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Yang Gang furious
Andrew Yang gets shortest speaking time during Dem. debate
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MIAMI — Democratic presidential candidate and entrepreneur Andrew Yang claimed that his microphone during the Democratic debate on June 27 was turned off at times. “A few times...where I just started talking, being like, ‘Hey, I’d like to add something there,’ and my mic was like, not on,” Yang said, adding that “I was talking and like, nothing was happening.” He tweeted the following day, “I feel bad for those who tuned in to see and support me that I didn’t get more airtime. Will do better (my mic being off unless called on didn’t help) and glad to have another opportunity in July (and afterwards)!” Supporters of Yang, often referred to as the “Yang Gang,” took to social media with the hashtag “#LetYangSpeak,” which became one of the biggest trends on Twitter on June 28. Andrew Yang (center) speaks during the Democratic primary debate hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Art on June 27 in Miami. Yang is flanked by Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (left) and South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg (right).
UW study: LGBTQ Asian Americans seen as more ‘American’ By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY
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Campaign to vindicate first Japanese American novel appears successful
Reen Renaud (right) and Wanda Maldonado at Seattle Pride Parade on June 30.
gay Asian American man.” They were then asked to rate, using a seven-point scale, how American they considered him through questions, such as “How fluently do you think this person speaks English?” and “How integrated is this person in American culture?” Researchers found see LGBTQ on 11
University of Washington (UW) professor and novelist Shawn Wong last week said his battle with Penguin Random House over the copyright of “No-No Boy,” the first Japanese American novel, was coming to a positive close, although he could not provide details. The victory was part of Wong’s life-long mission as a writer and educator to rescue Asian American voices from oblivion. “It just got sorted out,” Wong said in an interview with Northwest Asian Weekly. “We’re just waiting for the other shoe to drop.” “We’re waiting for the good news,” he added. “No-No Boy” was written by Japanese American author John Okada in the late 1950s about a Japanese American man who refuses to serve in the
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The fastest-growing racial group in the United States—Asian Americans—is also one that is consistently perceived as “foreign.” But for Asian Americans who are gay or lesbian, their sexual orientation may make them seem more “American” than those who are presumed straight. A new University of Washington (UW) study, the latest in research to examine stereotypes, identity, and ideas about who is “American,” focuses on how sexual orientation and race come together to influence others’ perceptions. “Research on race is often separate from research on sexual orientation. Here we bring the two together to understand how they interact to influence judgments of how American someone is considered,” said Sapna Cheryan, a UW associate professor of psychology. In one study, participants were randomly assigned to read a brief descriptive phrase of a person named John, identified either as “an Asian American man” or “a
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American army during World War II and, despite his convictions, watches his family, friends, and cultural world implode after the war ends. The novel ends after the protagonist’s best friend dies of a war injury, his mother commits suicide,
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