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(8 min read time) ASIAN AMERICAN MEN MUST EVOLVE “There is no “I” in Iotas.” — Motto of Iota Class According to famous American anarchist and feminist writer Voltairine de Cleyre in her widely cited 1912 essay “Direct Action”¹², direct action consists of the following: “Every person who ever thought he had a right to…
Continue reading ➞ Organizing the Asian American Community: Lessons From An Asian Frat (Part 2)
“Brother: L L L Phiii… Actives: E, YOU KNOW!” ON THE ORIGINS OF ORDER “Delta stands for change.” — Keith, #28 Delta Class Evolution is a biological theory. We have no idea how it actually works. No reputable scientist disputes the theory, of course. It’s well-established and a given that we somehow made it from…
Continue reading ➞ Organizing the Asian American Community: Lessons From An Asian Frat (Part 1)
By Sen Tien Vi and Sen touch on influencers and their impact on YouTube. Mostly focus on the beauty community and how it affects Asian women. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOU-a8fGobQ&w=480&h=270 Find us on Twitter: Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/JttWPodcast J. Maraan: http://twitter.com/j_maraan Sen Tien: http://twitter.com/sen_tient Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/journey-to-the-west/id1347539343?mt=2 Listen on Andriod: http://www.subscribeonandroid.com/jttw.podbean.com/feed/ We're also on Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=167076 Read Vi's Article: https://ift.tt/2L0qvWm
(13 min read) “These men are all talk. What we need is action—action!” — John Brown, slavery abolitionist Over the past weekend, I met up with Paget Kagy, my co-host for Not Your Asian Sidekick¹, at Sweetea Bar on the corner of W 6th St and Westmoreland in K-Town LA. I hadn’t seen Paget in…
Continue reading ➞ Where Are All My Asian American Superheroes?
By Sen Tien J, Sen, and guest, Albert from ProAsian Voice, break down community attitudes toward anti-Asian racism and discuss marginalization, collective power, social responsibility, and the need to build beyond oppressive structures rather than within them to achieve liberation. https://youtu.be/t_FgvkbEy_E
Part 4 of 4 (12 min read time) By Albert Joon-Ho Hur [Edited by J] LIBERTY IS NOT ABSOLUTE FREEDOM I was tired of my lady, we’d been together too long Like a worn-out recording, of a favorite song So while she lay there sleeping, I read the paper in bed And in the personals column,…
Continue reading ➞ What Is Asian Love? An Inquiry into the Praxis of Radical Love – Part 4
Part 3 of 4 (8 min read time) By Albert Joon-Ho Hur [Edited by J] MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE ALSO FROM MARS Jesus told them, “If you don’t have a sword, sell some of your clothes and buy one.” — Luke 22:36 According to Canada Research Chair in Political Philosophy Will Kymlicka in his…
Continue reading ➞ What Is Asian Love? An Inquiry into the Praxis of Radical Love – Part 3
Part 2 of 4 (15 min read time) By Albert Joon-Ho Hur [Edited by J] RADICAL LOVE AS PRAXIS “God is Love.” – 1 John 4:8 “There can be no Love without Justice.” – bell hooks What is Radical Love? The best scholarly articulation I’ve personally seen of Radical Love is by American sociologist George N.…
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Part 1 of 4 (12 min read time) By Albert Joon-Ho Hur [Edited by J] “Unless we know ourselves and our history, and other people and their history, there is really no way that we can really have a positive kind of interaction where there is real understanding.” – Yuri Kochiyama What, exactly, is “Asian American…
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Part 2 of 2 (15 min read time) Personal Essay by Albert Joon-Ho Hur [Edited by J] TRUTH “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” — Proverbs 9:10 God said to Moses, “You cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live.” — Exodus 33:20 Death is real (as…
Continue reading ➞ Superman Is An Asian American Man – Part 2
