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From an article to appear in today’s Chronicle: AsianWeek Editor at large Ted Fang said Tuesday he regrets publishing a controversial column titled “Why I Hate Blacks” in this week’s edition but has not decided whether to keep its author, Kenneth Eng, on his staff. “Whether he will continue is under review,” Fang said. “IContinueContinue reading “Chronicle: AsianWeek undecided on whether to keep author of racist column”

Coverage by AP writer Terence Chea: “It certainly does not speak for the vast majority of Asian Americans,” Stewart Kwoh, who heads the Asian Pacific American Legal Center in Los Angeles, said Tuesday. “This kind of inflammatory (column) really can hurt and damage relations with the broader African-American community.” … Mayor Gavin Newsom said inContinueContinue reading “AP: Asian weekly’s “Why I Hate Blacks” column blasted”

Article by Leslie Fulbright on the front page of today’s San Francisco Chronicle: Ling-chi Wang, retired chairman of the ethnic studies department at UC Berkeley, said there is an urgent need for Asian Americans to be aware of the history of this country and know that Asian American gains have come largely as a resultContinueContinue reading “San Francisco Chronicle”