Here;s another blog that I just became acquainted with:

http://www.angryasianman.com/angry.html "Angry Asian Man"

There don't appear to be readers comments with this blog, but I've found that reading these articles has help me become more acquainted with contemporary Asian cultures.

Here's a statement about the Angry Asian Man blog:

"Three things about this site
04.25.02

I'm not as angry as you think. Yes, racism angers me. But I'm not here sitting in front of the computer, hating whitey and plotting revolution. This is just a subject that has always interested me — pointing out racism and noting any and all appearances of Asians in mass media and popular culture (the good and the bad). It's something I care about. So I've created a little space on the web for it all... I suppose the angry part sometimes scares people, but rest assured, I'm a pretty civil, reasonable guy. Just don't cross me.

Everything is racist, but not everything is racist. Yes, I've been calling anything and everything racist. I'm only joking... some of the time. I think some people tend to take issue with my definition of 'racist.' Yeah yeah, I know. But for me, racism and ignorance all run together in the same club —it happens all the time, and I'll be happy to point it out for you. It sometimes just helps to deal with it using a little humor. But I'm not organizing crusades and media campaigns against every little offensive thing I mention on this site.

These are my opinions — nothing more, nothing less. Don't write in complaining about my lack of objectivity. This is just a place for me to express some of the things I observe and encounter, living my life as a regular Asian American guy in the United States. I'm not trying incite riot, and definitely not trying to win anyone over. This website is not intended to be any kind of reputable source for academic research, news reporting or political influence. It's just me, a regular Asian American guy, writing about a few things that I find particularly noteworthy or interesting. More than anything, a place to express myself and work it all out. You'll notice a large part of this site deals with Asians in pop culture and entertainment. Just stuff I dig, I guess. And if that connects with people and brings you to the site, so be it. If you disagree with the content on this site and my opinions offend you, well, that's racist! No, just kidding. Go elsewhere, I guess."

http://www.angryasianman.com/about.html

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To get a sense of the eclectic nature of this blog, here are the titles of its featured articles for 5/29/2009:

30 under 30: alexander wang
[about Alexander Wang; age 25; Fashion Designer]

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slant 9: bold asian american images
[Houston, Texas Asian American film festival]

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the world's tallest basketball player
[Sun Mingming; 7-foot-9 Chinese basketball player]

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families of euna lee and laura ling going public
[statements from the families of Laura Ling and Euna Lee, the American journalists who have been detained by the North Korean government since March 17, will stand trial next week, on June 4th.]

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the new spelling bee champion
[Once again, South Asian dominance. Last night, 13-year-old Kavya Shivashankar of Olathe, Kansas outlasted ten other finalists with her mad spelling skillz to become the new national spelling bee champion: Aspiring neurosurgeon from Kansas is top speller.

The winning word: "Laodicean"]

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in theaters: up, drag me to hell
[information about two newly released films that include Asian Americans actors/actresses or animated characters".

Re; the animated film Up "What makes this film particularly special is that one of the story's heroes is a young wilderness scout named Russell... who just happens to be Asian American.

Oh, they don't say Russell is Asian, and it's not really integral to the story. But I guess that's what makes it so cool -- he's just a funny character in a Pixar story. And he's even voiced by an Asian American kid, Jordan Nagai, who was chosen from about 500 kids who auditioned for the role." ]

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sammy lee gets a star

"Dr. Sammy Lee is something of a legend. He was the first Asian American athlete to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States, and the first man to win back-to-back gold medals in Olympic platform diving.

Lee won a gold medal in diving at the 1948 London Olympic Games and again in 1952 at Helsinki. He also coached the American diving team, and in 1976 he coached Olympian Greg Louganis to a silver medal. Basically, he's awesome.

Now 88 years old, Dr. Lee recently became the eleventh recipient of a star on the Anaheim/OC Walk of Stars"

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