Posted on February 26, 2007 by hotaspho
by Peter Nguyen
Kenneth Eng from AsianWeek magazine, who claim to be “the Voice of Asian America”, wrote a very racist article called “Why I Hate Blacks”. During his ignorant rampage he stated that Blacks hate us, are easy to coerce and are weak-willed. He rationalizes a lot of his statements by his own infrequent, personal [...]
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Posted on February 20, 2007 by hotaspho
The Emmy and Golden Globe awards-winning drama is being aired on VTV3 in Vietnam.
With the popularity of the show outgrowing the US, Lost has found its way worldwide. Lost follows the lives of a group of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, somewhere in the South Pacific. There are two Korean characters who [...]
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Posted on February 18, 2007 by hotaspho
Angelina Jolie has taken time out from settling into her new home in New Orleans, Louisiana, to fly to Vietnam to promote economic development.
The actress traveled to the Asian country to attend a meeting on behalf of the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Project (MJP), a charity formed to aid her five-year-old son’s native country of Cambodia.
According to [...]
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Posted on February 16, 2007 by hotaspho
Finally, Mad TV is breaking down some stereotypes, well, kind of. They seem to address most of the Asian ignorant stereotypes going on in America.
And here’s part 2 of the skit.
Interesting enough, in September 2006, a video of Bobby Lee drunk at a bar talking to [...]
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Posted on February 8, 2007 by hotaspho
The East Coast Asian American Student Union is the premiere Asian American collegiate conference in the United States. Founded in 1977, this annual event brings together student leaders from over 100 universities to facilitate political activism and educational dialogue. Today, ECAASU is still at the forefront of the Asian American movement – and Yale is [...]
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Posted on February 5, 2007 by hotaspho
Viet Dream Productions is currently launching an extensive year long Vietnamese vocalist search, via the internet and throughout the US and Canada for aspiring singers. Their goal is to end up with two male and two female vocalists who are extremely talented and could perform a variety of genres to produce a music album. There [...]
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Posted on February 1, 2007 by hotaspho
Hot as Pho is curious to find out what you think of this controversial comic Angelah Johnson doing nail salon impersonations. We want to hear from you. Post your comments and speak up. Is this one of the funniest things you’ve ever heard or is this a bad accent gone wrong?
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