September 2009

Serial Pedophile Who Bought 5-Year-Old Vietnamese Sex Slave is Up For Parole

published by ANBM on Sun, 09/27/2009 - 15:04

What can be more depressing than a story like this to remind us of our current society and the state of human morality. It is important that we should continue to advocate against human trafficking and foriegners who go overseas to find Asian wives or sex touring for Asian women (or in this case, Children too).

Typically, these are the types that have the imperialist mindset, they prey on those who are inpoverished and live in difficult conditions. The circumstances that exposes a vulnerability can be said without reference, human trafficking or sexual exploitation of Asian women.

We have similar issues that exist in first world countries only that these problems exist on a another level. In the social context, racism comes intertwined with stereotypes, race sexual fetish, Asian fetishism, Pedophilia, Asiaphiles, Sexism, Rapists, murders etc all that commonly share the same basis on the grounds of racism.

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Hyori for Guess Jeans

published by ANBM on Sat, 09/26/2009 - 19:45

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Wongfu on CNN

published by ANBM on Sat, 09/26/2009 - 16:44

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Asian Suicide, it's not caused by "Culture" or "Confucianism".

published by ANBM on Mon, 09/21/2009 - 23:07

ScienceDaily - Although Asian-Americans as a group have lower rates of thinking about and attempting suicide than the national average, U.S.-born Asian-American women seem to be particularly at risk for suicidal behavior, according to new University of Washington research.

The study shows 15.93 percent of U.S.-born Asian-American women have contemplated suicide in their lifetime, exceeding national estimates of 13.5 percent for all Americans. The finding comes in a study published in the current issue of the journal Archives of Suicide Research. Lifetime estimates of suicide attempts also were higher among U.S-born Asian-American women than the general population, 6.29 percent vs. 4.6 percent.

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Strong ethnic media market gets new weekly

published by ANBM on Sun, 09/20/2009 - 17:02

SFGATE - A group of community leaders and journalists did something seemingly unusual last week - they started a newspaper, the Nichi Bei Weekly.

But while its introduction comes as economic pressures are forcing publications to scale down or close, it also comes at a time when the audience for ethnic media is bigger than ever.

According to a study earlier this year by New America Media, a San Francisco group that represents 2,000 ethnic news organizations around the country, readership in this sector increased by 16 percent over the last four years.

Still, it won't be easy. Despite an increasing readership, the ethnic press hasn't escaped the same downturn in advertising that has hurt mainstream publications.

The fledgling Weekly, in fact, was born out of the demise of the Nichi Bei Times, Northern California's oldest Japanese American paper.

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Ray Clark to be trialed for Yale Student Annie Le Murder

published by ANBM on Thu, 09/17/2009 - 21:14

Conflicting images of Raymond Clark III, accused of murdering Yale grad student Annie Le, are emerging since his arrest in her strangulation.

There is the Ray Clark his high school friends remember: competitive baseball player who respected authority, volunteered to help the homeless and raised money for cancer-stricken patients. He was also a member of the Asian Awareness Club.

Others, drawing mostly from memories of more recent days, saw a darker side of the 24-year-old Clark: withdrawn, officious at work, and very controlling of his fiance. There is even a police report suggesting that Clark once menaced his high school girlfriend enough for her to call the cops.

Ryan Santoro, who says he's known Clark since they were both 12 and played on a Little League baseball team together in Branford, Conn., said that he never thought of Clark as someone who would be involved in a murder case.

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Lumina's lead actor talks... and his advice to single ladies

published by ANBM on Sun, 09/13/2009 - 21:24

Lumina's leading actor, Michael Chan speaks to Orientelle about his experiences on the set of Lumina, his preferences in women and his advice to beautiful, career-oriented women still looking for Mr. Right out there. Check it out-

1. Tell us about your background. What projects did you do in the past and how did you get here (both in Hong Kong and on Lumina)?

I was born and raised in the province of Quebec, in Canada. Spoke French in everyday life and Cantonese at home with my family and grand parents. Since my childhood, I’ve always been the only Chinese/Asian kid in school and everyone asked me if I knew kung fu! I guess I kind of felt ashamed to answer no, so I secretly started to practice all kind of martial arts in my back yard.

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Asian Women Scholars in Higher Education

published by ANBM on Sun, 09/13/2009 - 01:27

"Strangers" of the Academy Asian Women Scholars in Higher Education, Edited by Guofang Li, Gulbahar H. Beckett, Foreword by Shirley Geok-Lin Lim

Abstract - No less than other minorities, Asian women scholars are confronted with racial discrimination and stereotyping as well as disrespect for their research, teaching, and leadership, and are underrepresented in academia.

In the face of such barriers, many Asian female scholars have developed strategies to survive and thrive. This book is among the first to examine their lived experience in Western academic discourses. It addresses the socio-cultural, political, academic, and personal issues that Asian female scholars encounter in higher education.

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The Astroboy Movie 2009 - Is this going to suck?

published by ANBM on Sun, 09/13/2009 - 01:05

New trailer movie for Astro Boy has been released. Astro Boy movie is based on a popular Japanese comic book is set to be released this Fall. The US movie version has Nicolas Cage, Charlize Theron, Kirsten Bell and Samuel Jackson as voice actors. While the Japanese version has Aya Ueto and Koji Yasusho as voice actors. .

Japanese idol and actress, Aya Ueto, will be the voice behind upcoming movie, Astro Boy (known as Atom). Astro Boy began in 1952 as Comic but became a hit through television series in the 1960s. The movie is scheduled for October 2009 release in Japan and followed in the US.

Actress Aya Ueto appeared in a public recording event for the Japanese-dubbed version of the computer-generated animation "Astro Boy" on Tuesday, Aug. 18.

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Fang Zhi Gu Niang (Weaving Girl) Movie wins at Montreal World Film Festival

published by ANBM on Sun, 09/13/2009 - 00:47

Chinese film “Weaving Girl” grabbed the second highest prize at the closing ceremony of the 33rd Montreal World Film Festival Monday.

“Weaving Girl,” directed by Wang Quan’an and leading actress Yu Nan, tells about the struggled life of a textile factory woman worker. It won both the special Grand Prix of the Jury, the runner-up prize, as well as the International film critics prize.

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