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Bad Asian American

Ben Chan (he/him)

The ramblings of a guy who's bad at being Asian American

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Farewell, Sean Callaway

Sean Callaway and Ben Chan cira 2007

I met Sean Callaway in the spring of 1996, during my admissions interview for Pace University’s Upward Bound Program. My guidance counselor at Kingsborough High School, Mr. Shapiro, had stopped me in th...

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Everything is politics, so you might as well find your political voice

In December 2022 I started mentoring a high school sophomore who lives in New York City. When I asked him what he wanted in the future, he told me that his plan was to attending a local community college and eventually get a job where he co...

6 months ago
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Check out my 5-minute film - 'Lululemon is Ant-Asian'

My asks:

Use your voice.

Give me feedback.

Spread the word by sharing this post or the YouTube link to my film.

Sign the petition.

CALL IN Lululemon.

Share LululemonIsRacist.com

Read on for the making of director’s commentary.

In 2...

9 months ago
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How many more decades will Asian Americans have to put up with Lululemon's racist bulls#!t?

In 2004, Lululemon’s founder, Chip Wilson, revealed the origin of the company’s name to National Post Business Magazine:

“The reason the Japanese liked [my former skateboard brand, ‘Homeless’] was because it had an L in it and a Japanese...

a year ago
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Your annual reminder that the Barkley Marathons welcomes anti-Blackness

Reminder for all runners, especially those participating in and following the Barkley Marathons: Gary Cantrell aka Lazarus Lake conjured up the event after following news reports of James Earl Ray's escaping from a Tennessee prison and gett...

a year ago
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