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If we were incarcerated for our safety, why were we inside the barbed wire fences, and why were the gun towers facing us?

- Rep. Mike Honda
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Please sign the petition to remove Howard Coble at removecoble.yellowworld.org.

I’m on a bit of a posting-roll.

I had an interview with Emil Guillermo the other day about “Kung Fool” and it was very cool to actually speak with one of the few APA nationally-syndicated columnists out there. Towards the end of the interview, he asked, “So what’s to stop this from happening in the future?  What can we do today?”

Deep — or maybe I’ve just been thinking too much lately. Towards the end of that frenetic week, I’ll admit: I was beginning to look ahead, just a little past our immediate goals of getting the costume recalled, and more towards, “What the hell is YW going to do now?”

I haven’t the foggiest notion.

And quite frankly, I don’t think I’d want it any other way.

Okay, I was going to get into the nitty gritty about all of this but now I’m beat. More later.

Well, I spent most of the last week and a half on that little “Kung Fool” incident.  You may or may not have heard about it.

On Thursday, October 10, 2002, Yellowworld.org launched Project Anti-Disguise, a grass-roots campaign to raise awareness about the racist, anti-Asian costume “Kung Fool.” A petition was immediately circulated to offer a mechanism by which the frustration, anger and firm resolution of the Asian community could constructively be channeled.

With the generous support of the Organization of Chinese Ameicans, San Diego, Project Anti-Disguise launched a blitzkrieg-style media assault, voicing its message in television, radio, print and online coverage.
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