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All posts tagged "asian american"

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  City of Fullerton sued by ACLU over Asian American voting rights

  FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — The Orange County city of Fullerton was sued Wednesday over an at-large election system that Asian American advocates say harms the community’s voting rights, lawyers said. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of...

  • Posted March 18, 2015
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  [NBC] For Asian Americans, wealth stereotypes don’t fit reality

  When Rosa Chen first heard one of her college classmates ask her if she was rich, she says she didn’t quite understand where the idea was coming from. “Everyone I grew up around was struggling...

  • Posted March 17, 2015
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  [NBC] Meet New York’s Only Female, Asian-American Firefighter

    When Sarinya Srisakul went back to Thailand in 2007 to visit her family, she asked the taxi driver to take her to a firehouse. “He was like, ‘Why would you go see a firehouse?...

  • Posted February 4, 2015
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  [SCPR] Asian-Americans win majority on O.C. Board of Supervisors

  For the first time, Asian-Americans will have majority representation on the Orange County Board of Supervisors, signaling a shift in Southern California politics. Last week, Republican candidate Andrew Do, a Vietnamese-American attorney and...

  • Posted February 3, 2015
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  [NPR] Being Thin Doesn’t Spare Asian Americans From Diabetes Risk

  We know that you can be fat while still fit, but how about skinny and unhealthy? This may be the case for many Asian Americans who look slim, but actually face a higher risk of diabetes...

  • Posted December 26, 2014
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