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MAIL
BONDING
Your First
Career and the
Onslaught of
the Mid-Mid
Life Crisis
DIEM LY
Editor in Chief
The early 30s. An age made glamorous
in countless TV sitcoms. In those fictional
worlds, friends stay together, family conflicts resolve in half an hour, and jobs are
cool, constant, or make comedic storylines. Why is this age so compelling that TV
and film writers always seem to age characters in their early 30s? Maybe because
the age is young enough to make mistakes
but old enough to reflect and grow from it.
Or, it’s a personally eventful time as people
make the leap to marry, get pregnant, raise
families, buy their first home (or lose it),
and choose what they’ll do 50 hours a
week for many, many years to come.
Many thirty-something year olds
emerge successfully from the confusing
college years where “discovering one’s
self” is as expected yet unachievable as all
Asians becoming doctors.
Finding a career is the name of the
game. Young professionals work to
prove something—to family, friends, colleagues, themselves. They’ve grown up
and have the paycheck and bills to prove
it. (Because you know that’s what being
an adult means: money in, more money
out.) For some people, their first career
is like a favorite childhood toy—a thrilling new experience that ultimately runs
its course as the person grows up and
identifies other interests. This can be a
troubling threshhold to cross. Welcome to
the onslaught of the mid-mid life crisis. I’ll
provide the symptoms, diagnose it, and
offer a remedy.
This crisis has many symptoms: dissatisfaction with a relationship status, a
sense of feeling “lost” in direction or identity, restlessness, or pressure to find and
achieve a successful and fulfilling career.
Here, I’ll focus on career.
Two years of countless lunches and
happy hours over calamari and salmon
teriyaki have resulted in one conclusion
from many of my peers: “Now what?”
These are successful, talented, mature,
and thoughtful people. Obviously,
they’re my friends. They just feel restless.
Humans, by nature, crave evolution. Years
dedicated to a field of work can ironically,
leave something wanting. Here’s how our
“happy” hour conversations go:
“I feel burnt out.”
“I’ve outgrown it. I need new challenges. Friends say I’m like Danika Patrick
driving a Tercel.” (Editor’s note: There’s
nothing wrong with driving a Tercel. Or a
Dodge Neon.)
“I don’t know what I want. I just know
I don’t want this.”
“I’m frustrated with the people at my
work.”
“I love the people at my work. I just
can’t stand seeing them outside of it.”
Basically, we still have the ambitions
of a 20-something year old, with the
weariness of a 40-something, only in a
30-something body. It’s a serious slump.
Diagnosis: the mid-mid life crisis.
There is so much pressure to “know”
who we are. Why must we know? Why
can’t we “be”? To “be” is to “be present”—to embrace circumstances and our
personal evolution as they inevitably
come throughout our lives. To me, that
doesn’t mean to see everything in a hazy,
happy-go-lucky light all of the time.
That’s crazy. By “embracing” I mean to
appreciate life’s challenges in order to
grow and feel life fully, in all of its forms.
Unfortunately, in the fog of self-pity, it’s
tough to see the adventure that clearly
lays ahead.
I’ve learned from personal experience
and close relationships that the confusion
and sense of feeling “lost” is actually a
signal a great life transition is ahead. That
state of mind means to draw attention and
preparation for it.
The point is that although it feels like a
mid-mid life crisis, which suggests some
kind of phase—it’s not a phase. It’s life’s
journey. Some of the best advice I ever got
from elders is that you are continuously
evolving and learning as a person—you
never stop. The pressure to always “know”
everything and figure it all out doesn’t
exist. So the confusion isn’t really that—it’s
just your life journey taking a detour on
another path you haven’t been on. Embrace
the new adventure, although unknown and
scary. If life feels like a passing train, jump
on and see where it takes you.
Asian Dude’s Experience with Black
Culture, Episode 4:
What Yo Man
Gotta Do
With Me?
BY HUY X. LE
IE Columnist
About every other day, Jameelah comes
home and tells me which guys hit on her.
“So I was at the gas station today and this
one kid comes up and was all like, ‘Hey,
you got a boyfriend?’ So I said, ‘I’m married,’ and he was like ‘What yo man gotta
do with me?’”
She gets hit on a lot, everywhere: “So this
one cashier at Safeway...” “So this one dude
with sagging pants...” “So this Moderate
Republican with a wooden leg...” I am
not at all threatened because why would
anyone choose ramen when they have had
caviar? OK, that’s a bad analogy because
we’re vegetarians and don’t eat fish eggs.
Why would you choose an Otter Pop, when
you got Purely Decadent Peanut Butter ZigZag soy ice cream, which is so good, you’d
think it’s made with unicorn tears? Actually,
Otter Pops are pretty good, too.
The point is, I am not too worried, since
my wife can take care of herself. Women
get hit on a lot more than men, and Black
women seem to experience it even more
frequently. Sometimes Jameelah comes
home incredulous. As a married couple,
we now pay little attention to our appearance outside of work and formal events.
Most days, we don’t even comb our hair,
and with our generally shabby clothing,
we may be mistaken for Thriller reenactment zombies or Mitt Romney at the press
conference after the 47 percent video
came out. “You won’t believe this,” she
said, “I was at Taco del Mar, and this older
guy asked for my number.” “Really?” I
said. “Yeah,” she said, “I looked like this.”
She pointed at her hair, which was sticking up in different directions. She was
wearing a faded grey sweatshirt complete
with spaghetti stains, and at least one eye
was twitching from lack of sleep.
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“So what did you do?” I asked.
Jameelah’s strategy is to be courteous,
while making it very clear that she is not
at all interested. This usually works. “I told
him thanks but that I was married. He was
very nice about it.” “Well, that’s sweet,”
I said. “It takes a lot of guts to approach
someone.” “Not too sweet,” she said, “as
I left he said I had a nice butt.”
The real challenges are when we are
together, say at a club. Despite the ubiquity of interracial relationships in Seattle,
the Black Woman Asian Man (BWAM!)
couples are rare, so most people do not
expect Jameelah and me to be together.
This can cause some misunderstandings,
such as Jameelah being hit on while I am
“
Why would you choose
an Otter Pop, when you
got Purely Decadent
Peanut Butter Zig-Zag
soy ice cream?
”
right there with her, trying to drop it low.
On occasions, I’ve had to push in, one
time shoving a guy out of the way and
giving him the Bruce Lee Death Glare. It
has led us to compensate by engaging in
sometimes inappropriate dancing to let
all the other dudes know we’re together.
“Quick,” she said, “some guy is looking
at me. Rub up on me right now.” “What?”
I said. “Just do it!” she said.
On the reverse, Jameelah makes
it amply clear that she will “cut” any
woman who tries to move in on her territory. This has never happened before,
but it is sweet of her to tell me once in
a while. Sometimes all the attention she
gets makes me feel left out. The other day,
she came back with another story about
getting hit on. “Really?” I said, “Well, uh,
me too! I was at Trader Joe’s trying to find
Peanut Butter Zig-Zag ice cream, and, uh,
this woman, um, was all like, ‘Hey, so,
you, uh, you kinda cute, in an Asian Steve
Buscemi sort of way...’ and I was like, ‘Oh
hell no, my wife will cut you!’”
“I sure would,” said Jameelah, “I’d cut
her bad.”
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IE COMMUNITY
Are Parking
Fees Fair
in Seattle
Neighborhoods?
“
BY TRAVIS QUEZON
IE Contributor
Travis Quezon is a
Filipino American
journalist hailing from
Honolulu, Hawaii. He
currently lives in Seattle.
“Many small
businesses are
getting affected by
this because we
need to pay a lot
for parking,” Lopez
said. “And not just
customers. Even
employees, we pay a
lot in parking.”
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inexpensive meals were suddenly
faced with the fact that now there’s
another $5.00 charge for them to come
down here and have dinner,” Kleifgen
said. “I’m not sure if that’s constructive
for businesses.”
Kleifgen said efforts by neighborhood
businesses to reach out to city officials
about the parking rates were futile.
“[The city] got a very negative
response from the community about
extending the hours, and then they
went and did it anyway,” Kleifgen said.
“To me that’s not very responsive.”
When asked whether there is a concern that occupancy data might not be
enough to account for lower income
neighborhoods, Sheridan said: “This
policy [of using occupancy data to set
rates] is in the Seattle Municipal Code
and set by the Seattle City Council,
so changing the policy would require
city legislative action. In data collected over the last two years, on-street
parking in the Chinatown/International
District is about two thirds full on average during the weekday and very full
in the early evenings, especially on
days with sporting events. These results
indicate that the parking rate is set at
the right level to ensure drivers can
find parking in the neighborhood.”
Kleifgen said that raising rates is
counter-intuitive if the goal is to make
parking easier to find, especially if
high parking rates prevent people from
choosing to go to certain businesses in
the first place.
“I understand the city needs to create revenue, but until we have mass
transit that’s on the level that Europe
might have where people move around
freely, people just need their cars,”
Kleifgan said. “We are an inner urban
community that depends on people
coming in from all over the city.”
As Seattle continues to plan its future
in mass transit, this writer believes city
officials need to take a closer, present
look at the way it determines its parking
rates. The Chinatown/International
District rate of $2.50 an hour is just too
high for a neighborhood with a proliferation of small businesses and lowincome residents.
aturday,
September
29
brought a halt to Seattle’s
four-decade-old Ride Free
Area, which had allowed riders free passage through key
areas of the city from Battery
to S. Jackson streets. While
eliminating the Ride Free Area may raise an
additional $2 million per year for the city, it
also compounds problems already caused
by high street parking rates for downtown
and Chinatown/International District customers, employees, and businesses owners.
Mike Fagerness, an operations manager who bikes to his job at Pike Brewing
Company, said high parking rates have
generally kept him out of downtown. He
worries that with parking rates as high
$4.00 an hour in some areas, and the
recent end to the Ride Free Area, the city
is sending the wrong message to people
who need to be in downtown.
“It’s crazy. People are just being pushed
out of the city,” Fagerness said.
Part of that push began in 2010,
when the Seattle City Council and Mayor
Mike McGinn directed the Department
of Transportation (SDOT) to create a
Performance-based Parking Program to
set street parking rates and hours of operation. Under the program, the setting of
parking rates is somewhat formulaic, with
decisions based on occupancy data. Rates
are set so that, on average, one to two
spaces are available per block for visitor
and shopper access.
“In the last two years, SDOT has made
many adjustments in all 23
neighborhoods that have
paid parking,” said SDOT
Communications Director
Rick Sheridan. “Last summer we met several times
with our Parking Sounding
Board to talk through
potential parking changes.
In general, there seems to
be a positive reaction to
using neighborhood specific parking data to make
decisions versus applying a
one-size fits all approach,
where all paid parking
areas have the same parking rules.”
On-street parking rates in the
Chinatown/International District have
been at $2.50 per hour since 2009. Prior
to that, rates were at $1.50 per hour.
SDOT said it did not change the rates
in 2012 because data collected showed
occupancy had been within the target
range of an average of one to two available spaces per block.
While SDOT is not proposing a rate
change for the Chinatown/International
District in 2013, neighborhood business
owners have questioned whether the
occupancy data is enough to account for
impacts on business.
Alberto Lopez, who works at the Panama
Hotel Tea and Coffee Shop, said business
has been slow ever since the implementation of the parking rate changes.
“Many small businesses are getting
affected by this because we need to pay a
lot for parking,” Lopez said. “And not just
customers. Even employees, we pay a lot
in parking.”
Lopez said customers are choosing
to go to places where they don’t have to
worry about paying for parking.
Tom Kleifgen, co-owner of the
International District boutique Momo on
6th Avenue and Jackson, said the parking
rate hike in 2009 from $1.50 to $2.50
an hour was too hard on businesses.
Kleifgen also criticized the city’s decision
in August 2011 to extend paid parking
hours in the neighborhood to 8:00 p.m.,
up from 6:00 p.m.
“People who came down here for
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Americans with heads
spinning—but mostly
mad,” Yu writes.
Social commentators assumed the
piece was a deliberate
provocation, believing An wrote from
the perspective of someone whose ideals were shaped by “white supremacy,”
showing its “impact on non-whites.”
One commentator describes An’s work
as “putting outrageous, extreme and possibly offensive racial statements defiantly
in plain view and waiting for reaction to
roll in.”
So why bother with An? asks Yu. “Why
not just consign her post to the dustbin?
Because we’re seeing in her piece a new
phenomenon … An’s
piece is representative of a new mode
of confusion and selfsabotage among Asian
Americans … she has
a concept of what it
means to be Asian
American that is so meager, so impoverished, that she can only be revolted by it.
It’s only an identity of elimination—what
you are when you’re not something else.
So you’ve only got two choices: act out
the stereotype, or withdraw into nihilism. One FB commenter cracked that it
was like An had taken half of an Asian
American studies class at some point. To
which I responded, if she did, it was the
wrong half.”
A view from 6th Avenue facing Jackson Street in the
International District. Photo credit: Travis Quezon.
S
“I’m an Asian Woman and I Refuse to Ever Date an Asian Man.”
A recent post called “I’m an Asian
Woman and I Refuse to Ever Date an
Asian Man” by Jenny An for the blog
xoJane, elicited strong responses online.
An writes: “It has nothing to do with skin
color. It has everything to do with patriarchy. And guess what? More and more
‘racist’-against-Asian-men Asian women
are getting on the white boy bandwagon.”
Popular blog, Angry Asian Man called the
piece “one of the more misguided and
self-loathing things I’ve ever read,” but
added: “The confounding thing is, the
author seems to be fully aware of that.”
In response to the hoopla, Timothy Yu,
a professor of English and Asian American
Studies at the University of WisconsinMadison writes an online rebuttal to
what he calls An’s “race-trolling and
self-sabotage” she is doing to herself and
other APAs.
“Self-loathing, betrayal, the emasculated Asian man—[it was] all wrapped up
into one infuriating headline. And, most
of us thought with a groan, it’s all been
said before,” writes Yu.
He continues, “It was a crazy jumble.
[An’s blog] cited stereotypes of Asian
American men (‘geeky,’ ‘scrawny,’ ‘effeminate’), but then An said she liked those
things, and that she preferred white men
anyway. It expressed hatred for the ‘model
minority’ stereotype, but then said that
dating white men was a way of escaping
(not reinforcing) that stereotype, and that it
was also a f*** you to ‘antiquated ideas of
Asian unity’ (kiss my ass, Asian American
movement!). Whaaa? The piece left Asian
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INTERNATIONAL EXAMINER
IE NEWS
Raising the
Roof
A thousand APAs converge
on Tacoma, grill gubernatorial candidates, and rally
like our lives depend
on it—and they do.
BY DEAN WONG
IE Contributor
O
ne hundred twenty
seven years ago, angry
mobs led by the Mayor,
ran the Chinese out
of Tacoma. On Sept.
21, over a thousand
Asian Pacific Islanders
returned to demonstrate their political
might at the 2012 APA Summit.
Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland,
who is of Korean and African American
descent, welcomed the group to her
city. Tacoma has built the Chinese
Reconciliation Park on the waterfront as
a reminder of Tacoma’s dark past and to
honor the early Chinese pioneers who
paved the way for the rest of us.
Statewide, the Chinese and other
Asian Pacific Americans (APA) are
here to stay, adding to the rich fabric
of a multicultural state. The overall
APA population in Washington is now
640,251, over 30,000 more than the
city of Seattle.
“We have the right to the American
Dream. We have a duty to exercise our
voice. Register to vote. Make sure our
voices are heard,” said Strickland.
The Asian Pacific Islander Coalition
(APIC) which organized the event
had arranged appearances by U.S.
Senator from Washington State Patty
Murray, former Minnesota Senator Mee
Moua and a candidate forum featuring
Washington gubernatorial candidates
Jay Inslee and Rob McKenna.
Murray had boarded an early morning flight to make the five hour flight
home to participate in the summit.
“I’m proud of the energy and enthusiasm all of you have brought to Tacoma
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from every corner of the state. I’m not
surprised. Since 1997, the APA community has been making its point heard on
critical issues in Olympia. Since 2004, you
have brought together exceptional leaders, activists and engaged citizens at this
summit to build a powerful and engaging
movement for justice and equality for all
people in our state,” Murray said.
Diane Narasaki, APIC member and
executive director of Asian Counseling
and Referral Service (ACRS) spoke next.
“We are the fastest growing racial
group. We can be powerful when we come
together. Our voices and votes are powerful and can help determine who the next
Governor and President will be. Use them
to strengthen our democracy,” she said.
Mee Moua provided the key note
address. She is President of the Asian
American Justice Center in Washington
D.C. and the first Hmong American to hold
public office in the U.S. when she was
Mee Mou speaks at the
Sept. 21 summit.
Photo credit: Dean Wong.
elected to the Minnesota State Senate after
a grassroots campaign in 2002. A documentary video “Time is Right for Mee” was
produced during her run for office.
Moua said she was humbled to address
the audience before her and that meeting
the needs of the Asian American, Native
Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities is a daunting challenge.
“We are here because we know how
important it is for us to be visible and
effect change. We know how critical it is
for us to stand united,” Moua said.
While she acknowledged that some in
the APA community have found success,
others struggle and endure severe poverty.
“These challenges remain untouched
by political and policy solutions,” Moua
added.
According to the 2010 Census, there
are 17,320,856 Asian Americans in
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Immigration Debate: The Problem with the Word “Illegal”
It’s inflammatory, imprecise and, most
of all, inaccurate. So why does everyone—
from New York Senator Chuck Schumer to
Mitt Romney—use it, asks journalist Jose
Vargas in a recent Time magazine article.
After publicly disclosing his own
undocumented-immigrant status in the
summer of 2011, journalist Jose Vargas
describes how the use of the word “illegal” in referring to an immigrant is not
only offensive, it’s inaccurate.
Calling undocumented people “illegal
immigrants”—or worse, “illegal aliens,”
as Mitt Romney did in front of a largely
Latino audience recently—has become
such standard practice for politicians and
the media, Vargas explains.
“But describing an immigrant as ‘illegal’ is legally inaccurate. Being in the
U.S. without proper documents is a civil
offense, not a criminal one. In a country
that believes in due process of the law,
calling an immigrant ‘illegal’ is akin to
calling a defendant awaiting trial a criminal. The term ‘illegal’ is also imprecise.
For many undocumented people—there
are 11 million in the U.S. and most
have immediate family members who
are American citizens, either by birth or
naturalization—their immigration status
is fluid and, depending on individual circumstances, can be adjusted.”
Vargas continues, “…The term dehumanizes and marginalizes the people it
seeks to describe. Think of it this way: In
what other contexts do we call someone
illegal? If someone is driving a car at 14,
we say ‘underage driver,’ not ‘illegal driv-
the U.S. Native Hawaiians and Pacific
Islanders number 5,220,579.
“Our population is growing quickly and
had the highest percent increase among all
racial categories in America. During the
last ten years the Asian Pacific American
population increased by almost 5.5 million.
This is a 46 percent growth since 2000.
Our numbers demand that we be part of
the conversation. Being an Asian American
elected official taught me how much being
at the table matters,” Moua said.
Moua’s forceful delivery left an impression on the audience. “Let us commit
to be the faces of the invisible people
in this country and represent the history, sacrifice and struggles they have
endured. Especially the vulnerable, disempowered, disenfranchised, discounted
and dismissed. Our people.”
Seating at the Tacoma Dome
Convention Center was arranged according to ethnicity and language. Banners
Community College.
After lunch, the Washington State
gubernatorial debate began.
Inslee thanked the APA community
for helping elect him to Congress. He
cited the endorsements of all four Asian
American Washington State Legislators:
Sharon Tomiko Santos, Bob Hasegawa,
Paull Shin and Steve Hobbs, then mentioned a long list of groups which are supporting him, including OneAmerica and
the Filipino American Political Action
Group of Washington (FAPAGOW).
McKenna said as Attorney General
he has done special outreach to the
Asian American community and cited
bilingual consumer protection materials
his office has produced. He said he is
proud of the Asian American coalition
that has formed around his campaign.
APIC had prepared seven questions
for the two candidates. Candidates had
two minutes to answer, then waited
patiently as interpreters went to
work explaining in each language.
During the last ten years
The first question was about
support of the 2010 Health
the Asian Pacific American their
Care Reform Bill passed by
population increased by
Congress. The APA community
has a high rate of uninsured
almost 5.5 million ... Our
people in the U.S. “Do you supnumbers demand that we port this law and extension of
to over 300,000 lowbe part of the conversation. Medicare
income people in Washington?”
Being an Asian American McKenna said that as Governor,
would implement portions of
elected official taught me he
the law that have been held up
how much being at the
in court. “We have to make sure
and small businesstable matters,” Moua said. consumers
es have more choice to access
insurance at lower cost.”
Inslee said he believed strongly
displayed in the style of a political convention, identified the language groupings that APAs who need health insurance
so attendees could listen to translations of should get it and he will make that
happen. “This will happen when I am
the speeches.
Rim Ansoon sat with a Korean group elected Governor. We need to reduce
from ACRS. “I now realize we have to get the cost of health insurance so small
together with the Asian coalition people businesses can afford to buy insurance
for their employees.”
to hear our voices,” she said.
The next question was regarding
“l learned some things. The Senator
(Murray) came down to give us some the large number of low income and
kind of information. I’m very proud,” said refugee students quitting high school.
Southeast Asian and Pacific Islanders
Byung Dang.
April Eng was impressed with Moua’s have the highest dropout rate.
“One of five (students) not graduatinspirational words. “She is a very articulate person with a great commitment ing from high school is not acceptable.
to justice and equality for all the Asian This must be one of the highest priorities that everyone graduates from high
groups here.”
“I’m stunned by her youth and bold- school,” said Inslee.
ness. It’s really an amazing story to see
and hear someone like that,” said Tracy
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Lai, a history instructor at Seattle Central
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er.’ If someone is driving under the influence, we call them a ‘drunk driver,”’not
an ’illegal driver.’”
In an increasingly diverse society in
which undocumented immigrants are
integrated in all walks of life, language
belongs to the people whose stories are
being told, whose distinct realities need to
be accurately and fairly represented to the
benefit of everyone, Vargas explains.
“To be an undocumented person in
the U.S., after all, is to live a life dictated by getting the proper documents.
Immigration in the U.S. is more than a
question of legality—it’s about history,
about foreign policy, about economy in a
globalized and interconnected world.”
Right: Writer Jose Vargas, pictured center,
on the cover of Time magazine where he
disclosed his undocumented status.
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IE EDITORIAL
Increasing the
Relevance of
Minority
Voters, From
an Ethnic
Media
Perspective
>>
BY JULIE PHAM
IE Contributor
I
n May 2012, minority newborns
began to outnumber their white
counterparts in the US. But even
with an African American president
and huge growth of minority populations, why is it we as minorities
are still far from exercising the full
potential of our political power as voters?
Our voter turnout numbers are relatively low because of: 1) immigrants who
are eligible for naturalization but don’t
become citizens; 2) citizens who don’t
register to vote; and 3) registered voters
who don’t vote.
According to the Immigration Policy
Center, there are 8 million immigrants
nationally who are eligible but have yet to
apply for naturalization. The US Census
shows how minorities still trail behind
non-Hispanic Whites in voter registration
and voter turnout in Washington’s 2010
general election.
While about one-fifth of Washington’s
population comprises of minorities, only
about 8 percent of those who voted were
minorities. Numerous local community
organizations are conducting voter registration drives to reverse this discrepancy.
Let’s support their efforts.
Aside from mobilizing more voter
registrations and more voters, we need
to reframe the popular perception that
minorities vote in blocks (e.g., “the Latino
vote,” “the Asian vote,” “the Black vote”).
Voting blocks assume we are monolithic
groups that can be “won” and “owned”
by a party or a candidate. In short, our
vote can be taken for granted.
Both parties and all candidates need to
see that our vote is something still worth
earning. But we have to prove we vote.
Rather than fortifying perceptions of
minorities acting in monolithic voting
blocks, increasing the number of minority
voters overall will increase our political
power. In 2010, I formed with my colleagues in local ethnic media an association called Sea Beez, which brought about
25 media outlets together that serve very
different ethnic communities. We were
able to strengthen our industry by coming together while maintaining our own
diverse perspectives and opinions.
Sea Beez members keep money and
politics separate. Sea Beez, as a collective, does not endorse candidates nor
initiatives. We organize an annual ethnic English proficiency. Voting material in
media Candidates Meet & Greet to foster languages other than English are only
opportunities for candidates to engage available in four out of Washington’s
with local ethnic media and community 39 counties. In-language ethnic media
members. This gives campaigns access to serves as a major communication chanminority communities, but the only way nel for those who speak English as a
for campaigners to capitalize on this is by second language.
Ethnic media remains an under-utilized
seeing nuance, rather than homogeny.
In this year’s election, minorities will tool to engage minorities during election
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With the relatively low voter turnout
time outreach specialists.
Another sign of Washington’s growing among minorities, it’s difficult for our ethdiversity is the increasing percentage of nic media to convince politicians to invest
those who speak a language other than in supporting outreach to our communiEnglish at home (18.6 percent) and who ties. The sheer size of our growing ethnic
speak English “less than very well” (8 communities alone does not prove relepercent). This poses challenges to mobi- vance or grant us political power. It’s our
lize voting in populations with limited votes that matter.
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IE EDITORIAL
It’s Time
to Break
the Stereotype
of Who and What
an Activist Is
“
BY BAO NGUYEN
IE Contributor
Most people already
have a preconceived
notion of what activism
is. For some, it is the
power of the people
to effect change. For
others, like me, it is a
method where one has
to be loud, rebellious
and sometimes
violent and chaotic.
”
INTERNATIONAL EXAMINER
L
ike all professions, there
is a certain set of jargon
that comes with working
in the community, especially where social justice
is involved. And as inherent with language, some of
the terminologies elicit generally positive
reactions (e.g. organizing, equality, history) while others bring forth disdain (e.g.
gentrification, racism, oppression).
There is one word, however, that seems
to exist right in the middle of this spectrum, where I do not think it belongs. The
word is “Activism” and I want to claim it
for the good side.
I heard this word many times before
realizing that I have no clue what it really
means. People often pause and take time
to explain “social justice” or “civil rights”
and in those explanations you might hear
the word “activism” being used to mean
an agent of change or a method through
which people can achieve goals of equality. Rarely does anyone define activism.
Even rarer does anyone ask.
Most people already have a preconceived notion of what activism is. For
some, it is the power of the people to
effect change. It is being at the forefront
of the movement, to push the boundaries, and to make their voices heard. It is a
force to be reckoned with.
For others, like me, it is a method
where one has to be loud, rebellious and
sometimes—as evident by the 1999 WTO
protests—violent and chaotic. It is intimidating and only reserved for those who
are bold and courageous.
Adding to that, these characteristics
are attributed with the people often cited
to exemplify activism. Figures like Uncle
Bob and his Gang of Four, Al Sugiyama
with the Oriental Student Union, and
Cindy and Lynn
Domingo
for
their work in the
Filipino community are brought
up as quintessential models of what
activism looks like.
Those I mentioned above have
no doubt rightfully
earned the respect
and
admiration
from the community. They are indeed
bold and courageous. Their work
and leadership that
An APA-led protest against constructing
the Kingdome, 1970s. IE archives.
have brought so
much to the community are not in
question. On the other hand, I think about tear gas, and bearing assault.
At the same time, writing, advocaother leaders whose struggles and successes are just as great and wonder why cy, community building and organizing,
leadership development, and similar work
they are not included in the picture.
Dolores Sibonga, the first Asian are not recognized as activism. In this era
American to sit on the Seattle City of social media and digital networking,
Council. Gary Locke, the first Asian even bloggers and journalists in front of
American governor of Washington State. computers are taking the same risks as
Velma Veloria, the first Filipina American those leading protests on the streets.
This line of thinking continues to preelected to a state legislature in the contivent activism from becoming a truly posinental U.S.
Are these people and so many like tive idea that everyone can embrace. We
them not as bold and courageous? Have need more activists, not less.
I say it is time to break the stereotype
they not pushed boundaries and brought
great changes to the community? What of what activism is and who activists are.
Activism is not what you do to promote
are they if not activists?
“Activist” has somehow become a change. It is whether you do ANYTHING.
“badge of honor” bestowed upon those From now on, I will consider anyone
who possess a certain style leadership and who takes actions—be it loud or quiet,
use specific methods to address issues. up front or in the background, radical or
To be an activist is to hold rallies, to be cautious—to be an activist, whether they
disobedient, and, recently, to occupy. To like it or not.
I will start with myself.
be an activist means risking arrest, braving
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Inslee said the state needs dropout prevention coaches and culturally relevant
teachers to better relate to students.
McKenna used this question to criticize
Democrats. He attributed the high dropout rate to years of “one group” running
Olympia, meaning the state government.
McKenna said state cuts to education have been going on for a couple of
decades. He wants to limit growth on
non-education spending and put kids first.
“We rank in the bottom five states
in the amount we spend on education,”
said McKenna. He attributed the low
ranking to President Barack Obama and
Democrats running Washington State.
Question three had to do with the
state expecting a one billion dollar deficit
the next two years and how that impacts
education, health and human services.
McKenna will work to eliminate the
shortfall by making changes to how state
government is run. “We will save money
in administration and overhead to focus
on human services and education.”
Inslee has ideas for job creation and
closing corporate tax loop holes to restore
funds for the education system. “The
financial debt we are putting on our children is unacceptable. We have to get people back to work to restore the economy
to get revenues to put into schools and I
have a plan to do that, to get people back
to work,” said Inslee.
What is the state’s role in
immigration reform?
“We need immigration
reform so hard working people in the state are engaged
in the economy,” said Inslee.
McKenna said we need
comprehensive immigration reform and
blamed President Obama. He said the
President promised it and never passed it.
What state immigration polices do
you support and should we keep current
policies to issue drivers’ licenses to immigrants without legal papers?
McKenna supports requiring legal
evidence of residency to obtain drivers
licenses. “We will work as a state to pressure Congress on immigration reform. The
biggest problem in our state is not allowing enough legal immigration to come
into the state to work in jobs that demand
their skills.”
Inslee does not see changing the present policy on drivers’ licenses and will
continue to make sure applicants live
here. He said the state has made improvements to prevent fraud.
Inslee then criticized his opponent’s
attacks on Democrats and the President.
He said he has heard McKenna for quite
some time, blaming all the “ills of western
civilization” on the Democratic Party.
“We have not passed comprehensive immigration reform not because of
Barack Obama’s failure, but because
it has been blocked time
after time by the Republican
Party,” Inslee said.
“Republicans cut $74
million from the education
budget when they took control of the state senate. That
is something I am against,”
Inslee emphasized.
Washington State required home care
workers to be certified but only offers certification testing in English, Russian, Spanish,
Cantonese, Korean and Vietnamese. There
are many other Asian and Pacific Islander
language speakers who cannot take the test
in their languages and will fail to be certified. APIC said this situation is creating a
crisis in the homecare industry for limited
and non-English speakers, both for homecare workers and the frail elders they serve.
What would the candidates do to add
other Asian and Pacific Islander languages
in what APIC describes as a crisis situation?
“We are a very diverse state and if we
are to serve a diverse population, we have
to have a way for these folks to communicate. We have diversity in the state and
we must have diversity in home care to
the community,” said Inslee.
McKenna mentioned his own experience of hiring home care workers for his
mother. “I’m a huge fan of home care
workers,” he said.
It’s important that individuals not be
denied home care because of a technicality in the rules and home care workers in
Donate
those languages not covered should be
allowed to work until their language testing is available said McKenna.
In question seven, APIC stated that
people of color make up twenty five percent of the state. Do the candidates support the Washington Voters Rights Act and
voting by district?
McKenna said the proposed law does
not create election by district, it creates
the right to file lawsuit to create those
districts. “It’s better to provide district representation without litigation. That should
not be the first recourse. I will continue
working with authors on that law.”
“There is strength in diversity in voting
and democracy. I fully support the act so
we can move forward. You represent the
strength of America which is speaking up
in our democracy,” said Inslee, wrapping
up the debate.
Earlier in the day, Lai was moved when
she looked around the room filled with
people from Spokane, Yakima, Vancouver,
Olympia, Arlington, Monroe, Renton,
Federal Way, Burien, Kent, Edmonds,
Lynnwood, Shoreline, Bellevue and
Seattle who speak 25 different languages
and dialects.
“I’m amazed at all the people, the staff,
the volunteers it takes to pull something
like this off. It’s a proud feeling to be sitting here to see this coming together. I
hope the elected officials attending or
speaking take it to heart because we matter. We matter a lot,” said Lai.
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said, adding “This makes sense because
you have high rates of un-insurance
among Korean Americans” even though
their income and education levels are
competitive with other Americans. He
noted also the level of support for the
Affordable Care Act among Vietnamese
Americans was similar to that of other
Asian Americans, but declined when the
law was termed “Obamacare.”
Ramakrishnan said past political loyalties are the likely reason for the difference in answers on this issue among
Vietnamese who have tended to support the Republican Party, though that
support too is beginning to ebb.
Overall, however, Asian Americans
have a higher level of support for the
Affordable Care Act than Americans
generally, regardless of what it is called.
They also identify themselves as
environmentalists. Each ethnic group
included in the survey—Chinese,
Cambodian, Hmong, Indian, Japanese,
Korean, Native Hawaiians, Samoans,
and Vietnamese—met or far surpassed
the 42 percent identification stated by
other Americans.
Still, how questions are framed can
yield different results. At 78 percent,
Asian Americans show stronger support for affirmative action than the average American population. That support
waned when the question was posed as
a measure of their support to achieve
diversity; but increased when presented
as a means for minorities to obtain better
jobs and education.
[...] Asian Americans are not only
varied in their ethnic and social outlooks,
but that in terms of electoral politics,
politicians who continue to ignore these
voters do so at their own risk.
Beyond using the authors’ research
as a guide to understand Asian American
political evolution or as a roadmap to harness political power, there is an emphasis on Asian American organizations to
use the information to improve the work
within their communities.
“The most harmful mythical creation
about our community has been the
model minority myth,” said Miriam
Yeung, executive director of the
National Asian Pacific American
Women’s Forum on a panel discussing
the study’s conclusions. “We are a community of contrasts; we cannot be
monolithically portrayed.”
WASHINGTON — Asian Americans
have been trending Democratic in their
voting patterns but remain highly independent in party allegiances, according
to a newly released survey. In 1992,
less than one-third of Asian Americans
voted for the Democratic presidential
candidate but more than two-thirds
voted for Obama in 2008.
Today, 33 percent now identify
themselves as Democrats, 14 percent
are Republicans, and two percent cite
some other affiliation.
The other 32 percent of likely voters
remains undecided in their choice for
president.
Despite the upward Democratic
trend and the 2008 vote for Obama, the
majority of Asian Americans, 51 percent,
now consider themselves non-partisan.
The longitudinal shift to the
Democratic Party is one of the most
important stories of the immigrant
electorate, according to Karthick
Ramakrishnan, University of CaliforniaRiverside, who, with co-author,
Teaku Lee, University of CaliforniaBerkeley, released two studies: “Public
Opinion of a Growing Electorate: Asian
Americans and Pacific Islanders in
2012”; and “The Policy Priorities and
Issue Preferences of Asian Americans
and Pacific Islanders.”
“Politically
speaking,
Asian
Americans nationally do not enjoy
the same kind of attention as
African Americans and Latinos do,”
Ramakrishnan said.
Survey data showed that one-third
of the Asian American adult population
resides in California. That, combined with
the Asian American populations of New
Jersey, New York, and Texas, accounts for
60 percent of the U.S. Asian American
populace. None of the four is considered
a battleground state. Most pollsters deem
California, New Jersey, and New York as
committed to the Democratic presidential
candidate; Texas is expected to vote for
the Republican.
Yet, as Ramakrishnan noted, the population of Asian Americans is growing
in three swing states, Nevada, North
Carolina, and Virginia, and their votes
have the potential to tip the scale for
either political party. He estimated that an
additional 600,000 Asian American voters
would likely participate nationally in this
year’s election, about as many new voters
as they added in 2008.
Still, the trend toward Democrats is
not universal among Asian Americans.
The data show that Filipino American
voters, who are heavily concentrated in
California, are for the first time favoring
Romney over Obama. Indian Americans,
on the other hand, are more likely to
vote Democratic, a finding that took one
Indian American journalist by surprise. He
questioned whether Indian doctors and
lawyers, for example, were really more
inclined to vote Democratic when, in his
opinion, the Republican Party has been
more representative of business and conservative values typically associated with
the Indian American professional class.
Ramakrishnan double-checked his
data and said he stood by his research. In
an earlier statement he noted that, “Indian
Americans are the most left leaning of
Asian American groups … on a host of
issues and also in terms of their political
orientations.”
The question about how immigrants
are perceived within American culture, and by each other, was at the core
of both reports. “It is also important,”
Ramakrishnan said, “to pay attention to
the foreign-born populations within the
Asian American population.”
Differences are evident, for example,
in the health care debate. “Among the
various ethnic groups, support was highest
among Vietnamese and Korean Americans
for the Affordable Care Act,” Ramakrishnan
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Even as the fashion industry celebrates
the continued “rise of the Asian American
designer” it’s clear that fashion hasn’t quite
resolved its endemic racial issues, comments Jeff Yang in a recent issue of the Wall
Street Journal.
On August 30, California surf-fetish
apparel brand Hollister Co. continued
its Asia expansion with a flagship store
in Seoul, Korea. To promote its grand
opening, the company flew in a quartet
of American male models, Yang writes.
Several models offended its Asian consumers by secretly flipping them the bird in
snapshots, and, in the case of one model,
uploading a picture of himself pulling
a squint-eyed, bucktoothed face while
waving peace symbols. When a friend
commented on the male model’s Twitter
feed that it was “impressive” a number of
Asians favorited the offensive image, the
model responded by saying “Hahahaha
they ruhhvvvv itttt!!!!”—a remark invok-
ing cliche depictions of
Asian accents.
As the negative PR
mounted, the models in
question were ousted
and Hollister issued a
hasty apology.
“In the U.S., Asian
Americans have drawn
uneasy parallels to an
earlier incident associated with Hollister’s
parent company Abercrombie & Fitch
which in 2002 raised hackles with a line
of t-shirts featuring cartoon caricatures of
Asians with slogans like ‘Wong Brothers
Laundry Service: Two Wongs Can Make
It White.’
“Then Victoria’s Secret drew flak in
August with its latest lingerie line, ‘Go
East,’ whose tagline promised women the
ability to ‘indulge in touches of eastern
delight with lingerie inspired by the exquisite beauty of secret Japanese gardens.’ A
‘Sexy Little Geisha’ mesh teddy continued
the offensive onslaught and stereotypical
images that use racist transgression to create an exotic edge.”
Following this uproar, Victoria’s Secret
yanked the Sexy Little Geisha outfit and
obscured access to the whole Go East collection online.
Hollister and Victoria’s Secret are openly banking their futures on their ability to
export their norms of beauty and aspirational youth beyond America’s borders,
comments Yang.
“These brands are evoking a very particular white sensibility in appealing to Asians,
in the U.S. and in other places,” explains
Thuy Linh Tu, director of NYU’s American
Studies program. “You want to think that it’s
an aggressive assertion of white American
middle-class dominance, but I actually read
it as the opposite — that the decision to use
this kind of imagery is the result of anxiety
over the decline of that era.”
Study:
1 in 3 Asian
American
Voters Is
Undecided
BY KHALIL ABDULLAH
New America Media
www.newamericamedia.org
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Ramayana, India’s epic tale of Prince Rama’s journey
coming of age, demonstrates the sacredness of
India’s story telling tradition in this new production
by ACT Theater.
BY ROXANNE RAY
IE Contributor
C
ollaboration: that has
been the foundation of
ACT Theatre’s World
Premiere production of
Ramayana.
Two years ago, Artistic
Director Kurt Beattie
shared his vision for adapting this Indian
epic for the stage, and set about assembling a team of Artist Affiliates to develop the script and production. That team
includes playwrights Yussef El Guindi and
Stephanie Timm and actors Khanh Doan
and Ray Tagavilla.
“I happened to be playwright-in-residence at the time,” Timm says, “so I was
lucky enough to be brought in on the
project.”
El Guindi was also enthusiastic. “I was
delighted to be brought on to help adapt
this sweeping tale to the stage,” he says. “I
think it’s also a good idea for writers to step
outside their comfort zones and work on
projects they might not otherwise take on.”
Timm and El Guindi found theirs a
productive writing team. Timm says, “I
was thrilled that Kurt had asked Yussef too,
because I have long admired his work.”
El Guindi concurs. “I love Stephanie’s
strong lyricism and poetic take. Watching
her flex her dramatic muscles the way she
did was one of the delights of working on
this project.”
The project has moved through multiple phases. The initial step, Timm and
El Guindi say, was to create a first draft
of the script. “Some sections of the story
we were assigned, others we chose,”
IE ARTS | Music
Raising
the (Music)
Bar
BY JESSICA DAVIS
IE Contributor
Pianist and composer Sumi Tonooka
El Guindi says. “We each went off and
adapted our particular sections, then met
every few weeks with the directors and
others for a table read.”
Then other artists were brought in.
“What audiences will see is the product of
a year-long process in which many groups
of artists workshopped various pieces of
the initial script,” says Timm.
Actor Khanh Doan describes the workshop sessions as very active. “There were
various workshops of the script as it was
being written, including a fun battle workshop, where we got to play with sticks,
swords, and shields,” she says. “I was very
sore for days after the workshop, but it
was exhilarating.”
The rehearsal process has also been
one of discovery. “Everyone in India has
heard, seen, or read the story in its various
formats,” Doan says.
Actor Ray Tagavilla adds, “There’s a
large contingent of other Asian countries
that have different versions of this story.
I find it amazing that
the Ramayana has
spread throughout so
many Asiatic countries.” But this has not
been true in the U.S.
The task of the artistic team was to distill
and present compelling drama for ACT
Theatre’s Seattle audience.
“It’s an ancient
story, but is still
extremely relevant to
Indian society today,”
Doan says. “Kids
watch cartoons of it,
and adults have heated debates over the
dinner table about the actions of the characters. It’s interesting how this very fun and
dynamic story about the coming of age of a
young hero has become a way to illustrate
a code of morality, and more specifically,
who succeeds and who doesn’t.”
While ACT Theatre is striving to tell an
epic story, rather than to teach morality,
the religious element of Ramayana is inescapable. “I found it surprising to learn that
the Ramayana was originally a secular
hero epic that over the centuries became
like a religious text,” says Doan.
“The reverence that people have for
the story—it’s the Bible, it’s their culture,”
says Tagavilla.
“As well as being a sacred text to
many,” adds El Guindi, “it is also just a
really good story, one that makes you
want to turn the page and find out what
happens next. As a playwright, this made
the job of adaptation a lot easier than it
might have been.”
And yet, this combination of dramatic
and moral elements also added to the
challenge of creating a cohesive script.
“The Ramayana lends itself well to the
kind of whimsy and theatricality that I
can bring to it,” Timm says, “but the story
demands something far deeper than that.”
El Guindi agrees. “There are sections
that tempt one onto the precipitous path
of broad comedy, even slap-stick comedy,” he says. But other passages are much
more serious.
“As a playwright, I was trying to find
cracks in Rama’s divine nature in order to
make him more dramatically interesting,”
El Guindi says. “Flaws humanize, create
empathy. I felt like a muckraker at times!”
Equally important were the dramatic
elements that Timm and El Guindi did not
elaborate in the script, such as the wedding
dance. “Sometimes, as a playwright,” Timm
ith a career spanning
more than 20 years
that has taken her
from Philadelphia to
Boston to Detroit to
New York City, pianist
and composer Sumi
Tonooka has made a special pilgrimage to
Seattle and will perform in the upcoming
Earshot Jazz Festival in October.
Tonooka has performed all over the
world with such noted jazz artists as
bassist Rufus Reid and jazz violinist John
Blake, Jr. (both friends and colleagues of
hers for over 20 years), as well as Kenny
Burrell, Little Jimmy Scott, Sonny Fortune,
Red Rodney, Benny Golson, and David
“Fathead” Newman. At 18, she performed
with drummer Philly Joe Jones’ quartet, Le
Grand Prix. Now, encouraged by her friend,
Sharon Lee, founding Executive Director of
the Seattle-based Low Income Housing
Institute (LIHI), Tonooka has decided to
come and live in Seattle for at least a year.
“I’m open to growing in whatever ways
I can while I’m here,” she said.
Although she was born and raised in
Philadelphia, Tonooka has always felt a
close connection to the Northwest. Her
mother, born and raised on Bainbridge
Island, was forced from the island at the
age of 16, during World War II, to Camp
Manzanar in California. About 10 years
ago, her mother’s ashes were dispersed on
a beach at Bainbridge Island. Her mother
and others’ names and ages of when they
were taken away were engraved in stone
on a memorial wall created last year
that commemorates the United States
government’s forced removal of Japanese
American families from the island to
internment camps during World War II.
It also states on the wall, “Nidoto Nai
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says, “my job is to leave spaces in the script
for other artists to make something astonishing, trusting that another artist may fill that
space with something better than I could
have imagined or dictated on paper. ”
The intent is that this heroic quest
will carry its audience along, while also
exploring the heart of the human condition. “Just following the actions of Rama
as he tries to do the right thing in the face
of some dire situations was very instructive,” El Guindi says. “Rama embodies
compassion, but that compassion is put to
the test over and over again.”
“How do you lead with your heart
when the violent world around you tests
that resolve?”
Ramayana runs October 12 to November
11, at ACT Theatre, 700 Union Street,
Seattle.
SUMI, Continued on page 11
I
IE EDITORIAL
INTERNATIONAL EXAMINER
t’s no question that Seattle has
become a popular foodie destination. With fresh fish slinging in the
Market, iberico creeping onto the
scene and various other gourmet
restaurants making a name for themselves, Seattle has been in the spotlight for Northwest dining for years.
Restaurateurs have flocked to Capitol
Hill and Fremont to set up shop, creating
unique neighborhood joints and options.
A walk down Broadway will offer a world
of different cuisines that are open late and
fit to the neighborhood. Creative kitchens
and niche menus are bringing in foodies
from around the area, and boosting Seattle’s
reputation as a major gastrology area.
But what constitutes a foodie destination?
Creative menus, distinctive dining and local
chefs? Flavorful creations, underground
reputation and a “cool-before-it-was-cool”
vibe? Having a dish so unique no one else
has ever heard
Personally,
Who wouldn’t love cheap bowls of egg noodles, of?
I think the
decadent dim sum, Vietnamese sandwiches to variety, creativity
and
go and BBQ duck at any time of the day?
thought that
goes into a
menu really makes a restaurant or city. Top
that off with “something-no-one-else-has”
and that spells foodie to me.
Would the International District hold
up as a foodie destination? The often overlooked area southeast of downtown Seattle
is characterized by the flamboyant cultural
ties and abundance of restaurants, grocery
stores and bakeries. It has also been a longstanding favorite food spot for me. Who
wouldn’t love cheap bowls of egg noodles,
decadent dim sum, Vietnamese sandwiches
to go and BBQ duck at any time of the day?
The area certainly has variety. The ID has
evolved from a small-time ethnic Chinatown
to a multicultural treasure trove of foodie
delights. Cuisine from Korea, Japan, China,
India, Vietnam, Thailand and more pack the
Does the International
District Have Potential as
a Foodie Destination?
BY SABINA CAO
IE Contributor
October 3, 2012 - October 16, 2012 —— 9
streets with tasty treats for all types of diners.
Creativity? Maybe. While there are
many different types of food available in
the ID, I would argue that much of it is
similar and has stayed the same. Not to
say that I don’t love it, but not much has
changed in the way of dishes. I have been
frequenting Hing Loon Seafood Restaurant
for more than 10 years for my favorite dish
of all time: Clams in black bean sauce.
Ten years and it’s still great. Ten years and
it’s still the same. There have been many
recent restaurants that offer fusion and/or
modern takes on ethnic food, but the true
traditional flavors are what steal the scene.
A look at any menu in the area will
show that passion and thought went into
it. The laborious dishes require a certain
amount of dedication and preparation—
something you wouldn’t create unless you
really loved it. The mom-and-pop shops all
have close-knit teams needed to run successfully, and work hard to achieve that.
Despite the delicious and affordable
dishes I love to order, the ID still has a
ways to go before becoming a true foodie destination. The small restaurants and
family-run joints have all become comfortable in what they serve, knowing that their
customers will cultivate a preference for
their food. That’s not to say that there aren’t
unique and creative foods being served,
but that not enough chefs and restaurants
are being daring.
Further south, Rainier Valley has grown
in niche restaurants and daring tastes.
Especially popular for their more exotic
cuisines, the area has become popular due
to foodie landmarks such as Rainier BBQ,
Tutta Bella and Columbia City Bakery.
Unlike the ID, it fulfills the variety, creativity,
thought and unique tenets of a foodie destination. The city is still relatively unknown
and obscure, which allows the restaurant
scene to push boundaries and try new
things, in terms of cuisine types, adaptations, innovations and more.
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IE NEWS
October 11 is National Coming Out Day
Living As
a Double
Minority
BY COLLIN TONG
IE Contributor
Collin Tong is a Seattle freelance
journalist and contributing writer for
Crosscut Public Media.
“
“Some of the
homophobia that exists
has come from my own
community. If I were a
white gay man, it would
be easier. Being a double
minority is oppressive
in a dominant white
heterosexual society.
It’s a struggle to
feel fully accepted in
both communities.”
”
INTERNATIONAL EXAMINER
I
n the 1990s, homosexuals in
the small, predominantly white
college town of Moscow, Idaho
faced the same discrimination
barriers they faced everywhere.
For Mike Chin, however, growing up as a gay Asian American
meant having to reconcile the twin challenges of race and sexual identity.
Like many Asian Americans, Chin, the
soft-spoken middle child and only son
of traditional first-generation Chinese
American parents, kept his sexual orientation a secret until he was 22. As
an undergraduate at Washington State
University, his first exposure to other gay
students came in June 1995 when the
university opened an on-campus center
for gays, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered students.
“I wanted to belong to the center but
was afraid of being labeled or associated
with other GLBT students who were
mostly white. At the same time, I didn’t
want to jeopardize my friendships with
other Asian Americans. I chose to hide
my identity,” he said.
Years earlier as a student at Moscow
High School, however, Chin already
knew he was attracted to men. Coming
out was not that easy, he discovered.
“Even though Moscow is a liberal place,
it was not a racially diverse community
and fairly conservative,” he said. Chin’s
mother was a high school teacher in a
rural community, while his father was a
business owner. “I learned from my parents the survival skills of not rocking the
boat and bringing attention to yourself.”
As the only son to carry the family name, Chin was worried about his
family’s reputation. “You are a reflection of your family, and being openly
gay wasn’t something I felt comfortable
about,” he said. Chin, 36, is an enforcement manager at the Seattle Office for
Civil Rights and oversees investigations
of discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations.
As it happened, it was Chin’s younger sister who first disclosed her brother’s
sexual orientation to her parents. At the
time, Chin was a study-abroad student
in London in the spring of 1999. His
sister emailed her two sisters to inform
them about their brother’s relationship
to another man and inadvertently sent
the message to her parents.
Although Chin had already informed
his sisters, he had not planned to tell his
parents. “I knew they would be devas-
tated,” he said. Chin immediately made
a long-distance call from London to his
parents and had a six-hour conversation
with them. “I didn’t know if my parents
would still love and support me. I’ve
always wanted them to be proud of me.”
Ironically, coming out has brought Chin
closer to his parents. For the eight years
prior to disclosing his sexual identity, he
struggled with the impact that knowledge
would have on his family. “I was ashamed
and didn’t feel I could be who I was,” he
said. “I wasn’t sure they would accept me
as their son. When I learned I was gay, it
took me a long time to come to terms with
myself. I felt guilty sharing it with anyone,
including my parents.”
When his sister revealed his gay orientation, Chin said it became a real test of his
parents’ love for him. “I prepared myself
mentally that I could lose my family and
friends because of who I was. I have some
gay friends whose parents kicked them out
of the house. I was so relieved that although
my parents have a hard time accepting the
fact that I am gay, they still loved me as their
son,” he said. Both parents are retired and
now live in Pullman, Wash.
Since coming out, the reaction of his
friends and family has mostly been positive. “My immediate family has been very
supportive.” Chin hasn’t shared his sexual
orientation with his extended family, or
friends of the family, out of respect for
his parents. “My friends have been very
supportive as well. A lot of my friends
are people of color. My friendships have
become a lot richer now that I can be
more open about who I am.”
These days, Chin has a partner,
German Gornalusse, 36, who is a post-
doctoral research fellow at the University
of Washington School of Medicine. Both
met at Dharma Buddies, a Buddhist gay
men’s meditation group and have been
together since last December. Gornalusse,
who is from Argentina, received his Ph.d.
in microbiology at the University of Texas
and did research on HIV AIDS.
Asian American gay men and women
face the unique challenge of straddling
the divide of ethnicity and sexuality, Chin
said. “Being an Asian American gay male,
I never felt like I was a part of either community. I have experienced a lot of racism
in the gay community in terms of accepting peoples of color.”
Chin acknowledged that he also faced
additional pressures from the more tradition-bound Asian American community.
“Some of the homophobia that exists has
come from my own community. If I were a
white gay man, it would be easier. Being a
double minority is oppressive in a dominant
white heterosexual society. It’s a struggle to
feel fully accepted in both communities.”
“In our society, there’s no embracing
of being gay and a person of color,” Chin
continued. “I’m wearing two hats and
have learned to navigate between being
an Asian American and a gay.” Chin feels a
great deal of empathy for the ailing former
Seattle City Councilwoman Cheryl Chow
after her recent announcement that she is
a lesbian.
“My heart goes out to her. It makes me
happy that she came out as a lesbian, but
I’m also sad that a pillar in our community
couldn’t be who she was publicly. It makes
me reflect on who we are as a society and
how we deal with the intersection of being
Asian American and gay.”
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How did Korean American pop star Psy
manage to appeal to a Western audience
in his phenomenal YouTube hit “Gangnam
Style”? Perhaps by inadvertently fitting a
stereotype that mainstream Western media
permits for Asian men, suggests the writer
known as Daemon, on the blog Init Music.
Psy’s “Gangnam Style” music video
has over 190 million views on YouTube, is
getting airplay over the radio in large U.S.
metropolitan cities and even signed to the
record label that represents Justin Bieber.
“Much has been said about the viral
sensation ... examining whether or not
this is a boon to Korean music’s attempts
to break into one of the most lucrative
music markets in the world ... [But] I still
have yet to read an article that hits one
particular reason why ‘Gangnam Style’ is
so acceptable to Western audiences when
every Korean and Japanese pop artist that
tried to make it in America before has
failed,” writes Daemon.
Some of the obvious reasons why
“Gangnam Style” is so popular is its
catchy and fun music, a goofy but relatively easy dance attached to the song,
and a humorous music video.
“I won’t need to explain the viral
power of that,” comments Daemon.
Then, “I realized that the vast majority of Asian and Asian American men that
have ever made an impact in mainstream
entertainment fit into a particular conception that the mainstream has of Asian men.
“Alongside comedians like Ken Jeong,
Psy fits right into the mainstream-friendly
role of Asian male jester, offering goofy
laughs for all, and thanks to Psy’s decidedly non-pop star looks, in a very nonthreatening package. Psy doesn’t even
have to sing in English or be understood
because it’s not the social critique offered
by the lyrics that matters to the audience,
but the marriage of the funny music video,
goofy dance and a rather catchy tune, of
which two of the elements are comical
and, again, non-threatening.”
The problem isn’t with the comedic
talents of Asians or of Psy, but rather with
the racism and neo-Orientalism prevalent
in the mainstream Western mindset that
blinds this society from seeing and accepting the full spectrum of Asian and Asian
American people,” he comments.
“When I learned I was gay, it took me a
long time to come to terms with myself,”
said Chin (pictured).
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IE ARTS | Films
A
n easygoing “country boy”
with Asian ancestry, Joey
is prone to wearing blue
jeans and speaking with a
Southern drawl. Despite his
ethnicity, he’s all-American
and living in Tennessee with
his white lover Cody (Trevor St. John) and
Cody’s birth son Chip (Sebastian Brodziak).
As the story unfolds, the trio carry on
with their daily lives just like any other normal family. Six year-old Chip climbs kitchen
counters to reach boxes of cereal stored in
the cupboard while Joey reads the newspaper and Cody gets dressed for his teaching
job. That two fathers raising a child together
seems so ordinary, so unexceptional, is a
testament to our changing times.
BY YAYOI L. WINFREY
But then the unthinkable happens,
IE Contributor
and Joey learns that his small family was
Yayoi L. Winfrey is a blognever a family at all—that is, in the eyes
ger, filmmaker, illustrator,
of the law. After Cody has a horrible car
novelist, screenwriter and
accident, his relatives arrive at the hosshort fiction writer.
pital along with
Joey and Chip.
Suddenly, lines
are
drawn
between those
who have the
legal right to
call themselves
family and Joey,
who’s not related but knows
his partner more
intimately than
any of Cody’s
blood relatives.
Patrick Wang and Sebastian
Brodziak star in “In the Family.”
The utter helplessness Joey
In the
Family &
Decoding
Deepak
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experiences at not being recognized as
Cody’s legitimate family is painful to
watch. At the hospital where Cody lies
dying, Joey’s not even allowed into his
lover’s room to say good-bye.
Not long after Cody’s death, his sister
abducts Chip because according to her
brother’s last will she’s been named the
guardian of his son. The injustice of her
actions fortified by the law being on her
side overtakes Joey as he continues throwing himself into work—remodeling other
people’s homes while silently suffering in
his empty one.
Written and directed by, and starring,
Patrick Wang, “Family” is long at nearly
three hours, but almost every minute is
captivating. Unhurriedly shot with extra
long takes, each scene reflects a sense
of immediacy much like a documentary.
The one flaw is an overly lengthy scene
that awkwardly attempts to explain how
Cody fell for Joey after his wife dies.
Precocious actor Bordziak is delightfully
believable as Chip, and Wang as Joey is
simply heartbreaking.
Another kind of father is portrayed
in “Decoding Deepak,” a documentary
made by the famous guru’s son, Gotham
Chopra. A popular Indian wellness advocate in Western media, Deepak Chopra
has authored 19 best sellers among 64
titles, appeared on numerous TV and radio
shows, and is often quoted in print. He’s
also a regular columnist for several popular
publications, and hosts a daily BlogTalk
Radio show, too.
Although he started out as a trained
medical doctor, Deepak took a left turn
and began embracing healing practices
that encompass body, mind and spirit. He
soon became a favorite of celebrities like
Oprah and Lady Gaga, commanding thousands of followers as a household name.
The irony of being a spiritual guide who
ends up rich and famous is not lost on son
Gotham as he attempts to unravel the man
of mystery for viewers. Accompanying
Deepak on the road, Gotham travels with
him for a year filming in various countries,
including India where they search for their
family’s ancient register. They also go to
Thailand where Deepak is ordained as a
Buddhist monk in a colorful ceremony.
But Gotham’s attempts to reveal, or
to “decode,” the real Deepak fall short.
Besides seeming star-struck over his own
father, Gotham is also compelled to insert
himself into the film and it’s distracting.
Scenes where Deepak is having a bad
moment or caught snoring certainly make
him appear more human, but don’t solve
the riddle of who he really is.
Still, there are many moments of
entertainment like Deepak riding an
elephant and in the next breath talking
about texting. Even as he spouts spiritual philosophy, Deepak is hopelessly
addicted to his Blackberry.
At times, it’s clear that Gotham is searching for a focal point to define his dad.
Perhaps, like the elusive answers to life that
lead Deepak to continue on his spiritual
quest, Gotham can’t find one either.
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Reel China: A Crash Course in Different
Storytelling Traditions
Hollywood and China are separated
by more than 6,000 miles, but the more
significant gulf can’t be charted on any
map. There are vast, historical differences
in storytelling tradition that owe as much
to Confucianism as modern political sensitivities, and bridging that narrative chasm
has become a burning challenge given
that within the next few years China will
become the world’s biggest movie market.
The LA Times reports on reconciling disparate narratives in China versus America
which has become a challenge for filmmakers to appeal to Chinese sensibilities
and censors.
American movie heroes typically
choose greatness, but their path to glory
is often sidetracked by failings or doubts
as the idol struggles with physical and
emotional setbacks. Chinese movie paragons, on the other hand, normally have
greatness thrust upon them, are physically
and emotionally stable and rarely change
over the course of a tale. American heroes
go out of their way to search for trouble.
A Chinese protagonist, conversely, does
what he does because it’s his duty, it’s his
job—not because he wants to do it.
Thanks to loosening quota limits and an
explosion of new theaters, Chinese mov-
iegoers have been patronizing American
movies in record numbers. The returns for
U.S. films have been so outsized this year
that Chinese authorities in the last several
weeks have tried to limit their popular-
SUMI, Continued from page 8
some of the music she performed on
her newest solo CD, “Now–Live at the
Howland,” which was recorded at the
Howland Cultural Center in Beacon, NY.
Recorded and funded by a successful
Kickstarter campaign, the album showcases Tonooka as both interpreter and
composer with two sets. She devotes the
first half of the program to standards and
classic compositions by jazz masters who
have shaped her musical concept. The
second set connects the dots between her
muses and her compositional imagination,
focusing on her originals. The CD, noted
as “intriguing and often unselfconsciously
brilliant” by Lucid Culture, was inspired
by some of her biggest musical influences, including Mary Lou Williams, who
she studied from, and Thelonious Monk,
who she fondly remembers seeing perform
“Around Midnight” at the Aqua Lounge on
her 13th birthday.
“I heard a lot of great jazz growing
up—live,” she said.
Tonooka noted that, when she was
growing up, she was drawn to piano
music that would make her laugh like that
of Monk or make her happy like boogie
woogie or Fats Waller.
“I used to sit for hours at the piano
making up stories and making up sound
effects,” she said.
Tonooka started piano and music instruction at the age of seven at the Settlement
Music School in Philadelphia with Ester
Cinberg and then Gary Goldschneider.
Tonooka continued classical lessons with
Madame Margaret Chaloff of the New
England Conservatory of Music, as well
as jazz and composition with renowned
Yoni (Let It Not Happen Again).” Tonooka
recently made a visit there.
“This particular time, it was very moving,” she said. “I do feel a sense of belonging here.”
Since her move to Seattle in July,
Tonooka has been busy writing original
music, including her first orchestra composition inspired by the circles within life.
To date, Tonooka has penned almost 50
compositions in the course of her career.
She has also composed over a dozen film
scores, some of which have been aired on
PBS, such as the Academy Award–nominated “Family Gathering” by Lise Yasui
and “Daring to Resist” by Martha Lubell.
Her upcoming concert will feature
October 3, 2012 - October 16, 2012 —— 11
A traditionally depicted Chinese film hero: Tony Leung
in John Woo’s “Red Cliff.”
“In the Family” opens October 5, at the
NW Film Forum (with writer/director/actor
Patrick Wang appearing at the October 7
screening). “Decoding Deepak” opens
October 5, in various cities.
ity. The steps include blackout periods in
which no imported films can be exhibited
in China and releasing two Hollywood
blockbusters on the same day to limit their
upside, as Chinese exhibitors recently did
with “The Dark Knight Rises” and “The
Amazing Spider-Man.”
There is no clear definition of what you
can do and what you cannot do—from
both the culture aspect and the censorship
aspect, comments the LA Times. To qualify
for co-production financing, productions
must include a Chinese story element and
employ some Chinese production staff.
China benefits from the expertise of foreign
filmmakers, while Hollywood, in addition
to avoiding the retaliatory distribution tactics, gets access to Chinese funding and
a bigger cut of box office receipts than a
purely American production.
jazz instructor, Charlie Banacus in Boston.
In addition, she earned a Bachelor of
Music degree from Philadelphia College of
Performing Arts. Over the years, she also
studied with Bernard Peiffer, Susan Starr,
Dennis Sandole, and Stanley Cowell.
“I’m excited about the concert,” she
said. “Seattle seems to be a very interesting place and I am very anxious to discover the west coast.”
She will be performing at the Earshot
Jazz Festival on Oct. 29 at 7:30 pm at
the Chapel Performance Space at Good
Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave.
N., on the fourth floor. Tickets are $13,
general admission. For more information
about Sumi Tonooka, visit sumitonooka.
com. For tickets to her upcoming performance, visit www.earshot.org.
Check out Alan Lau’s Arts Etc. arts calendar online at www.iexaminer.org
INTERNATIONAL EXAMINER
IE EDITORIAL
Community Work
and Breeding Leaders:
All Mutant
Asian DNA
BY JAMES HONG
IE Contributor
James currently works at
a Seattle nonprofit focusing
on youth and community
engagement.
“
I stepped out from my cubicle and
announced that I was quitting and
applying for the position with the City.
“Oh yeah?” my boss, Huy, replied
in his usual smug tone. “Whatcha
gonna do?”
“I’m gonna be a Legislative
Assistant. It pays $58,000 starting.”
“$58,000!? I’ll apply for that job,
too! Thanks.”
”
I
grew up in a White, suburban
neighborhood called Kent. My
family was one of the few Asian
families in the area, which made
us stand out, but my parents
wanted to share our unique culture with others. They did it the
only way they knew how: by locking our
doors, shutting our windows, and keeping to ourselves. If someone ever came
knocking, my parents would answer,
“So sorry, no speaka English.”
Still, my parents did their best to
fit in. They put up holiday lights in
December, gave me and my sister
American names, and encouraged us
to learn English, play tennis, and make
lots of money. It paid off, too. My
English is strong—magnitudes better
than my Vietnamese. Surprise! I am
Vietnamese, but my superb English
skills threw you for a loop. Time, however, would eventually reveal that I
neither had a knack for tennis nor the
will to choose money over passion, to
my parents’ disappointment.
I recently shamed them a couple of
weeks ago in fact. A job announcement
popped up in my inbox for a Legislative
Assistant.
I skimmed through the email and
mentally checked off all of my qualifications. I felt I was reasonably qualified for
the job, but didn’t want to give up my
cushy position as a nonprofit program
director to be someone else’s assistant. I
get first dibs on leftovers at community
events, set my own hours, and am the
A Walk
on the
Wild Side
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‘Hood” Perception
Vanishing?
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envy of the entire office with my premium
street-side parking spot. Life is pretty good
indeed. Then I read:
Salary: $58,000 - $67,500 Annually
Whaaaaat!!!!!
I immediately stepped out from my
cubicle and announced I was quitting our
organization and applying for the position
with the City.
“Oh yeah?” my boss, Huy, replied in his
usual smug tone. “Whatcha gonna do?”
“I’m gonna be a Legislative Assistant. It
pays $58,000 starting.”
“$58,000!? I’ll apply for that job, too!
Thanks.” He wished me the best of luck.
Huy has actually been offered some
fairly lucrative positions to work for the
City. Many of these paid more than twice
what he is making now. He passed on all
of them. “This work is about passion, not
money,” he told me. Huy’s parents would
be ashamed.
It’s well known that Asians are predisposed to become doctors, dentists,
or engineers. Our civilization perfected
acupuncture; our small hands are great
for sticking precision tools into people’s
mouths; and do I really need to explain
what we can do with our math skills?
These careers are in our DNA, along with
fish sauce and squatting. Any deviations
from these life paths are a clear sign of
genetic mutation.
Fortunately, our community doesn’t
breed many leaders (whew!). Within the
Fortune 500, of the 5,028 total corporate
executives, only 99 were APIs in 2011. This
leads me to one simple conclusion: Huy is
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n Sept. 15, Touchstones
held its Inaugural Tour of
Rainier Beach during the
2nd Annual Rainier Beach
Art Walk. Touchstones is a
grassroots neighborhood
project that reveals the history, heritage and people of one of Seattle’s
most unique neighborhoods. The tour visited 15 historical locations including a
Buddhist temple, an urban farm, a donut
shop, World War II housing for workers
and many more—uncovering the heritage
and people in the most diverse neighborhood in Seattle—some say the country.
As a participant of the tour, I had an
opportunity to experience the Seattle neigh-
Left: First stop of the tour was the 1928 Library and Interurban Station,
also known as the Historic Business District. It is considered one of
the four “pearls,” or areas where people shop and socialize in Rainier
Beach. Photo credit: Jessica Yuwanto.
October 3, 2012 - October 16, 2012 —— 12
a mutant. What kind of Asian wants to
be a leader? Scary, yet admirable.
I am happy to know we have freaks
like Huy—with aberrations in their
social and cultural DNA—that can
help our community survive, multiply,
and pass on the leadership gene. But
there are so many other important
traits we need to pass along too, like
genes that inspire Asians to become
artists, not turn red when we drink,
and play basketball like a pro.
Admittedly, as a child I possessed
the banana gene (yellow on the outside, white in the inside) and didn’t
have a strong understanding of my
community or culture. I still have
a lot to learn. Through my writing,
I hope to explore what it means to
play, learn, and be Asian based on
my experiences. Topics might range
from my childhood, things I did or
didn’t learn in school, professional
growth, and cultural identity. I hope
that my writing provides new and
interesting perspectives for everyone
to laugh about, enjoy, and discuss.
I believe there’s a lot we can learn
through humor and creative expression. I encourage everyone to share
their comments, thoughts, and ideas
with me and each other. Thanks for
taking the time to connect.
Read more at PlayingAsian.com—a
humorous and satirical blog exploring
Asian American issues, identity, culture, and leadership.
borhood as few have. With its density, urban
diversity and small businesses, Rainier Beach
felt like one of New York City’s burroughs.
Despite this, Rainier Beach is largely
stereotyped as the “hood” due to its high
crime rates. According to spotcrime.com,
there have been 292 reported crimes in
Rainier Beach since July 23, 2012. The
crimes reported ranged from theft, assault,
robbery and vandalism.
But
Cheryl
dos
Remedios—
Touchstones co-chair who is a Rainier
Beach resident—believes the neighborhood has enormous potential to improve,
especially with its celebrated diversity
and efforts by Touchstones as a part of the
larger “A Beautiful, Safe Place” initiative.
“The project not only overlays art, history and community development, but
also hopes to strengthen outreach and
marketing efforts for Rainier Beach,” said
dos Remedios. Dos Remedios and Cassie
Chin—who is the other Touchstones cochair and Deputy Executive Director of
INTERNATIONAL EXAMINER
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Points of
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BY ATIA MUSAZAY
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Nearly 54 percent of Asian Americans say
having a successful marriage is one the
most important things in life while only 34
percent of all Americans agree. Compared
to other groups, Asian Americans don’t feel
they are affected by racism. These statistics
and the highly affirmative coverage it has
received (ranging from the Wall Street
Journal to USA Today) has propagated stereotypes that Asian Americans are universally smart, well-off and family-oriented.
Results in “The Rise of Asian Americans”
Pew Research study were derived from sur-
compared with 28 percent of the U.S.
population overall. But according to the
official statement released by Advancing
Justice: “Data from the U.S. Census Bureau
show[s] that Asian American adults are
less likely than Whites to have finished
high school and that Pacific Islanders and
Vietnamese Americans are among seven
Asian American ethnic groups to have
below average attainment of a high school
diploma.”
While the Pew Research study applauds
Asian Americans for having a median
household
income of
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comparison
to the total
U.S. popul a t i o n ’s
median of
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that Indian
Americans
disproportionately have the highest median income
of $88,000. Compare that to the Korean
median income of $50,000 and it is easy
to understand why the study’s claim is
problematic.
Advancing Justice also points out that
household income is a misleading measure when applied to immigrant communities. There are often a greater number
of workers per household and a “greater number of persons who rely on the
income those workers produce.”
Maureen Francisco, co-President of
Ascend Seattle, a pan-Asian American
professional association, said she doesn’t
find the study “offensive” and said she
could “see why the outcome of the study
...Researchers claim Asian Americans
are found to be more satisfied with
their lives than the general public
and more satisfied with the direction
the country is going.
t first glance, it’s all good
news: Asian Americans are
the best-educated in the
nation, have the highestincome and are the fastest-growing racial group
in the U.S., says a recent
Pew Research study released in June. Yet,
numerous well-known Asian American
organizations and advocates are condemning the study as a cause for concern, claiming that it only perpetuates the
Model Minority Myth while others feel the
study is truthful in some aspects.
In addition to being highly successful,
researchers claim Asian Americans are
found to be more satisfied with their lives
than the general public and more satisfied
with the direction the country is going.
veying nearly 4,000 individuals, each from
one of the six largest Asian American groups:
Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Vietnamese,
Korean and Japanese. The study claims
these groups make up at least 83 percent of
the total Asian population in the U.S.
The Asian American Center for
Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice),
which promotes civil rights in underserved communities denounced the study
as “one-dimensional and as having “serious consequences” by overlooking many
groups within the Asian American community, including Hmong, Cambodian,
Laotian and Vietnamese Americans.
The study claims that 49 percent of Asian
Americans hold at least a college degree,
Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific
American Experience—led the two-hour
long tour.
“[The tour] offers the opportunity for
people to come down to our neighborhood
and experience it firsthand,” dos Remedios
added. “This is such a better way to get a
feel for a place rather than reading about
its crimes in the newspaper.”
Through this project, Rainier Beach residents and community stakeholders hope
people will begin to understand how they
can contribute to improvement efforts.
The Rainier Beach Tour is particularly
unique because it combines emerging
technologies with the art of storytelling.
There is a quick response bar code—also
known as a QR code—sticker at sites,
where participants can use the provided
iPod Touch or their own iPhone to scan
the code and learn more about each location. This is all made possible by support
from the City of Seattle Department of
Information Technology (IT).
When asked as to why the IT Department
decided to help fund this project, David
Keyes, the City of Seattle’s Community
Technology Program Manager who was
present at the tour, said, “We wanted to support greater use of electronic tools for civic
engagement, especially where they can
help enable broader diverse participation.”
Though Keyes lives near Rainier Beach
himself, he uncovered new attractions in
his neighborhood such as Mapes Creek
Walkway. He said it was great to walk the
tour with others who had different knowledge and interests. His most memorable
experience was during a lunch stop at a
sub shop where the storeowner taught
him how to write “Hello, my name is…”
in Korean.
“I hope people take time to do this,
even a part of it, and that they contribute
their stories,” Keyes said. “This project
has incredible potential to increase connections to this part of the city and our
neighbors here. I hope it encourages
October 3, 2012 - October 16, 2012 —— 13
was the way it was.” She cites the hardworking ethic instilled in many APAs
which drove them to success.
“There is no other option but to work
for immigrants. It’s survival,” she said.
“Having dinner together with my mother
was a very special occasion because she
was always working.”
She said the Pew Research study
reflects the sense of “no entitlement” that
Asian immigrants have along with the
hard work they endured in this country
that led to their rise.
Vishakha N. Desai, President of the
Asia Society, points out that if Asian
Americans had indeed “risen,” there
would be many more API faces in the
upper echelons of corporate and political
America, which “study after study shows
the reverse to be true.”
The Asian & Pacific Islander American
Scholarship Fund and the National
Commission on Asian American and Pacific
Islander Research in Education released a
joint statement mentioning harmful effects
of the study. Asian American students have
some of the highest levels of stress and anxiety, leading to high suicide rates, because
of pressure to do well academically. The
study allows the public to overlook the
over 50 percent of Pacific Islanders aged
25-34 and about 40 percent of Southeast
Asians who don’t attend college.
Clumping together this highly diverse
group and depicting them as homogenous is considered one of the greatest
weaknesses of the study. Tom Hayashi,
executive director of the Organization of
Chinese Americans, labeled the study as
“disappointing.”
“It is difficult to take the data at face
value when the questions seem to play too
perfectly into reinforcing the stereotypes
of Asian Americans,” he said.
Tai Chun Exhibition
Oct 27 - Nov 2, 2012
Clarion Hotel
31611 20th Ave S.
Federal Way
253.941.6000
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Above: Fourth visited site of the day was Rainier Beach High School.
With the help from the City of Seattle IT Department, participants were
able to scan Touchstones’ QR code posted on the pole to get more information about the site, share their thoughts and snap and post pictures of
the site. Photo credit: Jessica Yuwanto.
people to get involved in
many community improvement activities underway.”
According
to
dos
Remedios, Rainier Beach
just completed an 18-month
process to update a neighborhood
plan,
which
included four large community meetings, many smaller
meetings and online surveys. She urged community members to be more
involved in putting all the
great ideas into action.
With the success and
positive feedback of the
tour, dos Remedios said
Touchstones will most
likely to be hosting the
Rainier Beach Tour every
September from now on.
The Touchstone co-chair
said it’s important to have
events like the Rainier Beach
Art Walk so everyone can
experience Rainier Beach as
a beautiful, safe place.
“As tragic as the recent
violence has been and as
much as we feel for the
families and friends, there
are also many, many positive things happening in
Rainier
Beach,”
dos
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many good things.”
For more information, email: [email protected] or
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INTERNATIONAL EXAMINER
THE LAST WORD
Op-ed:
Marriage For
Same Sex
Couples is a Path
Toward Stronger
Communities
BY FRANK IRIGON
IE Contributor
I
have been married to my wife for
41 years. Through the years, I’ve
been struck not by our differences,
but by our similarities. I have a gay
family member who has been in
a committed relationship for 25
years. His partner has been accepted into our family and we consider him
one of us. I know he wants to marry his
long-time partner for the same reason my
wife and I did: to share a life-long commitment, to care for one another, and to
let everyone in our family and the larger
community know that we are a family.
We all celebrated in February of this
year when Governor Christine Gregoire
signed a bill into law that provided the
freedom to marry for all Washingtonians.
This was a joyful day for my family, but
short-lived because the law is at risk of
repeal unless Washington voters approve
Referendum 74 this fall. This is an important issue for the Asian Pacific Islander
community to support, because marriage
enables loving, committed couples to
maintain and grow strong families.
When family is the priority, we build
strong families. When community is
the priority, we build strong communities. Right now, there are members of
our community fighting to protect their
families but cannot do it without the help
from their family, friends, and neighbors.
The API community needs to approve
Referendum 74 to allow the loving gay
and lesbian couples in our community
to preserve family unity and strengthen
social harmony.
Creating a strong family is a core tenant in my Filipino tradition, as it is in most
API cultures. We have been able to do this
despite our challenges with family separation due to the long immigration process,
or making ends meet when the economy
is hurting, or navigating through generational differences between elders and
young ones in our community. Through all
of life’s twists and turns, family has always
been a priority.
In my professional life, I have also seen
how strong families contribute to young
people’s development. During my tenure
as the Executive Director of Washington
Asian Pacific American Families Against
Substance Abuse, I worked with many
young people who were working hard to
keep their family intact amidst the challenges youth face. Regardless of who the
mother loved or who the father loved, a
strong family base was the key predictor
to a young person’s success.
Other gay and lesbian couples in my
life are raising families, bringing their
kids to soccer practice, and wondering how they are going to afford
college tuition. Marriage tells the
world about the depth of their
commitment and gives them the
ability to protect their families at
life’s moments of hardship. Their
families are our families and we
must support them in this struggle.
At one time or another, we have
all helped out in the community:
dropping off meals during a family emergency, watering a neighbor’s garden while
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they are away, or sharing resources when
times get tough. We do these things
because we know the importance of
keeping our communities together. Gay
and lesbian people are in our communities and need our support more than ever
right now.
This year my wife and I will celebrate
our 41st wedding anniversary. Through
our many years of marriage, we have
raised three children. My marriage and
my children are gifts that I am thankful
for everyday. Stand with me and my
family to approve Referendum 74 so
that all our family members, friends and
neighbors can marry the person they
love and fully share in this gift of family
and community.
VOTE ON NOV. 6, 2012
for CANDIDATES endorsed by the
FILIPINO AMERICAN POLITICAL ACTION
GROUP OF WASHINGTON (FAPAGOW)
Jay Inslee for Governor
Kathleen Drew for Secretary of State
Bob Ferguson for State Attorney General
Mike Kreidler for Insurance Commissioner
Bob Hasegawa for 11th District Senate
Noel Frame and Gael Tarleton for
36th District Position 2
Gerald Pollet for 46th District Position 1
Bud Sizemore for 47th District Position 1
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I love my daughter and I accept her as she is.
Khoung, and her daughter Cuc
I live far from my daughter Cuc, so I
don't get to see her as often as I would
Gwen as her partner. They make each
other happy.
like. I want her to have someone who
America is a land of freedom. My
will care for her — who she can talk to
daughter should have the freedom to
and build a life with. I’m glad Cuc has
marry the woman she loves.
In Washington, lesbian and gay couples want to make
a lifetime commitment to the person they love.
Marriage matters.
It’s time to have this conversation:
www.WhyMarriageMattersWashington.org