Asian American news, views and other assorted things
Our South Africa trip is winding down. Ramie and I (seen with the Three Rondawels rock formations along the Blyde River) are in Johannesburg now on our last day in the country. We’ve been to Cape Town and been in the bush country on a safari. It’s been a great trip. The aftermath of apartheid can still be seen almost everywhere, and the country is still very segregated. Read the rest of this entry »
So my wife Ramie has been in South Africa for the past week on a work-exchange trip to see how a affordable housing organization operates there.
Food is important to her, and she e-mailed yesterday to say, that so far, she’s tried: Read the rest of this entry »
It was probably little noticed in most sports pages other than an agate listing, but NFL player Dat Nguyen retired last week after an eight-year career.
There are few Asian Americans in pro or big-time college sports and even fewer in the NFL. Nguyen was the first Asian American that I can remember playing pro football and for America’s team, the Dallas Cowboys, no less. Read the rest of this entry »
Sam Chu Lin, one of the first Asian American reporters on network TV, died Sunday. He was 67. Read the rest of this entry »
Radio show host Adam Carolla apologized last week to the “Asian community” for a skit in January that consisted mostly of someone saying “ching chong” over and over. Read the rest of this entry »
