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What We're Really Talking About When We Talk About the Killing of Annie Lenew

As Annie Le's story appeared all over the internet and on 24-hour news updates, blogs, commentaries, Facebook and Twitter posts, the fact that she was an Asian-American female was to become an important part of her narrative, speaking to uniquely American anxieties about sex, violence, gender and race.
New Haven Advocate  |  Pang-Mei Natasha Chang  |  11-17-2009  |  Race & Class

Margaret Cho: An All-American Girl Returns to the Small Screennew

Rounding up her family and friends, Cho decided to create a show where the situations were planned in advance, based on stories from her stand-up routine, but all of the lines were ad-libbed a la Curb Your Enthusiasm.
New York Press  |  Adam Rathe  |  08-25-2008  |  TV

A Vietnamese Immigrant May Just Whip the GOP's Old Guardnew

Hubert Vo, a minor real estate mogul from Alief, a suburb of Houston, has emerged from virtual oblivion to challenge one of the most powerful Republicans in Texas, 22-year state Representative Talmadge Heflin.
Houston Press  |  Josh Harkinson  |  10-26-2004  |  Politics

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