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This video blog is by a Stephanie Drenka, a remarkable young Korean American adoptee whom I met during a speaking engagement at Depaul University in 2006. In 2007 we worked together on the 121 Coalition that successfully passed Rep. Mike Honda's "Comfort Women" Resolution. During this adventure, Stephanie met Lee Young Soo Halmoni, a survivor of one of the WWII Rape Camps also known as "Comfort Stations." Both Stephanie and Lee Young Soo Halmoni appear in Read more
Friday’s joint appearance with Hillary Clinton almost convinced my subconscious mind to believe it’s true. I’d been so accustomed to hoping for a maybe, it’s hard to see the likelihood we now face. We’ve all heard about national polls showing Obama up by double digits. But in an electoral college system, Read more
My sentimental favorite baseball player, Chan Ho Park, had a great day today, striking out seven in six shut-out innings against the cross-town rival Los Angeles Angels.
As for me, I'm working hard on the 9500 Liberty feature length documentary, and still c...Read more
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5fL0Hzp4sU
Below is a message from the Loving Day organization, headed by my fellow Hapa friend, Ken Tanabe.
Forty one years ago today, Richard and Mildred Loving walked out of the Supreme Court in Washington, DC. After nine years of struggle, they won the right to be together as an interracial couple. They also won that right for interracial couples nationwide, ending about 400 years of racist laws that existed in 35 states. So tod...Read more
The Fox "News" channel is being mocked across the blogosphere for trying to tie Barack Obama to terrorism because of a hand shake with his wife. How stupid does the Fox "News" channel think the American public is?
Video: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#25068644 Here are two more terrorists: Former President George H.W. Bush and tennis star Anna Kournakova:
Thanks for letting me know that the links I posted last month for buying Tre DVD's on line keep going out of stock, so here is a place where it will never be out of stock, because this is the distributor itself.
Also, the current issue of Hyphen magazine has an article about me and the film, and mixed-rac...Read more
This videocaptures a meaningful moment for Annabel and for me... witnessing the candidate we'd volunteered for in 2006 introduce the candidate we've volunteered for (in five states) in 2008. This video chronicles the moments leading up to Barack Obama's first speech as the Democratic nominee for President of the United States at the Nissan Pavilion in Manassas, VA.
...Read moreAnnabel and I are honored to be able to attend at Barack Obama's historic speech today in Manassas, Virginia -- his first of the General Election campaign.
(Sorry we have not been posting lately. The immigration insanity in Prince William County has reached a point where we had to lie low for a while. Even giving our opinion could upset a delicate balance right now. We will be able to explain why this is in coming weeks. Stay tuned!)
Of course we are thrilled that the Democratic Primary i...Read more
Today was another first, and another Dodger victory entirely pitched by Asian-born players. From Dodgers website:
In an all-Japanese first, starter Hiroki Kuroda pitched eight innings for the victory and closer Takashi Saito pitched the ninth for the save as the Dodgers completed a series sweep with a 5-2 win over the Reds on Wednesday. Read more
Eric Byler, filmmaker, director of "Charlotte Sometimes," "9500 Liberty," "Tre," and "Americanese"
