http://www.asian-nation.org/headlines Blog on contemporary news, issues, and current events related to Asian Americans and American racial/ethnic relations Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:52:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As part of this blog's mission of making academic research and data more easily accessible, understandable, and applicable to a wider audience and to practical, everyday social issues, I highlight new sociological books about Asian Americans and other racial/ethnic groups ... http://www.asian-nation.org/headlines/2009/11/new-books-different-aspects-asian-american-life/ As all the major media organizations are reporting, President Obama is in the middle of a high-profile trip to Asia, visiting many of our major allies and trading partners, particularly China. Rather than focus specifically on the political and ... http://www.asian-nation.org/headlines/2009/11/us-and-china-love-hate-relationship/ Often, when I write about racism and anti-minority racial attitudes in the U.S., readers ask how such attitudes here in the U.S. compare with similar attitudes around the world. Frequently, the implication is, how bad do American racial minorities ... http://www.asian-nation.org/headlines/2009/11/racial-attitudes-discrimination-south-korea/ A common theme in many of my recent posts has been the backlash among many White Americans against various demographic, cultural, political, economic, and globalized changes taking place in American society and the world in general. As their percentage ... http://www.asian-nation.org/headlines/2009/11/new-york-marathon-winner-not-a-real-american/ You might be interested to read the following posts from Novembers of years past: 2008: 14 Exit Poll Statistics About Obama’s VictoryAnalyzing exit poll data and voting patterns about Barack Obama's election victory by race, ethnicity, and other social factors. 2007: New ... http://www.asian-nation.org/headlines/2009/11/posts-from-years-past-november/ Yesterday was Election Day and there were many Asian American candidates running for office throughout the country. For those who are curious, APAs for Progress has a summary of how individual Asian American candidates did in their particular contests. ... http://www.asian-nation.org/headlines/2009/11/john-liu-asian-american-politician-on-the-rise/ As many news organizations have been reporting, Vietnamese Americans in San Jose, CA are blasting the police department there for several incidents of police brutality, the latest one happening last month in which officers were videoed beating a young Vietnamese ... http://www.asian-nation.org/headlines/2009/11/incidents-anti-vietnamese-police-brutality-san-jose/ As part of this blog's mission of making academic research and data more easily accessible, understandable, and applicable to a wider audience and to practical, everyday social issues, I highlight new sociological books about Asian Americans and other racial/ethnic groups ... http://www.asian-nation.org/headlines/2009/10/new-books-arab-muslim-americans/ Ever since World War II, the Asian-Pacific political and military landscape has been pretty stable from the U.S.'s point of view -- Japan has been the U.S.'s staunch ally while China looms as possible threat and enemy to the U.S. ... http://www.asian-nation.org/headlines/2009/10/role-reversal-china-japan-relations-with-us-changing/ I previously wrote about data showing that in many ways, racial minorities are hurt more than Whites by the current economic recession, largely because in many occupations and industries, people of color are overrepresented among those who are recently hired, ... http://www.asian-nation.org/headlines/2009/10/struggles-opportunities-immigrant-minority-businesses/ Here are some more announcements and links out that have come my way relating to Asians or Asian Americans. As always, links to other sites are provided for informational purposes and do not necessarily imply an endorsement of their ... http://www.asian-nation.org/headlines/2009/10/miscellaneous-links-17/ This is a little late, but I only recently found out that apparently, October 1 was "China's National Day" in the state of Georgia: Governor Sonny Perdue of the US state of Georgia has proclaimed October 1, 2009 as "China's National ... http://www.asian-nation.org/headlines/2009/10/georgia-celebrates-chinas-national-day/