Comments on: Asian Pacific Americans http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/04/01/119/ Deas Richardson is currently living as a JET and teaching English in the middle of the Seto Inland Sea, a gorgeous part of Japan. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:30:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rocking in Hakata » Thoughts on Diversity (Part 1) http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/04/01/119/comment-page-1/#comment-756 Rocking in Hakata » Thoughts on Diversity (Part 1) Mon, 02 Jul 2007 05:21:54 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/04/01/119/#comment-756 [...] Cuban-American, Japanese-American, Nepalese-American, etc. (They even become as vague as “Asian Pacific American“, if you remember.) I recall someone rhetorically pondering whether they identified [...] [...] Cuban-American, Japanese-American, Nepalese-American, etc. (They even become as vague as “Asian Pacific American“, if you remember.) I recall someone rhetorically pondering whether they identified [...]

]]> By: Rocking in Hakata » First Moves http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/04/01/119/comment-page-1/#comment-372 Rocking in Hakata » First Moves Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:00:19 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/04/01/119/#comment-372 [...] This kind of saddens me. I wrote about the oddities surrounding the Ted Turner / Asian Pacific American flub a while back. Now the identity of Asians in America is again making news in my RSS feeds, thanks to the tragedy at Virginia Tech. After the shooting, the first moves made by a few different groups concerned me. First it was China, when the shooter was “Asian-looking” and possibly Chinese. Now the Asian American Journalists’ Association (AAJA) wants the media to stop referring to him as an Asian man. SAN FRANCISCO (April 16, 2007) — Like the rest of the nation, we at the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) are stunned at the news of today’s shooting at Virginia Tech. Our thoughts are with the victims and their families and friends as they cope with this horrific incident. [...] [...] This kind of saddens me. I wrote about the oddities surrounding the Ted Turner / Asian Pacific American flub a while back. Now the identity of Asians in America is again making news in my RSS feeds, thanks to the tragedy at Virginia Tech. After the shooting, the first moves made by a few different groups concerned me. First it was China, when the shooter was “Asian-looking” and possibly Chinese. Now the Asian American Journalists’ Association (AAJA) wants the media to stop referring to him as an Asian man. SAN FRANCISCO (April 16, 2007) — Like the rest of the nation, we at the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) are stunned at the news of today’s shooting at Virginia Tech. Our thoughts are with the victims and their families and friends as they cope with this horrific incident. [...]

]]> By: Deas http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/04/01/119/comment-page-1/#comment-259 Deas Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:55:50 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/04/01/119/#comment-259 Thanks for the link - it works better than what I had been using. :-) And don't worry, I can read Japanese. Kinda. Ok, a little. Thanks for the link – it works better than what I had been using. :-) And don’t worry, I can read Japanese. Kinda. Ok, a little.

]]> By: Greg Shore http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/04/01/119/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Greg Shore Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:46:41 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/04/01/119/#comment-254 Mapping Runs - www.MapMyRun.com - You can see Japan. I don't know how useful it would be to you as I don't know anything about the roads there and I can't read Japanese! Mapping Runs – http://www.MapMyRun.com – You can see Japan. I don’t know how useful it would be to you as I don’t know anything about the roads there and I can’t read Japanese!

]]> By: Deas http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/04/01/119/comment-page-1/#comment-249 Deas Mon, 02 Apr 2007 23:47:48 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/04/01/119/#comment-249 Greg!! How are you, buddy? It's great to hear from you. Cool site, too. I'm envious of your BIM software. I basically have to retrace my routes by hand using a Google maps distance mashup as a pedometer. I wish I had a bootcamp here - but that's another story. Congrats on the bridge run and everything. That's awesome. Also...Mr. Anthony Kowbeidu can probably correctly make that claim for a large chunk of the people he knows in Chucktown. But, I think I know of another African American - a guy I met in college - but he's a white dude from South Africa. (I wonder if he's kind of annoyed that African American is really just the politically correct way to say "black American.") We pull down one term that separates people into groups just to erect a more polite wall. Kinda sad, really. Anyway, great to hear from you! :-) Greg!! How are you, buddy? It’s great to hear from you. Cool site, too. I’m envious of your BIM software. I basically have to retrace my routes by hand using a Google maps distance mashup as a pedometer. I wish I had a bootcamp here – but that’s another story. Congrats on the bridge run and everything. That’s awesome.

Also…Mr. Anthony Kowbeidu can probably correctly make that claim for a large chunk of the people he knows in Chucktown. But, I think I know of another African American – a guy I met in college – but he’s a white dude from South Africa. (I wonder if he’s kind of annoyed that African American is really just the politically correct way to say “black American.”) We pull down one term that separates people into groups just to erect a more polite wall. Kinda sad, really. Anyway, great to hear from you! :-)

]]> By: Greg Shore http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/04/01/119/comment-page-1/#comment-247 Greg Shore Mon, 02 Apr 2007 13:33:07 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/04/01/119/#comment-247 Political correctness baffles me, too. I'm all for being culturally aware but sometimes it goes too far. My friend, Anthony claims to be the only true African American that I know. Political correctness baffles me, too. I’m all for being culturally aware but sometimes it goes too far. My friend, Anthony claims to be the only true African American that I know.

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