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 a … Continue reading Essay on Asians and Blacks Sharing a Civil Rights History and Vision
Author: Keith Kamisugi
Chronicle Brief on Editor Changes
Excerpt from Chronicle brief in today's paper: AsianWeek Editor Samson Wong has been removed as editor in chief of the publication and reassigned as a result of the furor that followed publication in late February of a column titled "Why I Hate Blacks." Wong has been reassigned to a job of "senior editorial consultant," AsianWeek … Continue reading Chronicle Brief on Editor Changes
AsianWeek Removes Editor-in-Chief
Leaders of the civil rights organizations that initiated the protest against AsianWeek's publication of a hate speech column against African Americans today noted the newspaper's decision to remove Samson Wong as editor-in-chief. The masthead of the newspaper's March 30 issue shows that former editor-in-chief Samson Wong's title is now "Senior Editorial Consultant." "We asked AsianWeek … Continue reading AsianWeek Removes Editor-in-Chief
AsianWeek Masthead Shows Editor Changes
AsianWeek has quietly changed their masthead in the issue that appeared on the stands today. Samson Wong is no longer editor-in-chief. His new title is "senior editorial consultant." Ted Fang is now editor and publisher. He was previously editor-at-large.
Excellent opinion piece by Erin Aubry Kaplan of the LA Times
In the most articulate summary to date of the issues related to the AsianWeek publication of hate speech, Erin Aubry Kaplan writes in today's LA Times: The column, published in the San Francisco-based AsianWeek newspaper in the waning days of African American History Month, was so astonishingly hateful that activists of all stripes immediately rushed … Continue reading Excellent opinion piece by Erin Aubry Kaplan of the LA Times
Asian Pacific Americans for Progress
This is a statement provided to me on March 2. I'm posting it late, but thanks to APAP for the support! The board of Asian Pacific Americans for Progress, a national network of progressive Asian Pacific Americans, has voted to denounce views expressed in Kenneth Eng's column in the February 23rd edition Asianweek. In addition, … Continue reading Asian Pacific Americans for Progress
Newsweek’s Ellis Cose Commentary
Ellis Cose writes in a web commentary that the hateful column in AsianWeek should never have been printed. But it touched on a subject—tensions between blacks and Asians—that could benefit from some clear, constructive thought.
Former AW editor on the NAM forum
UPDATE 3/15: Neela rescinds her comments about David Lee here. Neela Bannerjee, a former editor-in-chief of AsianWeek, writes about the Friday forum: This forum was organized by New America Media (where I work) and also with help from David Lee of the Chinese American Voters Education Committee, who is one of the people who stood … Continue reading Former AW editor on the NAM forum