital ad over Times Square by the George Cohan s
Finally, Harvard has announced it has achieved the perfect racial balance in its new freshman class!
Of course, you know that’s an April Fool’s joke.
But this is true. Now, we know how it feels for Asian Americans to be used as a tool to end policies for racial equity.
No one knew what would happ
Democrats are hoping the buzz from that pre-Good Friday, star-studded Radio City Music Hall fundraiser lasts through a Good November.
That would be some resurrection for President Biden, whose approval numbers are stuck in the 30s.But maybe the sight of Clinton, Obama, and Biden--three Democratic p
Over the last few years, I’ve taken my columns and turned them into springboards for my comic memoirs that I’ve taken to the stage.
The newest iteration of my live Amok monologues features a new story about my conversion therapy as a transdad.
Transdad?
See the show in New York City starting Apri
I bought something from a Chinese company on social media recently. When I got the product, it didn’t work.
I panicked, then relaxed because I bought it through an American tech giant, which gives me recourse.
Going to the product company directly was a nightmare in communication. Most of the emai
Oh, how we hate the term “model minority,” which presupposes a good model for people of color and Asian Americans in particular to follow in life and career.
But judging by his performance the other day at a congressional hearing, Robert Hur, the former special prosecutor in the Biden documents cas
Most want to rush to see the movies that won an Oscar after the fact. But there is one film you definitely should see after Oscar night and it’s a nominated movie that didn’t win, “Past Lives.”
It didn’t win for best picture or for Celine Song’s original screenplay. But as one who was a film critic
State of the Union address? It was more like President Biden’s “Save the Nation” address.
And frankly, he had me at “Hello.”
Or more specifically, “Hitler.”
President Joe Biden started his State of the Union address by quoting President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on January 1941 saying, “I address
Nikki Haley knows how to appeal to the Asian American in me.
“Just last week, my mother, a first generation immigrant, got to vote for her daughter for President,” Haley, of Indian descent, said. “Only in America.”
And with that opening, Haley suspended—though not ended–her campaign on a not so su
