CNN just reported that radio host Don Imus will be suspended for two weeks starting Monday, April 16, based on an announcement from NBC. Imus recently made racist remarks about the Rutgers women’s basketball team — he called the players “nappy-haired hos.” The NY Times today published a transcript of Imus’ appearance on Al Sharpton’s radioContinueContinue reading “Apologies Are Not Enough, Don Imus”
Author Archives: Keith Kamisugi
Alternate Realities: Google Maps and NOLA
If I was a Katrina victim in New Orleans, I would be insulted by Google replacing its Maps views with pre-Katrina images — as if nothing ever happened there. But I think that I would have more critical issues to worry about.North Carolina Congressman Brad Miller, chairman of the House Committee on Science and Technology’sContinueContinue reading “Alternate Realities: Google Maps and NOLA”
Essay on Asians and Blacks Sharing a Civil Rights History and Vision
Reprinted in full is an essay published March 27 on the New America Media website. A Shared History And Vision By Stewart Kwoh & Julie A. Su, APA Legal Center Editor’s Note: A column published in Asian Week entitled “Why I Hate Blacks” promoted dismay across the ethnic media and prompted NAM to host aContinueContinue reading “Essay on Asians and Blacks Sharing a Civil Rights History and Vision”