Anti-Filipino graffiti slams Fil-Ams; police probing it as hate crime
A vandal or vandals defaced Filipino-American establishments over the weekend by spraying graffiti anti-Filipino messages, and police are investigating the case as a hate crime.
A vandal or vandals defaced Filipino-American establishments over the weekend by spraying graffiti anti-Filipino messages, and police are investigating the case as a hate crime.
At a City College ballroom class last month, I introduced myself to a retired sergeant of the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD). He said my name sounded familiar and I assumed it was because I had served for 18 years as an elected member of the City College Governing Board. But, he said, no, no, it wasn’t that. Then, with a flash of recognition, he smiled and said: “You’re the guy in the memorandum sent to police officers many years ago. You’re that Walgreens guy, right?” Bingo.
The letter, arrogant, vile, hateful, was clearly meant to provoke.
Residents of this quiet little town nestled between the cities of Vallejo and Napa are on edge after finding in their mailboxes this week a racially-charged letter directed at Filipinos in American Canyon.
When she first worked at a nursing home in Wayne, New Jersey, Evelyn Galicia had to contend with discrimination from her coworkers.
The racially-insensitive comments recently made by Washington DC councilmember Marion Barry against Filipino nurses are stirring up major reactions from the Filipino community.
Former Washington DC Mayor and currently council member, Marion Barry, decried the increasing number of immigrant nurses in US hospitals, singling out the apparent disparity in the great number of Filipino nurses currently staffing such care facilities vis-à-vis local nurses. He somehow sees this as a “bad” situation.
Filipino American, Asian American and Pacific Islander community leaders have banded together to demand an apology and condemn the racist remarks made by Washington DC Councilmember Marion Barry.
Vice President Jejomar Binay on Friday denounced Washington, DC council member Marion Barry for allegedly racist remarks against Filipino nurses working in US hospitals.
The Assistant Attorney General (AAG) of Guam is in hot water after an anonymously posted YouTube video revealed alleged racist remarks he made towards the local Filipino community. The Philippine Consul General’s Office plans to meet with the Guam Bar Association to find out whether or not AAG Ben Abram’s remarks warrant an ethics complaint, [...]
SAN FRANCISCO, California—It has been almost two months since the film, “Act of Valor”, showed in movie houses across America, posting top revenues in it’s first few weeks. The title alone was the perfect come-on for flag waving patriots. In addition, the movie featured bold military maneuvers with real Navy Seals in action, all but [...]
In my review of “Act of Valor” last week, I included a criticism of the movie from a Jewish-American writer, Debbie Schlussel, who labeled it “an anti-Semitic tripe wrapped in the American flag with a Navy SEAL cherry on top” because, in her view, “the script makes a Jewish billionaire the bad guy and the [...]
