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Did we appreciate enough the Fil-Am chief justice of California’s Supreme Court?
California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye described the reaction from colleagues about news of her departure as “moans and groans and exclamations of concern and dismay and congratulations.”...
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The Blinken-Bongbong Show: Friends in need
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr (left) and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during their meeting in Manila on Saturday. Photo: Reuters In the shadow of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi,...
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What to do with this FPOTUS? Lock him up!
Protesters calling for former US President Donald Trump’s arrest vs. his supporters, outside Trump Tower in New York. REUTERS This past weekend Hawaii knew what to do when our democracy seemed in...
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Ninoy Aquino’s assassination, an open wound
Sen. Ninoy Aquino, a top opponent of the dictator Ferdinand Marcos, was shot and killed at the Manila International Airport on his return home on August 21, 1983. INQUIRER FILE I remember Sunday,...
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A million said, ‘Ninoy, you are not alone’ – a promise unfulfilled
We are aware of the moments of the present day that may ultimately become history. The calendar marks days you never forget. For me, an American Filipino, it was Aug. 31, 1983, ten days after Ninoy...
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Still Trumpy? Let Walis Tambo Guy’s fate be your guide
Lazo was lucky to get just 45 days in jail and ordered to pay $500 dollars restitution. He was seen as just a follower and wasn’t part of the first wave of insurrectionists. INQUIRER FILE Donald Trump...
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The Queen’s passing and the Obamas’ portraits of democracy
On the same week Queen Elizabeth died at age 96, Barack Obama was back in the news. And it was fortuitous timing. Both he and his wife, Michelle, are reminders to not go overboard on the Queen. On the...
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Queen? I’m mourning Henry Fuhrmann, the Asian American Hyphen Killer
The late Asian American journalist Henry Fuhrmann. USC ANNENBERG Are you a Filipino American? Or a Filipino-American? What’s the difference? That line between words. You like it. I despise it. That was...
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On DeSantis, Bonta and Marcos
Ron DeSantis is all wet. And Hurricane Ian is making him pay for his unseemly Martha’s Vineyard political prank. It’s all I can think about when you see a Category 3 hurricane with 115 mile per hour...
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Fil-Am history link to racist Dred Scott decision of 1857
Dred Scott October 2022 coincides with the new Supreme Court session, the start of Filipino American History Month, and the opening of a new satirical history of race in America by the esteemed African...
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U.S. gets ‘A’ in nuclear physics, but flunks hate crime math
A small floral memorial appears to have been placed recently outside Young’s Asian Massage in Acworth, four weeks after the deadly shootings in Acworth and Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., April 13, 2021....
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Purdue U. Northwest chancellor’s racist Asian ‘joke’
Purdue University Northwest Chancellor Thomas L. Keon mocked Asian languages in a commencement speech Saturday. SCREENSHOT/NPR Thomas Keon, Chancellor of Purdue University Northwest in Hammond, Indiana...
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University official’s joke is no laughing matter
the racist slur of Chancellor Thomas Keon, the CEO of Purdue University Northwest matters, even though most people are trying to hide it for the holidays. SCREENSHOT Filipinos know all about Asian...
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A TV trailblazer, a Pope and a football casualty
As 2022 ended, a Pope emeritus (Benedict) and a glass-ceiling breaking broadcaster (Barbara Walters) died. Asian American Filipinos were touched by both, and I was going to comment on their passing. I...
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Shameless GOP showed how longganisa is made in the USA
Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) became Speaker of the House by continuously losing power. REUTERS PHOTO It took some flips, and I don’t mean Filipino. After 15 rounds of votes, the Republicans finally...
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Anti-Asian racism is alive in heartland USA
Billie R. Davis from Indiana told police she stabbed the victim because she was “Chinese.” BOOKING MUG On a week when a Filipino American Miss USA is crowned Miss Universe, we must not forget real hate...
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Ten shot dead in Monterey Park – are we really safe?
Police used armored vehicles to block a white cargo van at a Torrance, California, parking lot, where suspected Monterey Park mass shooter was found dead from a self-inflected gunshot wound. ABC...
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Asians with guns, cops with too much power
Half Moon Bay, California mass shooting suspect, Chunli Zhao, in police custody. SCREENGRAB For the last week I’ve been writing and talking about the mass shootings at the hands of Asian Americans in...
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Biden’s SOTU: My optimistic Filipino dad would’ve approved
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein If my father were alive, he’d be 118 today (Feb. 8)....
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Historic Super Bowl ’23 – two Black QBs
Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts: The quarterback position used to be reserved for the white guys. Guys like Johnny Unitas, Bart Star, Roger Staubach. SCREENGRAB I’m officially coming out of hiding. I’m...
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On Presidents Day: Looking back on history and racism
REUTERS IMAGE Presidents Day weekend is our time to ski down the hill of oppressive history. There’s a lot of it against Asian Americans of all stripes. “Emil Amok: Lost NPR Host…,” the one man show...
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For Lent, I’ve giving up real life for acting
It’s a new day for Filipino actors and showbiz aspirants. When the Asian American stars of “Everything Everywhere All At Once” (EEAAO) were raking in their well-deserved SAG-AFTRA acting awards Sunday...
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From ‘Bloody Sunday’ to Ishmael Reed’s ‘The Conductor,’ still a long way to go
Demonstrators walk along the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama during a previous commemoration of the Selma to Montgomery civil rights march. TAMI CHAPPELL/REUTERS “Bloody Sunday,” the day of the...
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Everything Asian all at once
The race to the Oscars started with a string of award shows, from the Globes to the SAGs, letting people know about a hot Asian American-themed film called “Everything Everywhere All At Once,”...
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Trump wants another term; so give him one, in jail
A combination photo shows Adult film actress Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, and U.S. President Donald Trump. REUTERS I’m still in Manhattan, performing in a play off-Broadway at...
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The Filipino joke’s on Harvard
A man looks at his mobile phone beside a sign for Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., June 18, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder Did you hear the one about the Filipino in The New Yorker?...
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Bragg grabs Trump by the…, leaves him punch-drunk
Make no mistake, the Trump indictment, arrest and arraignment in New York City was for real. The unsealed 34 count felony indictment came on like a series of jabs that may not have knocked out Trump...
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The Filipinoness of Justin Jones
He’s still Black activist Justin Jones. But we all know he’s half-Filipino. SCREENGRAB How many times have we heard Tennessee legislator Justin Jones described as a “Black activist”? He’s more than...
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To curb gun violence, try focusing on the violence
Demonstrators in Washington, D.C on June 11, 2022 hold signs at “March for Our Lives,” one of a series of nationwide protests against gun violence. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno It was young people protesting gun...
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AANHPI Month, anyone? How about ‘Dark Brandon’?
President Joe Biden as “Dark Brandon” at White House Correspondents Dinner. YOUTUBE Would Bong Bong Marcos do karaoke at a White House State Dinner? Last week it was South Korea’s honor and South...
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Allen, Texas mass shooting mars AANHPI month
A girl runs as other shoppers leave with their hands up after police responded to a gunman who shot and killed eight people and wounded at least seven others at Allen Premium Outlets mall north of...
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