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 AsianWeekContinue 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 rushedContinue reading "Excellent opinion piece by Erin Aubry Kaplan of the LA Times"