Asian Friends: High-Level Sparring On Rights
The conflict over President Carter’s human-rights program broke into an embarrassing boil on Aug. 3 when one of the nation’s best Asian friends, Philippine Foreign Minister Carlos P. Romulo, boycotted Assistant Secretary of State Patricia M. Derian’s brief appearance at a meeting here of U.S. Asian allies.As Carter’s human-rights spearpoint, Derian wields a sharp weapon, which drew blood on her visit to Manila last year. “She was…
Asian Friends: Mandy leaves a brazen bunch,
Letter
DISTRACTION: Since Keith Vaz appears to spend much of his time dealing with the problems of his Asian friends, would it not be more appropriate for his title to be changed to “Minister for Asia”. Then perhaps we could have a minister to deal with Europe.Francis Hearty London SW5…
Asian Friends: SUPPORT BUILDS FOR MULTIRACIAL CENSUS CATEGORY
It was late at night in the Japantown section of San Francisco.A 22-year-old man, who is white and Asian, was socializing with a group of Asian friends. But another group of young Asians that saw the biracial man thought he was “trying to pass for Asian.”And to them, that was a good enough reason to push him down and punch him while he screamed.The man, who was attacked last month, is a member of the multiracial rights group in Berkeley, Hapa Issues Forum,…
Asian Friends: The Guardian: G2: Shortcuts: The curse of being labelled the ‘new Zadie’
‘ C all me or any a ma bredrens a paki again an I’ma mash u an ur family. Int dat da truth, pakis?” threatens Hardjit, one of a group of Asian friends, Sikh, Hindu and Muslim, who are desperate to escape what they see as their inevitable fate working at Heathrow airport. His Asian rude boy patois, which stirred a storm of admirers at the Frankfurt Book Fair last month, is the creation of Gautam Malkani, a 29-year-old journalist at the Financial Times, whose…
Asian Friends: SUPPORT BUILDS FOR MULTIRACIAL CENSUS CATEGORY
It was late at night in the Japantown section of San Francisco.A 22-year-old man, who is white and Asian, was socializing with a group of Asian friends. But another group of young Asians that saw the biracial man thought he was “trying to pass for Asian.”And to them, that was a good enough reason to push him down and punch him while he screamed.The man, who was attacked last month, is a member of the multiracial rights group in Berkeley, Hapa Issues Forum,…