Tag: Asian American
Racism is Real and Present in My Son’s Elementary School in California
On April 7, 2026, a group of parents from my son’s elementary school submitted a formal complaint regarding a racial slur incident at Camp Pali. The incident occurred during a Grade 5 sleep-away camp attended by graduating students from Mark Keppel Elementary, where Korean American students from the Dual Language Immersion (DLI) class were targeted. This event was the boiling point of a systemic issue regarding the general treatment of Korean American and DLI students by both faculty and peers. The incident triggered an independent legal investigation, and we have just received the official report detailing the findings and allegations.
The Accidental Immigrant
When I first landed in San Francisco in 1988 to go to school at Berkeley, I wasn’t planning on staying. Perhaps around Junior Year, after I came out as queer and then started identifying with Asian Americans, as most of my friends were… I thought that I might want to stay… but I didn’t know how.
An Open Letter from Wayne Lo
I became serendipitously connected with Wayne through his art at Hayena Gallery when I was producing the feature film #1 Serial Killer aka Chink. I…
Exploring Being Asian and Queer with Filmmaker Nick Neon
Nick Neon is a half Korean American and half Spanish American filmmaker who identifies as Asian American. As a millennial filmmaker with a passion of horror, Nick has also directed and acted in two short films dubbing the “Jimmy Park” series. To celebrate Pride month, “Ultra Bleu” and “Zero One” are both streaming FREE on AAM.tv. CHOPSO takes the opportunity to interview this young upstart.
In a Violent Country
As an immigrant in America, I was writing this article a few months earlier and I stopped writing because I felt like crying over spilled…
HATE CRIME: FIRST PERSON
In light of the recent post-COVID hate crimes on Asians worldwide, I’m re-posting this original blog published on Xanga.com on January 29, 2004. I was…
Comisery, the First Feature Film Made and Released During the 2020 COVID Pandemic
I finally caught Comisery from AsianAmericanMovies.com, and realize that it’s a truly a winning experimental feature. Yes, a few weeks before Comisery there was Host,…
Eating It
CHOPSO interviews comedian lead actor and co-creator Brian Park on his webseries Eating It now streaming on CHOPSO. C: Tell us what Eating It is…
Peeling the Purple Onion
CHOPSO interviews comedian Edwin Li and director Matt Szymanowski on their debut feature The Purple Onion now streaming on CHOPSO. C: How did you two…
Interview with Stanley Tsang and Osric Chau
CHOPSO interviews director Stanley Tsang and actor Osric Chau, the people behind the Weapon 4Y7, a pilot for a new web series that is exclusively…
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