NIKKEI VIEW: The Asian American Blog

Bits of pop culture, media and politics from a Japanese American’s perspective by Gil Asakawa

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Entries from August 2008

“Twittering” the APIA Vote Town Hall

May 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Internet technology is such a great, rapidly evolving field, that we’re constantly being presented with new ways to tell stories — to do journalism. Who woulda thunk even just 10 years ago that the Internet would be many people’s main source of news and information? Who woulda predicted services such as Facebook, or Twitter, not [...]

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Tags: asian american · media · pop culture

Who should an APA Heritage Month celebration be aimed at?

May 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments

We just snuck out after a couple of hours of Denver’s annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Month celebration, an event sponsored by Colorado’s APA umbrella organization, Asian Roundtable. This free event has been going on for over a decade, and it’s held every May in a community auditorium at the Well Fargo Bank building in [...]

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Tags: asian american · food

Adam Schrager: Honorary Japanese American

May 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Erin and I attended a talk and book signing with 9News Political reporter Adam Schrager last night, and introduced him to her folks. It was the second time we’ve seen Adam speak since the publication of “The Principled Politician.” This talk was held at Simpson United Methodist Church, which serves the Japanese American community, and [...]

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Tags: asian american · pop culture

How the Japanese fortune cookie became a Chinese food icon

May 9th, 2008 · No Comments

We had dinner last night at the venerable Denver Press Club with Jennifer 8.Lee and learned about Chinese food. The dinner was Chinese takeout, of course, from a DU-area eatery called “Hong Kong Cafe.” It was pretty good. The dinner was organized by John Ensslin, president of the Colorado chapter of the Society of Professional [...]

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Tags: asian american · baby boomers · food · japan · pop culture

A graduating student’s update about the University of Colorado’s “War Against Asians” Campus Press article

May 7th, 2008 · No Comments

The email below was sent today by David Chiu, a graduating senior at the University of Colorado. He’s been involved with a group of students, meeting with the CU administration since Feb. 18, when an ill-advised satire column titled “If It’s War that Asians Want, It’s War They’ll Get” was posted on the Campus Press [...]

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Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, the Sitar, George Harrison, The Concert for Bangladesh and Me

May 1st, 2008 · No Comments

I’m a born-again Asian American. Most of my life, I was oblivious to my rich roots and Japanese heritage. I was a banana — yellow on the outside, white on the inside. So probably more than some Asian Americans, I like the idea that May is officially “Asian Pacific American Heritage Month” in the U.S.
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Tags: asian american · baby boomers · music · pop culture