About Us

ANBM Source is a online community of Asian, Asian American, Asian Canadian, Asian Briton, Asian Australian and friends. Some of us are directors, musicians, activists, politicians, educators, bloggers, talkshow hosts and other industry professionals.

We aim to promote and support Asian entertainment, increase health, cultural, social and political awareness in support of our communities needs, we hope to see them strengthen and grow.

ANBM Source Press Members (ASP)

Edwin Lee
Amy Guo
Devin Mei

ANBM Contributors (Facebook Group) 

Gary Huang
Alvin Lin
David Wan

Mainstream Media standards has continues to erode, the misinformation we consume on a daily basis is rarely questioned and the superficial images we are exposed to are unchallenged. As an ethnic minority living in a western mainstream society, the white media is a reflection of social and political mimicry where media diversity has failed to represent us with respect. 

Thus the reason we exist...

Despite how TV, film, fashion mags, and news media stereotype them, Asians aren't all:
• Kung fu masters, accented untrustworthy foreigners, terrorists, or evil gangsters, 
• Sneaky dragon ladies, exotic, submissive sex objects,
• Asexual, or chauvinistic Asian men,
• Asian women who exclusively date White/Black men (as depicted in media), or who are oppressed.

The media still fetishizes Asian women and marginalizes Asian men, creating damaging stereotypes, racism, and self-hate for Asian youth.

Introduction

History

The name 'ANBM' was derived from a Facebook community named 'Asians Not Brainwashed by Media' founded by Alvin Lin in 2006 with the intention of leveraging social networks to educate and connect like-minded individuals. 

After phenomenal membership growth, we were able to create a library of useful media information and discussions. It's growing status eventually became a nexus for icons and activists within entertainment and media network.

Alvin has entrusted the current Facebook community to the current administrators, who have also created this website to take advocate and educate those outside of Facebook, for internet readers and supporters around the globe.

This website has been around since 2-Jan-2009

Feel like contributing to our cause?

There is always something you can do to help us:

1. The easiest thing to do is to promote our cause. 
2. You may also link to our website.
3. Contribute by sending us your news, videos, photos & events.
4. Support our cause by donations!

Donations that will go towards hosting costs, ANBM is a non profit organization so all costs are covered by any means possible. What happens with my donations?