Neha Inamdar, on the Mother Jones blog,  nails the issue: That's a pretty egregious slip past the editors. And here's the thing: Kenneth Eng, a self described "Asian supramicist" wrote two previous columns for AsianWeek titled, "Why I Hate Asians" last month, and "Proof that Whites Inherently Hate Us" in November. I'm curious to knowContinue reading "Mother Jones blogger gets it right"

WNYC reporter Arun Venugopal posts his round-up on the South Asian Journalists Association Forum site: A February 23 column in AsianWeek by Kenneth Eng has created a huge uproar among Asian-American community leaders, politicians such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Asian American Journalists Association. The column, "Why I Hate Blacks," is not nearlyContinue reading "South Asian Journalists forum blog"

Michael Winter posts a round-up of developments related to the AsianWeek fiasco. Just around the time he posted the entry, the Chronicle's Leslie Fulbright posted a story that Eng had been in fact fired.