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Malaysian actress, she rose to fame in the 1990s after starring in a series of Hong Kong action films. She just recently won a Osarcs award and starred in famous movies such as Shang-Chi and Everything Everywhere All at Once
Who is Michelle Yeoh?
Vietnamese American poet, essayist, and novelist.
(Hint: we all read a poem written by him)
Who is Ocean Vuong?
What is the national language of the Philippines?
What is Tagalog?
The Naturalization Act of 1790 set up the first set of rules for U.S. citizenship. The law limited citizenship to "any Alien being a free white person". This court case ruled against the plaintiff by arguing that people considered "white" should be "confined to persons of the Caucasian Race."
What is Ozawa V. United States ?
This specific group of individuals held the belief that native-born White Americans are superior to foreigners and formed movements based on hostility to immigrants.
Who are nativists ?
an American actress, rapper, and comedian. She rose to prominence in 2012 when her rap song "My Vag" became popular on YouTube. She then released her debut album, Yellow Ranger, and appeared on the MTV comedy series Girl Code.
(Hint: She grew up in NYC and went to LaGuardia Hs)
Who is Awkwafina?
American author of young adult fiction and children's fiction. She is best known for writing the To All the Boys series and The Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy, which were adapted into a film series and TV series, respectively.
Who is Jenny Han?
Elaine Chao was the first Asian American woman to serve in the U.S. Cabinet in 2001 when she was appointed as Secretary of Labor by this president
Who is George W. Bush?
This was one of the first pieces of law restricting immigration into the United States. Passed in 1882 by Congress and signed by President Chester A. Arthur. This act provided an absolute 10-year ban on Chinese laborers immigrating to the United States.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act ?
This former U.S president during the COVID-19 pandemic referred to the ‘coronavirus’ as the “kung flu” as well as the “China virus” sparking more anti Chinese rhetoric.
Who is Donald Trump ?
an American actor, stand-up comedian, and writer. As an actor, he is best known for starring as Jian-Yang in the HBO comedy series Silicon Valley, as Dr. Chan Kaifang in the Netflix comedy series Space Force, and as Josh Lin in the Netflix romantic comedy film Love Hard.
Who is Jimmy Yang?
American author, chef, restaurateur, food personality, producer, and former attorney. He is most known to be the producer of Fresh Off the Boat
Who is Eddie Huang?
Which country was the most heavily bombed by the United States during the Vietnam War ?
What is Laos?
This Supreme Court case was a landmark decision by the court to uphold the exclusion of Japanese Americans from the West Coast Military Area during World War II, deeming it constitutional.
What is Korematsu v. United States ?
This former U.S president at the Versailles Convention, ending the Great War in 1919, and deliberately shut down the Japanese delegation's proposal for self determination, and further prolonged the continued influence of European colonialism in many colonized Asian nations.
Who is Woodrow Wilson ?
Malaysian and British actor and television host, starred in the show Crazy Rich Asians
Who is Henry Golding?
an American author of Chinese heritage, best known for the novel The Joy Luck Club, which was adapted into a 1993 film. She is also known for other novels, short story collections, children's books, and a memoir.
Who is Amy Tan?
This country has one of the highest concentrations of biodiversity of rice in the world
What is Laos?
The maximum number of years an appointed Supreme Court Justice is permitted to serve.
What is death, retirement, and impeachment (a life long term) ?
This former U.S Arkansas governor stated the following, “Undoubtedly the underlying motive of this effort to bring in Chinese laborers was to punish the negro for having abandoned the control of his old master.”
Who is Powell Clayton ?
Hong Kong actor and singer. He is one of Asia's most successful and internationally recognized actors. He played a major role in the movie Shang - Chi
Who is Tony Leung?
Singapore-born American novelist and writer of satirical novels, China Rich Girlfriend, and Rich People Problems.
You can either name the author or the book that he wrote..
(Hint: about rich people issues...)
Who is Kevin Kwan? or
What is Crazy Rich Asians?
Name 3 countries that start with the letter A
Possible answers include: What is...
Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Antigua and Barbuda
Name the current Asian Supreme Court Justice.
....who is nobody ? hardee har har
This former U.S president signed off on the Immigration Act of 1924, fueled by theories of "yellow peril" justifying Asian discrimination for decades. This legal measure further restricted immigration from southern and eastern Europe, restricted African immigrants, and banned the immigrations of Arabs and Asians. And he famously said, "America must be kept American,"
Who is Calvin Coolidge ?