Asian American news, views and other assorted things
He came and went in less than a week, but Travis Ishikawa made an impression after being called up to fill in for injured regular San Francisco Giants first baseman Lance Niekro. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s a tired subject for some people and I’ve been accused of obssessing over it: stereotypes of Asian American men. But someone has made yet another documentary on the issue. The Slanted Screen is playiing at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco this week, and I saw it last night. Read the rest of this entry »
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Nicholas Kristof wonders why Asian Americans are so good in school in a Sunday New York Times op-ed piece, but I’m not sure he found the right answer. Read the rest of this entry »
My colleague Karim Amara and I went out to dim sum with Contra Costa Times Food Editor Nicholas Boer for his Stalking the Feast column. Read the rest of this entry »
