Category: Culture
Fan Ho 1931-2016
A few years ago, I discovered some photographs taken in the streets of Hong Kong during the fifties and sixties. Most of these photos depict…
Not Another Generous Tip Story
Several heartwarming stories of diners leaving generous tips have gone viral as of late, but here’s one that splashes cold water in your face. According to…
What Caused Former Grad Student to Snap?
The news of the shooting at UCLA unsettled the westside neighborhood where I live. For hours, media outlets would only comment that there were two down and…
Is Intellectual Theft Worse than Racism?
Not long after I posted the blog on Qiaobi’s racial transformation commercial, a friend posted an Italian laundry detergent Coloreria commercial on my Facebook page….
Chinese Laundry Detergent Ad Features Racial Transformation
Qiaobi’s latest detergent advertisement can be seen widely on television and cinemas in China. The advertisement featuring an amazing racial transformation is both getting eyeballs…
LA Pride On Fire #notourpride
Christopher Street West Association Inc., a 47-year-old non-profit organization in Los Angeles, who organizes the annual Los Angeles Pride parade and festival has been lit…
Getting Away with Child Molestation with a Powerful Publicist
Apparently, with a powerful publicist, you can get away with child molestation and sex abuse allegations. At Cannes, the Hollywood Reporter was banned from an…
World’s Most Beautiful Bookstore
While bookstores have been shutting down in the past decade, it warms my heart to see one doing well in Shanghai. First opened in 2013, Zhong…
Racist Republican Candidate Faye Stewart
During a Republican National Committee candidate forum on March 10 at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon, Faye Stewart used false and racist stereotypes of…
Less Gay White Boys, Please #GayMediaSoWhite
The internet is quietly smouldering with its latest racial equality trend, #GayMediaSoWhite. Mic reports that an initial tweet by songwriter Jesse St. John springboarded a…
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