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About Asians- members of the blog '8Asians.com' Real Talk on Arirang TV Hosts: Kathy Choi and Danny Cho Guests: Professor Eliza Noh of Cal State Fullerton and from 8Asians.com, Joz Wang (Co-Editor), Moye Ishimoto (Co-Editor), Koji Steven Sakai (Contributor) "How much do you know about 'Asians'?" American’s 'misunderstandings' of Asians perplexing stories that you have to face because of your Asian ethnicities will be revealed~ 'small eyes', 'short', 'obsessed with money', 'math genius', 'they get hit by parents when they don't get straight A's", 'everyone eats dogs', 'they cry when they are not top of the class'... These are misconceptions that other ethnicities have toward 'Asians.' There are thousands of misunderstandings that came from seeing only one side of Asians! Where did these misconceptions start from and how much do other ethnicies believe them. There are lots of hardships that minorities have to overcome due to misconceptions. Then, how can we fix these misconceptions? This idea motivated Asian Americans' blogs to start. These bloggers are spreading 'truth about Asian Americans' to other ethnicities who think minorities are weak, passive, and not able to speak for themselves. With members of the blog '8Asians.com,' where Korean Americans, Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, Filipino Americans, and Vietnamese Americans get together to speak up about Asians, and Professor Eliza Noh, who teaches Asian American study program at Fullerton University, we discuss ...
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