Rodney Tom Campaign Volunteering Sign Up

This afternoon’s meet-and-greet meeting with 48th LD senate candidate Rodney Tom was very productive. Tom is challenging incumbent Patty Kuderer, the sponsor of SB 6406, the bill to repeal Washington State Civil Rights Act (I-200).  Tom clearly told people at the meeting that he does not think that repeal I-200 is necessary, and will not vote for … Read more

Repeal of I-200 Will Hurt Asian Americans in College Admission

CNN just came out with a news on March 10th: “Suit accusing Harvard of capping Asian-American admissions could be tried this summer“.  It is no secret that racial quota hurts Asian Americans’ chance to get into colleges and graduate schools. Asian American Coalition for Education has a long list of studies to prove that racial … Read more

Asian American Voters Are Waking Up

Came across this great article by Ms. Helen Raleigh today, Asian Americans Should Take Their Loyalty And Their Vote Somewhere Else. In her article, she talked about the factors behind Asian Americans’ loyalty to Democratic candidates despite “have been hurt again and again by Democrat politicians and liberal policies.” She also called for Republican party to … Read more

Meeting with Mr. John Carlson

Mr. Carlson led a successful campaign that passed Initiative 200, Washington Civil Rights Initiative, in 1998. Outspent by 5 to 1, I-200 won 59% of votes. It won in 38 of the state’s 39 counties and almost carried King County as well.  20 years later, in 2018, Washington state legislators quietly introduced bill SB 6406 … Read more

Polls show that “Most in U.S. Oppose Colleges Considering Race in Admissions”

A Gallup poll in 2016 showed that “Americans continue to believe colleges should admit applicants based solely on merit (70%), rather than taking into account applicants’ race and ethnicity in order to promote diversity (26%). ” source: gallup.com Gallup previously asked this question as part of its Minority Rights and Relations poll in 2003, 2007 … Read more

Senator Bob Hasegawa Owes Asian Americans an answer

Many Asian Americans thought that they had a voice in state senate when Senator Bob Hasegawa was elected. When he announced his candidacy for Seattle Mayor race, Northwest Asian Weekly did an article covering this news.  Read the newspaper’s cover on community reaction towards Hasegawa’s run below: [Troy Chen, a University of Washington student who … Read more

A great post on Racial Discrimination Against Asian

I was researching how people in California won the fight against SCA-5, and came across Mr. Ward Connerly, and his non-profit organization, American Civil Rights Institute.  Then a post by Mr. Connerly back in 2017 caught my eyes – WARD CONNERLY SHARES HIS THOUGHTS ON “RACIAL DISCRIMINATION” . Below are direct quotes from Mr. Connerly’s post: … Read more