Anti-Asian-American Violence Still Persists…

Thanks to Danny Yang and the Next Gener.Asian Church blog for this reminder.
Almost three decades after Vincent Chin, I am saddened that we are still hearing about violence against Asian-Americans. As much as we think we’ve progressed, we have not.
2 Teenagers Are Accused of Killing Sleeping Man
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/11/nyregion/11arrests.html
Walking down a street in Flushing, Queens, long after [...]

Ministering to the Model Minority.

So I’ve finally gotten around to reading Frank Wu’s book  Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White and it’s been a riveting read. I have heard criticisms about how Wu repeatedly plays off Asian-Americans as victims in his book and his writing is simply an angry tirade. But I applaud him for his courage [...]

Incarnational Evangelism and Asian-Americans.

Michael McKinley today posted a great quote from John Stott regarding the nature of evangelism at the 9Marks Blog.
You can read the post here:   Church Matters: The 9Marks Blog.
Stott writes,

Christians and non-Christians are often widely separated from one another by social sub-cultures and lifestyles as well as by different values, beliefs, and moral standards. Only [...]

Ronald T. Takaki dies at 70

Ronald T. Takaki dies at 70; pioneer in the field of ethnic studies – Los Angeles Times.
I read Dr. Takaki’s Strangers From a Different Shore as a textbook in high school. Sad to find out he committed suicide after batting MS. We need more Asian-American scholars committed to educating people about race and ethnicity in [...]

Defining a “multi-ethnic” grouping.

Recently I stumbled upon a website of a church that has “Asian-American” in its name. Its motto described the church as a “multi-ethnic church.” It made me bristle, as if the two terms were contradictory. But upon quick reflection, I realize that a multi-Asian church is indeed multi-ethnic.
A church comprised of Chinese-Americans, Korean-Americans, Japanese-Americans, [...]