Asian Avenue magazine

On December 6, 2008, Anh “Joseph” Quang Cao was elected as the U.S. Representative for Louisiana’s 2nd congressional district. Cao, a lawyer and a Republican, defeated nine-term Democratic U.S. Representative William Jefferson. He will be the first Vietnamese American to serve in Congress. Upon witnessing, the government’s weak response to Hurricane Katrina, and he soon [...]

Pacific Islanders power #1 prep football team
The national media focused in October on a high school football team in Euless, Texas, a Dallas suburb. The Trinity Trojans are renowned for winning the state championship in 2005 and 2007, and they’re currently on track to take the title again, with a perfect 2008 season (the final [...]

It’s a fact of life within the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities: the next generations of Asian Americans will be increasingly hapa, or mixed-race.
Within the Japanese, Chinese and Korean communities, the ones who have been in the U.S. longest, it’s common to see plenty of young people who are part Caucasian, African American, and [...]

LPGA says “English Only” to foreign golfers
Despite the fact that Asian players in Major League Baseball seem to get along fine in interviews with the help of interpreters, the LPGA last month pronounced they would require golfers to take an English proficiency test or face suspension. The organization was concerned that up-and-coming stars – many [...]

APA Olympians competing in Beijing
Of the U.S. delegation of more than 600 athletes competing in the Beijing Olympics, 28 were Asian American. The sports these athletes represent cover the range from swimming, judo and volleyball to badminton and table tennis teams (both all APA) and 105-pound female wrestler Clarissa Chun.
Super Cr3w Wins
After the mostly Asian [...]