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Rewatched #RogersAndHammerstein's #TheFlowerDrumSong (1961) again yesterday.

Many #AsianAmericans, like me, have a love/hate relationship with this movie because of all of the #Asian & #Chinese stereotypes that it portrays & because most of the actors in the film weren't even Chinese.

The film is also pretty misogynistic & gender limiting too which is consistent with the times.

That said, I remember when how excited my mother & the Chinese community in #SFChinatown was when the movie was released because it was the 1st time that the Chinese were portrayed in the film with anything close to our reality & because it was the 1st & only film (until #TheJoyLuckClub (1993) in which the cast was almost entirely #Asian. . . .

It's nonetheless an important film to watch in terms of understanding how Asians are so under represented in American media.

The Wiki synopsis of the film is pretty good & worth reading if you have any interest in the film & Asian American media.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower_Drum_Song_(film)

These 5 Key Voting Groups Could Decide the Mayor’s Race

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/nyregion/nyc-mayoral-election-voting-blocs.html

Four times as many people voted early this year as in the last mayoral election.

Where Mamdani Found the Blueprints to Run for Mayor

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/nyregion/zohran-mamdani-howeowners.html

Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani’s appeals to renters during his mayoral campaign are well-known, but he also spent time working for a nonprofit that helps homeowners.

UC Berkeley: What counts as ‘Asian American literature,’ anyway?. “Long Le-Khac, an assistant professor of ethnic studies at UC Berkeley, just published a 1,900-entry dataset that he hopes will be used to investigate which works are discussed as ‘Asian American’ in scholarly circles — and who that leaves out.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/30/uc-berkeley-what-counts-as-asian-american-literature-anyway/

"From Castroville to the Silver Screen," The story of Jerry Fujikawa, Japanese American actor born in Monterey County & raised in Castroville. By Joe Livernois: https://montereyneighborsandfriends.substack.com/p/from-castroville-to-the-silver-screen?triedRedirect=true
#montereycounty #asianamericans

Meet the Filmmaker! Ramona S. Diaz is an award-winning Filipino American filmmaker and the director of our newest film And So It Begins.

She is best known for her compelling character-driven documentaries that combine a profound appreciation for cinematic aesthetics and potent storytelling. Diaz’s films have demonstrated her ability to gain intimate access to the people she films — be they rock stars, first ladies, dissidents, mothers, teachers, or journalists — resulting in keenly observed moments and unforgettable nuanced narratives. Her films have been screened and won awards at top-tier film festivals around the world. Diaz has been recognized by many as one of the most influential Asian American women working in film and television. 1/n

@film @education @asianamerican

#RomonaSDiaz #AsianAmericans #FilipinoAmericans #Filmmaking #IndieFilm #WomenInFilm

On the right, in a gold frame inside a white chalk outline, there is a portrait of Ramona S. Diaz, a Filipino-American woman. On the left, over a dark blue background, white text says: "Meet the Filmmaker: Ramona S. Diaz. Director, And So It Begins."

There are quite a few #AsianAmericans or #AsianCanadians in #Japan.

Sadly, but not entirely unexpectedly, they're, just like their brethren back home, actively disinterested in Asian migrant communities here (as compared to passive disinterest from most westerners).

Japan, as "cool" Asia, is acceptable to be into. The rest of Asia? Not so much.

First Post

https://lemm.ee/post/60018040

"The Hood Half Marathon through the streets of historically Black Los Angeles taught me important lessons about fear, anxiety and fellowship."
#BlackMastodon #Latino #AsianAmericans #HalfMarathon #LosAngeles
https://capitalandmain.com/running-while-black-latino-or-asian-american-under-trump

Hawaii News Now: Following outcry, Army republishes web article on 442nd Regimental Combat Team. “The U.S. Army has republished an article detailing the history of the famed 442nd Regimental Combat Team on it’s website…. The 442nd, combined with the 100th Infantry Battalion, remains the most decorated combat unit in history for its size and length of service. The World War II unit was […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/16/hawaii-news-now-following-outcry-army-republishes-web-article-on-442nd-regimental-combat-team/

“Anti-Asian online hate in US saw 'alarming surge' after election — report

January 2025 marked the highest number of online anti-Asian slurs by month since monitoring began in August 2022, the report says, with a total of 87,945 slurs.”

Link to article: https://www.trtworld.com/discrimination/anti-asian-online-hate-in-us-saw-alarming-surge-after-election-report-18267361

Link to report: https://stopaapihate.org/2025/02/20/post-election-surge-in-hate/

#AAPI #AANHPI #AsianAmericans #Racism

One Family Lost in the Plane Crash

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/us/dc-plane-crash-skater-family.html

The Zhou family was widely known as an inseparable unit of three.

“The Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA), an affiliate of the American Library Association (ALA), announced the 2025 winners of its Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature today..."

https://www.apalaweb.org/2025-asian-pacific-american-awards-for-literature-winners/

#AAPI #AsianAmericans #Apala #Books #Bookstodon #Literature

Charles Yu is interviewed about adapting his novel “Interior Chinatown” to television.

https://caamedia.org/blog/2024/11/18/charles-yu-on-bringing-interior-chinatown-to-the-screen/

#InteriorChinatown #AAPI #AsianAmericans #TVShows #Books

“Meanwhile, Trump won White women by a margin of 7%, or 2.8% of the electorate, while simultaneously nabbing a proportion of non-White Americans that represented 7.85% of the whole. They could’ve made up the White women-gap by simply offering every minority in the country free ice cream for a year!“

https://theemptypress.com/fuck-you-democrats-or-we-wouldnt-be-in-this-mess-if-you-cared-about-people-of-colour-as-much-as-you-claim-to/

#Politics #Democrats #BlackAmericans #LatinxAmericans #AsianAmericans #BIPOC #USElection2024 #USPolitics #racism

Stop AAPI Hate has released its report on how AAPI people were affected by anti-Asian incidents in 2023 and how they are taking action against racism.

https://stopaapihate.org/2024/09/25/state-of-hate-sept24/

#AAPI #Racism #AsianAmericans