news.newamericamedia.org - Race Relations http://news.newamericamedia.org news.newamericamedia.org en-us New California Media DW Alliance LLC http://www.dwalliance.com Whats in A Name A Vietnamese Immigrants Perspective http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=5f077ba989e223106d0888b644cfa689&from=rss Many immigrants change names when they come to the US but some dont Andrew Lam thinks its a good mental challenge to keep many names and manage them Andrew Lam New America Media 2013-04-16T09:38:00-08:00 Commentary Journalist Andrew Lam on Indiana Public Media http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=9c1f9944e5c1773a6f8ae0d23e9182e7&from=rss Andrew Lam is a journalist commentator for NPRs All Things Considered and an editor with New America Media a national collaboration of 2000 ethnic news organizations His essays have appeared in dozens of newspapers including the New York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle Gena Asher Indiana Public Media 2012-08-24T11:00:00-08:00 QA Chinese Culture and the Politics of Kung Fu Panda http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=ed08d71f5fb7aa1ffb71ec46f43c37f3&from=rss In the age of globalization theres a caveat that often rings true You know your culture is a big hit when somebody else is trying to sell it back to you Nowhere is this more obvious than the example of the run away box office smash Kung Fu Panda and its sequel A wildly successful animation produced by Steven Spielberg in 2008 about a panda who wants to learn kung fu and his bumbling way toward greatness the movie became the biggest box office hit in Chinas history Andrew Lam New America Media 2011-06-15T10:03:00-08:00 Commentary Afghanistan Cant Wash Away Vietnam http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=89fc8e0f9d5b67c7838a5506133ccd74&from=rss Andrew Lam reads his essay Afghanistan Cant Wash Away Vietnam from New California Writing an anthology of writing about California and by Californian Writers Steven Chiem New America Media 2011-05-30T10:24:00-08:00 Video Blog Andrew Lam reading from East Eats West http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=ccfa3fdff3242aa7ae42923910a91b21&from=rss Andrew Lam New America Media 2011-03-27T14:29:00-08:00 Reading Letter from Fukushima A VietnameseJapanese Police Officers Account http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=ecdadd192ea682670eec2e6778c18504&from=rss Ha Minh Thanh New America Media 2011-03-19T06:19:00-08:00 First Person Radio Interview Andrew Lam on Culture East Eats West http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=e7d5b3c9051b72cb34279f2e8126d06d&from=rss Andrew Lam editor of New America Media and author of East Eats West Writing in Two Hemispheres and Perfume Dreams Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora winner of the Pen American Award Michael Krasny Michael Krasny KQED interview of Andrew Lam author of East Eats West 2011-03-07T11:57:00-08:00 Radio Interview Whatever Happens in California Never Stays In California http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=c7f00fd9b924ddebd566e0d5ee7d99d4&from=rss Andrew Lam author of East Eats West Writing in Two Hemispheres gave a talk on diversity in california at University of Hawaii and how the rest of the world will follow suit Andrew Lam New America Media 2010-12-19T20:50:00-08:00 Video Blog New America Now When East and West Collide Over the Kitchen Table http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=8435df674088559cbd4515a892cee9a6&from=rss Andrew Lam New America Media 2010-12-14T10:58:00-08:00 QA East and West Meet and Greet http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.php?article_id=eb15882c8364389ca131d05cac829908&from=rss Nina Sankovitch a hrefhttpwwwreadalldayorg targetblankRead All Daya 2010-12-13T22:33:00-08:00 Review