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All posts tagged "asian american"

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  Most popular candidate among Asian Americans? Bernie Sanders

  By Brian Han Times are a changin’ as Bob Dylan so eloquently put it. Not long ago, Asian Americans more times than not strongly identified with the Republican Party. But that trend is rapidly changing, most recently...

  • Posted December 8, 2015
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  [The New Yorker] The two Asian Americas

    In 1928, an Indian immigrant named Vaishno Das Bagai rented a room in San Jose, turned on the gas, and ended his life. He was thirty-seven. He had come to San Francisco thirteen years...

  • Posted October 21, 2015
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  ‘Fresh Off The Boat’ picked up for nine more episodes

  By Brian Han Fans of ABC’s “Fresh Off The Boat” can rejoice after the studio announced the show would be picked up for nine more episodes during its second season run. That pushes the total from 13...

  • Posted October 15, 2015
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  Feds rule Princeton did not discriminate against Asian Americans

  PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — The federal Department of Education has declared that there is no evidence that Princeton University discriminates against Asian and Asian American applicants. The university on Wednesday released a letter dated Sept. 9 from...

  • Posted September 23, 2015
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  [NPR] How Asian American voters went from Republican to Democratic

    In 2012, nearly three-quarters of Asian American voters went for President Obama. But, rewind — 20 years prior — and you’ll find fewer than a third voted Democrat. In fact, in the span of two...

  • Posted September 17, 2015
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  Education Department dismisses discrimination lawsuit against Harvard

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department on Tuesday dismissed a complaint against Harvard University by some Asian American groups who say the university uses racial quotas to keep out high-scoring Asians. The complaint was filed in May...

  • Posted July 8, 2015
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• [HuffPo] Children of Asian immigrants share incredibly selfless decisions of parents

  Starting a new life in a new country isn’t easy. But when it comes to their children, many Asian immigrants will do just that in hopes of giving them a better life. An emotional video...

  • Posted June 18, 2015
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