By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly While Seattle has long had Pride Festival, it will also celebrate its first Pride ASIA event on June 23, a multicultural event for the Asian LGBTQ community in Seattle. Aleksa Manila, host of Seattle’s Best Karaoke Contest and former Miss Gay Seattle, agreed to host the event after being [...]
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Seattle’s first Pride ASIA starts at International District
Posted on 21 June 2012.
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A-pop! Castles don’t float in Asia, Roger Mayweather is bananas
Posted on 21 June 2012.
A-pop! All things Asian in popular culture By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly This month was wacky. In the words of the inimitable Sharon Stone, “Is that karma, when you’re not nice that the bad things happen to you?” Think about that as I run through the latest haps in pop culture. It’s not racist [...]
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EDITORIAL: Remembering Rodney King and Vincent Chin
Posted on 21 June 2012.
Violence is a language that is direct and brutal. It speaks loudly with the pain it causes and the lives it takes. Unlike harsh words or rudeness, which can sometimes be vague or questionable, violence is the greatest indicator that racism still exists. The recent death of Rodney King, many years after he was badly [...]
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