While the main character of Brittany Runs a Marathon is definitely not Asian American, two major characters in Brittany’s life are Asian American and are interesting enough to make this, in the words of Stacy Nguyen, an Asian American-y movie.   One is Gretchen, a shallow woman (played by Alice Lee), who  trying to live a […]

And Other Things to Know From Angry Asian America. White Chef Who Cooks Vietnamese Food Accused of Harassing Asian Americans Imagine whiteness so fragile, you lose your shit over being corrected about a typo. Peja Krstic, the (white) chef-owner of Dallas Vietnamese restaurant Mot Hai Ba, wrote an Instagram post in which he misspelled “bánh […]

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And Other Things to Know From Angry Asian America. Trump again uses racially insensitive term to describe coronavirusNo doubt because it went over so well last time, Donald Trump again referred to the novel coronavirus as “kung flu,” eliciting laughter and wild cheers from a young crowd in Arizona on Tuesday. Because fuck you. Trump […]

And Other Things to Know From Angry Asian America. Indian Restaurant Vandalized with White Supremacist MessagesIn Santa Fe, an Indian restaurant was ransacked and vandalized with white supremacist obscenities and hate speech. The unknown vandal or vandals caused an estimated $100,000, damaging the restaurant’s kitchen, dining room and storage area. They destroyed bottles of wine, […]

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And Other Things to Know From Angry Asian America. Trump Calls the Coronavirus ‘Kung Flu’Donald Trump remains shamelessly steadfast in his quest to blame China for this country’s troubles. Over the weekend at a campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he used racist language to describe the coronavirus pandemic by terming the virus as the “kung […]

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Long hidden family secrets, an African American journalist’s deathbed request, and the Japanese American internment – all these seemingly unconnected elements connect to create a moving and timely documentary about a man taken away by the authorities and never again seen by his family.  With divisions between Asian Americans on why they should care about […]

And Other Things to Know From Angry Asian America. Detectives Interview Woman from Racist Rant VideoThe “manhunt” is over. Police have located Lena Hernandez, the woman identified in connection with multiple racist incidents that were caught on camera and went viral. Hernandez was reportedly found by Torrance Police Department detectives and members of the Specialized […]