Asians

A decade after Bowie’s Starman moment on Top of the Pops, a South Asian teenage girl extended a hand from BBC Television Centre to her own audience of dreamers. It was 1982 and a sari-clad Sheila Chandra was fronting Monsoon, whose debut single Ever So Lonely, an otherworldly confection of tablas and sitars topped by Chandra’s ethereal voice, had hit No 12 in the UK singles chart. Mesmerised second-generation Asians, battling the dynamics of our parents’ cultural values while trying to fit in amid a climate of racial…

When asked for one word to describe Asian and Pacific Islander media in 2022, Blade of the 47 Ronin actor Yoshi Sudarso said, “diverse.” The crowd present at Thursday night’s Asian Pacific Islander Excellence Celebration certainly matched Sudarso’s words. Chinese American reality television stars rubbed elbows with Polynesian American musicians and Southeast Asian American silver screen actors at Casita Hollywood, where The Hollywood Reporter, Netflix and Gold House teamed up for a celebration of the…

Asians are dumping crypto, while participants from the West have been buying the same dump Since the inception of Bitcoin, the first crypto, more and more cryptocurrency projects have steadily entered the scene, each promising different perks or uses to investors. Some altcoins boast unparalleled transaction speeds, while others claim to offer the lowest fees. Other coins, like the privacy-focused altcoin Monero (XMR), offer airtight security and total privacy. XMR transactions made through a specially…

Actor Constance Wu, who is best known for her performance in Crazy Rich Asians, recently revealed that social media backlash almost pushed her to self harm in 2019. Almost three years after the incident, she opened up about mental health on Twitter. (Also read: Crazy Rich Asians movie review)Back in 2019, Constance was criticised for her negative tweets on the renewal of her series Fresh Off The Boat. The actor is set to launch her upcoming book, titled Making a Scene. In a recent statement, she said, "I was afraid of…

Simu Liu became a massive star this past year in particular when he debuted a new Marvel hero in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Now that the Chinese-Canadian has found his big break as a Hollywood star, he has recently been opening up about his road to fame, with one bump in the road being that he auditioned and got rejected from a role in Crazy Rich Asians. Following his recent comments, it has sparked a debate about Henry Golding and the movie itself, which Liu has now come back around to defend. For over a…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new Rice University study showcases the severity of discriminatory behavior toward Asians and Asian Americans driven by the COVID-19 pandemic. "Viral Racism…

Online grocery delivery start-up Weee! encourages customers to share videos of recipes and favorite items on its app. It specializes in hard-to-find Asian foods, along with fruits, vegetables and other staples.Weee!Online grocery start-up Weee! specializes in hard-to-find foods from Asian and Hispanic cuisines. It nabbed another kind of rarity earlier this year: A big Hollywood name in its executive suite.The company hired Jon M. Chu, director of "Crazy Rich Asians" and the film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's "In the…

It was a moment of celebration for some Americans, but Ms. Matsuda didn’t like the sound of it. “I’d be uncomfortable if the person next to me on the plane was unmasked," said the 64-year-old retiree as she ate a sandwich outside a Tokyo shopping mall. “We haven’t figured out yet how we could live with the coronavirus. At this phase, we’d better take a more conservative approach." Pictures of maskless Americans packing sports stadiums, attending business meetings and now riding on airplanes…