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complied, edited, and written by
Wataru Ebihara
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Version 1.0.9
February 20, 1995
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What's in this document?
This is an introductory Internet resource guide for people
interested in "Asian American" issues. Resources include
electronic mailing lists, Usenet newsgroups, Gopher and WWW
servers. Also provided are Asian American organizations
having Internet addresses, and selected sites for finding
electronic documents. Hints and precautions are also
provided for new users on the Internet. Please read on...
What's an Asian American Cybernaut?
A "cybernaut" is like an astronaut -- an explorer, a dreamer
pushing the envelope of "cyberspace" and the new world of
information. They are voyagers like our immigrant Asian
parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and "boat people"
who came to America without knowing what to expect. Saluting
the spirit of Sulu, we explore strange new worlds, and boldly
go to where no one has gone before. Internet is a world for
travelers of many backgrounds who seek to learn.
What's the best way to read this guide?
Read the preliminary information, including the copyright
notice. Read the introduction. Scan the table of contents;
skim read the sections; and read the concluding comments. If
something interesting catches your eye, please check it out!
Sometimes, reading text on a computer is awkward. The
search/find commands with your text editor might help you to
maneuver quicker to where you want to look. You might want to
print out this document too, but it can run over 50 pages.
If you're new to the Internet, sit back, take a deep breath,
and "relax". The Internet is mostly something you'll learn by
doing, and even experts started out the same way. Read this
guide and other introductory books to figure out how to work
the basics. Then let all the wonderful things on the network
motivate you to explore further.
Other notes:
Readers should note that many resources mentioned in this
guide relate primarily to Americans of Asian ancestry.
Interests focus largely on minority, cultural, multicultural,
and ethnic diversity issues. Other concerns relate to new
Asian immigrants, such as language, social services, and
immigrant legislation. Specific Asian resources with a high
international focus (i.e. China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, India,
etc.) will not be emphasized, but some are included.
Also, the terms "Asian American" (AA), "Asian Pacific
American" (APA), and "Asian Pacific Islander" (API), are
interchangeable. In this guide, we will use "Asian American".
Some minimum understanding of the Internet and its associated
jargon is assumed in this guide. (And if you are reading this
document online, we assume that at least you know how to use
electronic mail or Gopher/WWW.) Some basic information is
provided, but new users to the Internet are urged to obtain
further information from other Internet guides, usually
available free-of-charge. (See Internet references at the end
of this document.)
Cost:
This is "postcardware". You might be asking, "Ok, what's
postcardware?" Similar in concept to shareware software, if
you gained something from reading this guide, please mail me a
"postcard" from your town, city, company, college, or
university.
This electronic document is a public service to the Asian
American community, and (almost) free of charge, but it took
many hours of effort to write and gather this information, so
please observe the copyright too. One personal reason for
compiling this guide was to inspire other Asian Americans to
see the future potential of the Internet. Please tell me if
I was successful, and if this guide was worthwhile.
Looking forward to hearing from you! Please write.
Wataru Ebihara
11876 Prospect Rd.
Cleveland, Ohio 44136
U.S.A.
E-mail: ebihara.1@osu.edu
Disclaimer:
Attempts were made to verify the accuracy of this guide, but
errors may be present -- we're only human. If you find a
mistake, please let us know, and we'll correct it. Also, the
Internet changes very rapidly, and many resources may become
unavailable. Finally, for the legal stuff, we will not be
held responsible for any inconveniences or loss resulting from
use of the information in this guide. Our only intent is to
help.
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Published by the AAGPSO Electronic Press
First electronic mail distribution: December 19, 1994
Second electronic mail distribution: January, 5, 1995
Copyright (c) 1995 by Wataru Ebihara
All rights reserved.
No part of this document may be modified or duplicated without
prior written permission from the author.
Permission is granted to any non-commercial distribution of
this document by electronic means, provided that the entire
work is not modified in any way, including this copyright
notice. But, please let the author know first.
Permission is "not" granted for commercial printed hardcopy
or electronic duplication or distribution.
The author may be contacted by e-mail at: ebihara.1@osu.edu.
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Special permission has been granted by the author to the
South State Cooperative Library System, 6518 Miles Avenue,
Huntington Park, California to use this document in printed
form for a notebook of multicultural resources on the Internet
with the understanding that this guide will be used only for
a non-commercial purpose.
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Welcome to the otaku generation. Tune out, plug in.
Become words without body, traversing worlds without
space. Ride pinwheel currents of text on a raft of
silicon and glass. Feel your pupils widen as you
connect across the most perfect of prophylactics,
the terminal screen.
-- Jeff Yang, Enter the Log-On, Village Voice
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CONTENTS
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1 Introduction
2 Electronic Mailing Lists
2.1 Lists for Asian American Organizations
2.1.1 AAAS Association for Asian American Studies
2.1.2 AAPA Asian American Psychological Association
2.1.3 AAGPSO Asian American Graduate and Professional
Student Organization
2.1.4 AAMSnet Asian American Medical Student Network
2.1.5 ACAASU Atlantic Coast Asian Am Student Union
2.1.6 APSU Asian Pacific Student Union
2.1.7 ECASU East Coast Asian Student Union
2.1.8 MAASU Midwest Asian Am Student Union
2.1.9 RMAASC Rocky Mountain Asian Am Student Coalition
2.2 Lists for Multicultural and Diversity Issues
2.2.1 APEX-L Asia-Pacific EXchange List
2.2.2 DIVERS-L Diversity Mailing List
2.2.3 H-ETHNIC Ethnic History Discussion List
2.2.4 MULTC-ED Multicultural Education
2.2.5 II Interracial Individuals List
2.3 Lists for Asian American Special Interests
2.3.1 ACTMUS-L Asian Contemporary Music List
2.3.2 ASREL-L Asian Religions List
2.3.3 ASIANTHEA-L Asian Theater List
2.3.4 187-L Proposition 187 List
2.3.5 AAVN Anti-Asian Violence Network
2.3.6 QAPA-L Queer Asian Pacific Americans List
2.3.7 APANET Asian Pacific American Network
2.3.8 KHUSH Gay Lesbian Bisexual South Asians
3 Asian American Newsgroups and Bulletin Boards
3.1 Newsgroups
3.1.1 alt.asian-movies
3.1.2 alt.culture.us.asian-indian
3.1.3 soc.couples.intercultural
3.1.4 soc.culture.asian.american
3.1.5 Newsgroups for Asian Nationalities
3.1.6 Asian Newsgroups to Avoid
3.2 Bulletin Boards
3.2.1 Asians on America Online
3.2.2 Han Wei on Free-Net
4 Organizations Online
4.1 A. Magazine
4.2 Asian American Journalists Association
4.3 Asian American Theater Company
4.4 Asian Pacific American Leadership Development
Institute
4.5 Council for Asian American Studies Education
4.6 Gold Mountain Radio
4.7 National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture
4.8 Organization of Chinese Americans
4.9 UCLA Asian American Studies Center
4.10 Visual Communications
4.11 Yolk Magazine
5 Asian American and Related Electronic Publications
5.1 Programs for Asian-Owned Businesses
5.2 Research on Asian American Health
5.3 Asian Food and Cultural Perspectives
5.4 Educational Resources Information Center
5.5 Partnerships Against Violence NETwork
5.6 Asian American Statistics and Stereotypes
5.7 Southeast Asian Archive
5.8 Life in a Vietnamese Gang
5.9 Hmong Database
5.10 Who Killed Vincent Chin?
5.11 Omni-Cultural Academic Resource
5.12 CLNET Diversity Page
5.13 Asian, Pacific, and South Asian American
Studies on Video
5.14 Asian Voices Journal
5.15 Alex, Asians, and Books
5.16 Chinese Music Archive
5.17 Asian Art on the Web
5.18 Pacific Rim and Asian Resources
5.19 Asian American Resource Page
6 Concluding Comments
Suggested Internet References
Acknowledgements
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1 INTRODUCTION
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Cyberspace: A term coined by William Gibson in his
fantasy novel "Neuromancer" to describe the world of
computers, and the society that gathers around them.
-- Brendan Kehoe, Zen and the Art of Internet, Glossary
The INTERNET! CYBERSPACE!
Within this immense international INTERconnected NETwork of computers,
Asian Americans are alive, active, and articulate. Communicating over
the music of modems and the tapping of computer keyboards, a poetry of
electronic culture emerges from Asian America!
Who are Asian Americans? Asian Americans are normally defined as U.S.
citizens with at least one parent of "Asian" descent -- including the
Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and the Pacific
Islands (such as the Philippines, Guam, Samoa). Presently, Asian
Americans comprise roughly 3 percent of the U.S. population, and
the fastest growing minority group in the U.S..
The purpose of this guide is to help fellow travelers in cyberspace
("cybernauts") locate some of the hidden alleys and avenues of Asian
America along the "Information Superhighway". There are electronic
books, articles, and art. But, most important of all, there are many
thousands of other people interested in Asian American concerns who
can be contacted using Internet and electronic mail (or "e-mail" for
short).
Often isolated in fragmented communities across the nation, Asian
Americans from New York to Hawaii can now transcend the barriers of
space and time to participate in electronic "conversations".
Electronic mailing lists and Usenet newsgroups provide discussion on
an enormous range of topics -- stereotypes and sex, dogeaters and dim
sum, assimilation and ancestry, films and fiction, race and
relationships, languages and law. Almost anything goes!
Here, you can meet other Asian Americans, and gain a sense of
fellowship on the Internet -- that is, if you know where to look.
Hopefully, this guide will save you time in getting started.
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2 ELECTRONIC MAILING LISTS
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We Asian Americans believe that we must develop an
American Society which is just, humane, equal, and gives
the people the right to control their own lives before
we can begin to end the oppression and inequality that
exists in this nation.
-- AAPA Newspaper, Summer 1969, Berkeley, California
The "Mailing List". The conventional words provoke thoughts of
overwhelming postal junk mail. But on the Internet, electronic
mailing lists are something different; people actually "want" to be on
them. Electronic mailing lists can serve as interactive Asian
American public broadcasting societies; they can be self-empowering
"cyber-community" centers.
Mailing lists enable people to share the same electronic mail with
each other. They are often open and unmoderated. Along with sharing
e-mail, a heightened "public" sense often develops -- associated with
participation, cooperation, and openness. The direct interactive ease
of e-mail, without the hierarchical social barriers, makes this a
reality. They are likewise "democratic". Every member has an equal
opportunity to "speak"; every member can post a message to the list,
and thus be "heard".
Often, Asian Americans with common interests have need to reach out.
They need to share ideas, opinions, and experiences. They also have a
need to know the latest happenings within their communities. Using
traditional communication, geography and the expense of long-distance
phone calls, can often pose limitations. Specialized Asian American
events are not covered in the mainstream press, but they are often
mentioned on the mailing lists. Mailing lists are ideal places for
the inquiring minds who need to know.
How do I join a mailing list?
Many mailing lists are "open" where anyone can join, but some are also
"closed" with restrictions on membership. Some are maintained by a
person, and others are serviced automatically by a "robot computer"
called a "listserver".
You can often become a member of mailing list by writing a request to
the "administrator" or "owner" of the list. If the mailing list is
serviced by a listserver, you can join by sending e-mail to the
listserver's address with a command to "subscribe" imbedded in the
first line of the message.
For a listserver, we usually write a one-line message containing the
word "subscribe" or "sub", followed by the name of the mailing list,
followed by your name. Different listservers use different command
sets, so it might be wise to first send the "help" command to the
listserver for a complete command summary.
Listserver example for a fictitious list called "AsianAm-L":
From: cbulosan@america.heart.edu |
To: listserv@somewhere.edu |<-- message heading
Subject: (leave blank) |
subscribe AsianAm-L Carlos Bulosan <-- one-line message
Membership into a "closed" mailing list may be more difficult. Usually
they are not advertised. Often they are limited to members of a
formal organization, or dedicated to "support groups" where membership
is restricted to offer a greater degree of privacy and social
intimacy.
Closed mailing lists often deal with sensitive or specialized topics
which may only be appropriate for people of certain backgrounds. For
example, some mailing lists may be dedicated to discussions on Asian
women issues, victims of rape, or hate crimes.
If you are considerate, responsible, and have good reasons for
interest in a closed mailing list, usually, you'll be granted
admission by talking with the list administrator. However, don't be
surprised to find exclusive domains in cyberspace, as in real life.
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2.1 LISTS FOR ASIAN AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS
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Many Asian American organizations operate electronic mailing lists to
keep their members informed. Announcements for Asian American
conferences and events are often shared. Also posted are job
announcements, requests for help, research surveys, and discussion on
current issues. Contributions to the lists are often determined by
the members themselves. The following are some of the known Asian
American organizations with electronic mailing lists.
2.1.1 AAAS Association for Asian American Studies
2.1.2 AAPA Asian American Psychological Association
2.1.3 AAGPSO Asian American Graduate and Professional
Student Organization
2.1.4 AAMSnet Asian American Medical Student Network
2.1.5 ACAASU Atlantic Coast Asian Am Student Union
2.1.6 APSU Asian Pacific Student Union
2.1.7 ECASU East Coast Asian Student Union
2.1.8 MAASU Midwest Asian Am Student Union
2.1.9 RMAASC Rocky Mountain Asian Am Student Coalition
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2.1.1 AAAS Association for Asian American Studies
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The AAAS E-Mail Network was established on May 1994, and provides
electronic mailing lists for general discussion and news postings.
Satellite mailing lists may also be set up for any specialized
discipline or interest.
Participation on the AAAS mailing lists is unfortunately open only to
valid AAAS members and persons considering membership in the
Association for Asian American Studies. For AAAS membership
information, please contact:
The Association for Asian American Studies
c/o Asian American Studies Program
292 Caldwell Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-2602
List administrator: Jiannbin "J" Lee Shiao
(aaascommunity-request@uclink.berkeley.edu)
Date: Dec. 4, 1994
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2.1.2 AAPA Asian American Psychological Association
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The Asian American Psychological Association (AAPA) offers a closed
mailing list for AAPA members; it is geared toward psychologists who
are Asian American, and for those who do research that relates to
Asians or Asian Americans. Many members use it as a forum for ideas,
research project help requests, networking, or job postings.
Listserver address: listserv@colostate.edu
Listserver message: subscribe aapa
List posting address: aapa@colostate.edu
The AAPA is a non-profit organization to "advance the welfare of Asian
Americans and others through the use and development of psychology."
AAPA assists, advances, and encourages research and services
concerning or affecting Asian Americans.
Please contact the membership officer regarding qualifications for
membership and benefits. At this time, the membership dues are
$20/year for regular members and $12/year for student members.
Contact: S. Andrew Chen, Ph.D.
AAPA President
Dept of Counseling/Educational Psychology
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Slippery Rock, PA 16057
Matthew R. Mock, Ph.D.
AAPA Finance/Membership Officer
2607 Alcatraz Ave., Suite #7
Berkeley, CA 94705
Source: Sumie Okazaki (izc5sos@mvs.oac.ucla.edu)
Date: Dec. 14, 1994
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2.1.3 AAGPSO Asian American Graduate and Professional
Student Organization
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The AAGPSO mailing list is a national discussion forum and support
network for Asian American graduate and professional students. The
majority of members are educators, researchers, writers, artists, or
activists with concerns in Asian American areas. Warning: discussions
can sometimes be intellectual and philosophical. The mailing list was
started in June 1992.
The mailing list is open to student members of the organization AAGPSO
at The Ohio State University, but it is considered "closed" to the
general public. To join the mailing list, one needs to be introduced
by a current member on the AAGPSO mailing list.
(Hint: post messages in Asian American cyberspace and be noticed!)
List administrator: aagpso-request@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
Source: Wataru Ebihara
Date: Dec. 14, 1994
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2.1.4 AAMSnet Asian American Medical Student E-Mail Network
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The Asian American medical student e-mail network (AAMSnet) is a
mailing list for medical students, residents, practicing physicians,
and medical school faculty with a common interest in Asian American
health and professional issues. Officially started at Ohio State
University in October 1994, AAMSnet has grown to 180 members
representing 45 medical schools across the U.S..
Listserver address: listserver@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Listserver message: subscribe aamsnet (for students)
subscribe aamsnet-f (for faculty)
Contact: Jeff Svengsouk (js+@osu.edu)
B Li (bli+@osu.edu), Faculty Advisor for AAMSnet
Source: B Li
Date: Dec. 21, 1994
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2.1.5 ACAASU Atlantic Coast Asian American Student Union
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The ACAASU mailing list serves Asian American students in the
Southeastern United States with news, announcements, and discussion.
ACAASU is a student coalition for Asian Americans at colleges and
universities in the Southeastern U.S.. It addresses issues unique to
Asian American students in the South and Southeast.
We are not the same as California or New York! We are
defined not only by our identity as Asian Americans, but also
by our regional association as Southerners. We must use our
status as "non-traditional" Asian Americans to challenge the
stereotypes that have been built around the Chinatowns of San
Francisco and New York. As an Asian Pacific American
community, we must come together to understand our own
commonalties and then go forth to educate and empower others!
-- ACCASU '95 Conference information
Listserver address: listserv@listserv.unc.edu
Listserver message: subscribe acaasu
List posting address: acaasu@listserv.unc.edu
Contact: Questions about ACAASU should be directed to the
Executive Committee members for 1994-95.
DC/Maryland/Virginia Region:
Elizabeth Kim (emk3w@virginia.edu)
Eugene Goei (goeie@gvsun.georgetown.edu)
Carolinas/Tennessee Region:
Touger Vang (touger@email.unc.edu)
Arlene Chung (arc@acpub.duke.edu)
Georgia/Alabama Region:
Katherine Kong (gt6622d@prism.gatech.edu)
Vish Shastry (vshastr@rader.cc.emory.edu)
Florida Region:
Anna Gong (gong@soleil.acomp.usf.edu)
Jordan Brown Kang (jbrown@marine.usf.edu)
Source: MAASU mailing list
Date: Nov. 6, 1994
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2.1.6 APSU Asian and Pacific Islander Student Union
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The APSU mailing list was formed in August 1993. The mailing list
distributes news, announcements, and supports discussions on issues
concerning APSU.
APSU is a coalition of over 80 Asians and Pacific Islander
organizations at high schools, colleges, and universities in
California. APSU was formed in 1978 by students organizing against
the Bakke decision which threatened college affirmative action
policies. APSU has been at the forefront of numerous struggles to win
social, economic, and political justice for Asians and Pacific
Islanders, as well as other people of color.
To subscribe to the APSU mailing list, please write to the list
administrator.
List administrator: apsu-talk-request@uclink.berkeley.edu
To post to the mailing list, there are different address for different
purposes.
List posting addresses:
apsu-post@uclink.berkeley.edu (postings only)
apsu-talk@uclink.berkeley.edu (discussion only)
List owner: An Hee Kim (anhee@uclink.berkeley.edu)
Source: Edward Wang
Date: Dec. 2, 1994
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2.1.7 ECASU East Coast Asian Student Union
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The ECASU mailing list was announced on April 1994, and is open to the
public. The mailing list distributes information and discussion on
issues concerning ECASU.
The East Coast Asian Student Union (ECASU) was founded in 1977. It is
the oldest and largest network of Asian Pacific American students in
the United States. "The goals of ECASU are to promote a sense of unity
among Asian Pacific Americans, build and strengthen Asian Pacific
American student organizations and networks, and fight for the
equality of Asian Pacific Americans in the United States."
To join the ECASU mailing list, write to the list administrator with
the message "subscribe ecasu@mit.edu".
List administrator: Teddy Cha (tedcha@mit.edu)
List posting address: ecasu@mit.edu
Contact: Teddy Cha (tedcha@mit.edu)
Darren Jer (darrenj@acpub.duke.edu)
Source: Teddy Cha
Date: Dec. 7, 1994
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2.1.8 MAASU Midwest Asian American Student Union
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The Midwest Asian American Student Union (MAASU) was the first major
Asian American student coalition to use electronic networking. In
March 1991, the original electronic mailing list for MAASU was started
at Carnegie Mellon University. It was later moved to The Ohio State
University in September 1992.
The MAASU mailing list distributes news and announcements for MAASU
and its member organizations. Also provided are opportunities to
participate in discussions on Asian American issues at Midwestern
universities.
Founded in 1989, MAASU is the largest coalition-building organization
for Asian American students in the Midwest. The mission of the MAASU
is to serve the Asian American student community in the Midwest
through political activism, by providing leadership and educational
programming, and by creating social networking opportunities.
To become a member of the MAASU mailing list, please write to the list
administrator. And in the message, specify the list you would like to
join.
List administrator: MAASU-request@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
Lists available:
MAASU (general postings and discussion)
MAASUinf (news and announcements, information only)
MAASU-mreps (information for MAASU representatives only)
MAASUinf is designed for people who wish to receive only a minimum of
postings. Note that if you join MAASU, you are "automatically" on
MAASUinf. All postings to MAASUinf go to MAASU. MAASU-mreps is a
"closed" mailing list for MAASU representatives only.
List posting addresses:
MAASU@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (general postings)
MAASUinf@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (news and announcements)
Contact: More information about MAASU can be obtained from the
MAASU communications officers.
Miika Fukuwa (mfu376@lulu.acns.nwu.edu)
Brian Kreider (00blkreider@bsuvc.bsu.edu)
Source: MAASU mailing list
Date: April 10, 1995
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2.1.9 RMAASC Rocky Mountain Asian American Student Coalition
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Formed in 1992, RMAASC is an Asian American network for students in
the Rocky Mountain region. An organizational mailing list is presently
not online, but one may be started sometime in the near future. The
organizational address is
RMAASC
P.O. Box 9125
Colorado Springs, CO 80932
Contact: Michael Eastman (meeastman@excel.uccs.edu)
Source: Michael Eastman
Date: Dec. 1, 1994
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2.2 LISTS FOR MULTICULTURAL AND DIVERSITY ISSUES
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A diverse world surrounds us. The mailing lists in this section deal
with multicultural, diversity, race, and inter-group issues. They are
not uniquely "Asian American", but Asian Americans are welcome and
urged to participate. People of all backgrounds have a need to
interact, to share, and to understand each other. We can offer
different perspectives, and often the unfamiliar becomes not a threat,
but a resource and opportunity.
2.2.1 APEX-L Asia-Pacific EXchange List
2.2.2 DIVERS-L Diversity Mailing List
2.2.3 H-ETHNIC Ethnic History Discussion List
2.2.4 MULTC-ED Multicultural Education
2.2.5 II Interracial Individuals List
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2.2.1 APEX-L The Asia-Pacific EXchange List
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The purpose of APEX-L is to promote international and multicultural
education on college campuses, with a special focus on Asian and
Pacific curricula, instructional strategies, educational resources, and
campus/community activities.
The mailing list is meant to serve as a forum for the sharing of
information and discussion of topics, trends and issues that are
determining the shape of education on our multicultural, international
campuses. Out of the interactions, hopefully, will come opportunities
for professional growth and associations.
Listserver address: listserv@uhccvm.uhcc.hawaii.edu
Listserver message: sub APEX-L
List posting address: APEX-L@uhccvm.uhcc.hawaii.edu
List Administrator: jamess@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu
Contact: Dr. James N. Shimabukuro
(jamess@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu)
Assistant Prof., Language Arts
Univ. of Hawaii - Kapiolani CC
Other Items:
An electronic journal, the Asia-Pacific EXchange Journal (APEX-J) is
also published by Kapiolani Community College. The primary purpose of
APEX-J, a refereed academic journal, is to promote international,
multicultural education on college campuses. The focus is on Asia and
the Pacific.
gopher naio.kcc.hawaii.edu
http://naio.kcc.hawaii.edu
At the main menu, select "Kapiolani.info"
Source: James Shimabukuro
Date: Dec. 15, 1994
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2.2.2 DIVERS-L Diversity Mailing List
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The goal of DIVERS-L is to "link up all persons with diversity
concerns for an exchange of information." People of all ethnic and
racial backgrounds are welcome -- including Americans of African,
Asian, Hispanic/Latino, Alaskan and Native, European backgrounds, and
international non-immigrants. "We would like to have representative
ethnic inputs into various academic programs."
"We would hope that we could enrich our studies in this way rather
than focusing on any particular group. We believe that every culture
in America has something of value to contribute to the whole of
American culture."
Listserver address: listserv@psuvm.psu.edu
Listserver message: sub divers-l
List posting address: divers-l@psuvm.psu.edu
Generic address: DIVERS-L-Request@psuvm.psu.edu
List owner: Howard Lawrence (hrl@suarch.bitnet)
Source: List header information
Date: Dec. 1, 1994
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2.2.3 H-ETHNIC Ethnic History Discussion List
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H-ETHNIC is a moderated academic discussion forum for topics
concerning ethnicity, race relations, and immigration history.
Presently, it has over 360 subscribers from around the world --
including are professors, librarians, graduate students, and
journalists.
H-ETHNIC is one of the family of humanities and social science lists
published by H-NET, an international organization of scholars. Editors
for the list are Joe Barton (associate professor of History at
Northwestern University), Richard Jensen (professor of History at the
University of Illinois, Chicago), and Louise Ano Nuevo Kerr (associate
professor of History at University of Illinois, Chicago). For more
information on membership and an application form, please contact the
list administrator.
List administrator: texbart@merle.acns.nwu.edu
Listserver address: listserv@uicvm.uic.edu
Listserver message: sub H-ETHNIC
List posting address: H-ETHNIC@uicvm.uic.edu
Source: Richard Jensen, H-Net Exec. Director
Date: Jan. 10, 1995
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2.2.4 MULTC-ED Multicultural Education
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An open public mailing list for discussions on multicultural
education. (No additional information is presently available.)
Listserver address: listserv@umdd.umd.edu
Listserver message: sub multc-ed
List posting address: multc-ed@umdd.umd.edu
Generic address: multc-ed-request@umdd.umd.edu
Owner: Ruth Heidelbach (ruth_a_heidelbach@umail.umd.edu)
Source: List header information
Date: Dec. 3, 1994
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2.2.5 II Interracial Individuals List
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The "Interracial Individuals List" is an open mailing list. It is
dedicated for the discussion of interracial and intercultural
concerns. Some of the recent topics have included the possibility of
adding a "multiracial" box in the next census, and the removal of
society's concept of "race". The posting activity varies, but the
"floods" aren't too big to handle. Please contact the list
administrator to subscribe to the list.
List administrator: II-Request@gnu.ai.mit.edu
List posting address: II@gnu.ai.mit.edu
Source: Jay Fubler Harvey
Date: Dec. 28, 1994
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Asian American issues can also be quite diverse and multi-dimensional.
This section includes other mailing lists for the discussion of
special Asian Americans interests and concerns. Special interests
include social concerns like Asian American gender/sexuality issues,
immigration legislation, and anti-Asian violence. If you're aware of
other mailing lists, please let us know. Others possibilities could
be cultural mailing lists for Asian and Asian American art,
literature, theater, film, and music.
2.3.1 ACTMUS-L Asian Contemporary Music List
2.3.2 ASREL-L Asian Religions List
2.3.3 ASIANTHEA-L Asian Theater List
2.3.4 187-L Proposition 187 List
2.3.5 AAVN Anti-Asian Violence Network
2.3.6 QAPA-L Queer Asian Pacific Americans List
2.3.7 APANET Asian Pacific American Network
2.3.8 KHUSH Gay Lesbian Bisexual South Asians
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2.3.1 ACTMUS-L Asian Contemporary Music List
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"The Asian Contemporary Music Discuss Group (ACTMUS-L) is an
electronic forum for the exchange of information and ideas on music
written by contemporary Asian composers. The list is unmoderated and
composers, performers, theorists, musicologists, and scholars with
interest in this area are welcomed to subscribe and participate in the
discussion."
Listserver address: listserv@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu
Listserver message: sub ACTMUS-L
List posting address: ACTMUS-L@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu
Generic address: ACTMUS-L-Request@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu
List owner: Chunming Kenneth Kwan (ckkwan@acsu.buffalo.edu)
Source: List header information
Date: Dec. 14, 1994
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2.3.2 ASREL-L Asian Religions List
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In Spring 1994, the Asian Religions Discussion List was established
for use as a discussion section in introductory courses on Asian
religions. The mailing list is a "closed" list, however, and open
only to faculty, teaching assistants, and students currently involved
in teaching/taking college-level courses in Asian religions. A
companion list named ASREL-FAC-L is also available; it functions as a
teachers' conference. For more information, please contact the
mailing list owner after January 23, 1995.
List owner: John McRae (jrm5@cornell.edu)
Source: List announcement by John McRae
Date: Jan. 1, 1995
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2.3.3 ASIANTHEA-L Asian Theater List
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The Asian Theater List focuses mainly on academic discussion about
theater in Asia and Asian American plays and productions. Please
contact the list administrator to join. The list is open to
anyone who is interested.
List administrator: probert@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu
List posting address: asianthea-l@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu
Source: Robert Petersen
Date: Jan. 7, 1995
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2.3.4 187-L Proposition 187 List
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187-L is a mailing list dedicated to news, discussion, and organizing
against the controversial California State Proposition 187. Passed in
the November 1994 election, 187 denies health care, education, and
social services to illegal "non-citizen" immigrants in California.
The mailing list is presently quite active and averages 10-30 postings
per day. Political debate is discouraged in favor of organizing news.
Listserver address: listserv@cmsa.berkeley.edu
Listserver message: sub 187-L
List posting address: 187-L@cmsa.berkeley.edu
List administrator: newman@garnet.berkeley.edu
The 187Resist Gopher Server contains information regarding immigrant
rights and Proposition 187. The original text of Proposition 187,
election results, postings from discussion lists, and other documents
with an in-depth analysis of the immigration laws are available here.
URL: gopher://garnet.berkeley.edu:1870/1
Source: Listserver information, Nathan Newman
Date: Dec. 15, 1994
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2.3.5 AAVN Anti-Asian Violence Network
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This is a mailing list is dedicated to anti-Asian violence issues. An
experienced person from an established Asian American organization is
presently needed to moderate the list. If you are sincerely
interested, please contact the moderator.
List moderator: aavn-report@tbeggar.osc.edu
A file with information is available from: aavn@tbeggar.osc.edu
Date: Sept. 24, 1994
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2.3.6 QAPA-L Queer Asian Pacific American List
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Started in 1993, QAPA-L is an unmoderated discussion mailing list for
gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual, and queer Asian Pacific American
people of all genders. QAPA-L was created to foster communication and
community building among queer Asian Pacific Americans around the
country.
After much discussion in May 1994, list members decided that the list
should primarily serve Asian Pacific Americans rather than whites,
since there are very few places for queer Asian Pacific American
people to be together. However, non-Asians will be admitted.
Recent topics have included: cyberspace commemorations of World AIDS
Day, the possibility of forming a national organization to protect and
promote queer Asian Pacific American interests, and comparisons of
lesbian and gay slang. The list is often used to announce events,
publications, and forums of interest to queer Asian Pacific Americans.
Listserver address: listserv@brownvm.brown.edu
Listserver message: sub QAPA-L
List posting address: QAPA-L@brownvm.brown.edu
List administrator: jennifer_p_ting@brown.edu
Source: Jennifer Ting
Date: Dec. 8, 1994
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2.3.7 APANET Asian Pacific American Network
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APANET is a spinoff from QAPA-L. It is a closed unmoderated list that
pertains to any subject of concern to queer Asian Pacific Americans.
"The list was set up as a venue for the free exchange of ideas
regardless of subscribers' sex, gender, orientation, race, ethnicity,
age, weight, height, physical or mental impairment, religion,
political affiliation, aesthetic persuasion or erotic predilection.
It is intended as a forum for the discussion of social, political,
moral, ethical, spiritual, sexual, medical and all other issues that
the subscribers may care to raise."
APANET is open, egalitarian and non-discriminatory. However, those
who do not wish to interact with non-QAPA's are strongly encouraged to
seek a "safe space" elsewhere. The idea and charter for this list are
by Joey Almoradie.
Listserver address: majordomo@queernet.org
Listserver message: subscribe apanet
List posting address: apanet@queernet.org
List administrator: Gardner Cohen (beldar@netcom.com)
Source: Gardner Cohen
Date: Dec. 9, 1994
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2.3.8 KHUSH Gay Lesbian Bisexual South Asians
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KHUSH is an unmoderated open mailing list for gay, lesbian, or
bisexual South Asians and friends. South Asians are defined as people
from or descending from countries such as Bangladesh, Bhutan, India,
Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri-Lanka. The purpose of this list is to
discuss South Asian gay culture, experiences, and issues. It is also
a social and support network.
Listserver address: khush-request@husc3.harvard.edu
Listserver message: subscribe khush
List posting address: khush@husc3.harvard.edu
The list is confidential and your name and address will not appear
unless you post a message to the mailing list.
Address for help/questions: khush-help@husc3.harvard.edu
Source: KHUSH list administrators message
Date: Dec. 12, 1994
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3 ASIAN AMERICAN NEWSGROUPS AND BULLETIN BOARDS
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It was just a beautiful sight that while I reflected
on how scaa brought us together, tears welled up in my
eyes and I began sobbing and turning red. As I sniffled
into a napkin, Dan apologized profusely for rousing my
tear ducts into action. Anyway, I think I have learned
my lesson that chili peppers in the mongolian beef are
not meant to be chewed whole....
-- Yen Tseng, reflections on a Bay Area SCAA
newsgroup gathering, January 1994
Internet is more than just a private exchange of e-mail. Depending on
your site, you may also have access to something called "Usenet
Newsgroups". Don't expect to find much "news" here, though, but open
(and sometimes anarchic) discussions. Newsgroups share the "special
interest" aspects of mailing lists, but with a big audience -- and we
mean "big". It is possible for newsgroup postings to be shared with
literally millions of people around whole world! It is often quite
lively and free, but it may also involve a few hazards.
Utilities like "telnet" can enable you to log into other computer
systems on the network -- commercial and private systems, or free
public-access systems. Here you may also find electronic "bulletin
boards" with discussions or announcements (usually of local concern).
These are also potential sources for Asian American information.
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What's a Usenet newsgroup?
(If you already know, you may skip this introduction.)
A "newsgroup" is a universally-known label for a set of articles
exchanged over a set of computers called "Usenet". Usenet has no
central authority, and is world-wide. Usenet is not a commercial
service, and the transmission of news is totally cooperative. Usenet
sites can be any kind of computer, and each site is usually under the
local control of the system administrator.
The articles may contain news, announcements, replies, anything posted
by its readers. Some newsgroups are moderated and other are
unmoderated. The articles (news) under a newsgroup may be read using a
variety of software provided by your computer system -- you may see
news readers like "rn", "tass", or "tin".
Usenet newsgroups are universally categorized in a "hierarchical" way.
Newsgroups devoted to "social" issues usually begin with the hierarchy
"soc". The "soc" newsgroups addressing also cultural issues have the
added hierarchy "culture", to become "soc.culture". This goes on,
until the newsgroup is labeled. As an example, "soc.culture.korean"
is a newsgroup addressing social and cultural issues of Korea.
Newsgroups beginning with "alt" (alternate) can contain anything and
everything.
There are some tradeoffs involving Asian American newsgroups vs.
mailing lists. Newsgroups have the advantage of a wider distribution
where "anyone" is free to subscribe or unsubscribe with asking
permission. Because of this very "open" circulation, newsgroups lack
a sense of privacy. You may have no idea of where your postings are
going to, nor who is reading them. The whole world can know. Some
people are comfortable with this idea, and some not.
The discussions on unmoderated newsgroups are open and free-flowing.
Everyone is free to discuss or introduce new topics, however, readers
of popular newsgroups often tire of questions that appear again and
again. Many popular newsgroups have electronic documents called
"FAQs" or "Frequently Asked Questions" (pronounced "fax") which will
answer common questions for new subscribers.
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Precautions on newsgroups
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A brief mention about "flames"...
For controversial issues, messages called "flames" (equivalent to
"drive-by shootings" in the newsgroups) can be common. You may
receive abrasive comments, insults, and racial slurs in response to a
posting. Flaming can be quite traumatic at first. Your heart may
race along with your body's "fight or flight" mechanism kicking in.
These are sad moments, when all the positive idealism about the
Internet vanishes; and the world becomes full of angry, cynical, and
bitter people. Perhaps, Internet is only a "mirror" of our society,
including the less appealing areas. It is best to keep a sense of
perspective.
So what do we do? The recommended way to respond to a flame is to
"not" respond, or to respond in a very cool "rational" manner. Yes,
resist the temptation to shout back. Not very satisfying, but flaming
is often used to provoke a reply back from you -- called "flame
baiting". As one wise newsgroup reader once said, "The best way to put
out a flame is to not give it any more oxygen." So if you're a new
user and sensitive, some caution is suggested. Otherwise, newsgroups
are full of intriguing postings from many colorful friendly
characters. It has to be something "experienced".
3.1.1 alt.asian-movies
3.1.2 alt.culture.us.asian-indian
3.1.3 soc.couples.intercultural
3.1.4 soc.culture.asian.american
3.1.5 Newsgroups for Asian Nationalities
3.1.6 Asian Newsgroups to Avoid
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3.1.1 alt.asian-movies
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Asian movies (Hong Kong, Japanese, Indian, etc...) are discussed in
this unmoderated newsgroup; it often includes reviews on Asian
American films and videos as well. Occasional movie reviews are
posted. A Hong Kong video FAQ is available from Lars Erik Holmquist.
Lars Erik Holmquist (md2holle@mdstud.chalmers.se)
URL: http://www.mdstud.chalmers.se/hkmovie/
URL: ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/culture/tv+film/hongkong
URL: news:alt.asian-movies (*)
(*) You might be mystified by "URL" and this notation.
Please refer to Section 5 on "Asian American and
Related Electronic Publications" for more information.
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3.1.2 alt.culture.us.asian-indian
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This unmoderated newsgroup is for Asian Indians in the United States
and Canada. News and announcements for Indian cultural events are
often posted -- including music, film festivals, literary journals.
Some discussion often takes place on history, Indian food, customs,
cultural conflicts, arranged marriages, racism, sexism, and identity
issues. Also news is posted frequently from India for those "away
from home".
URL: news:alt.culture.us.asian-indian
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3.1.3 soc.couples.intercultural
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As an unmoderated newsgroup, it discusses intercultural, interracial,
interfaith relationship issues -- including cultural differences,
racism, prejudice, stereotypes. Discussion also focuses on biracial
and multiracial children. Some flaming occurs. A general FAQ for the
newsgroup is edited by Steve Frampton. Also a "Disparity in
Asian/White Interracial Dating FAQ" is provided by Tomoyuki Tanaka.
Contact: Steve Frampton (frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca)
Tomoyuki Tanaka (tanaka@nickel.ucs.indiana.edu)
URL: news:soc.couples.intercultural
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3.1.4 soc.culture.asian.american
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This is most active and hippest newsgroup for Asian Americans! It is
unmoderated, and dedicated for general discussion of all Asian
American social issues and culture. Discussion topics can cover
anything -- interracial dating, identity, racism, PC speech,
immigration, "bananas" and "eggs", Joy Luck Club, Bruce Lee, Connie
Chung, and Margaret Cho... the list is almost endless. Again, for new
readers, please be very wary of flaming.
Sometimes referred to as "SCAA" (pronounced "skaah"), posting is often
fiery and intense. The newsgroup was initiated in the late 1980's,
and offered a first glimpse into Asian American cyberspace. Many
long-time readers of SCAA have formed friendships and local
communities. Some people host face-to-face (real life) meetings and
social get togethers. SCAA readers in the San Francisco Bay Area, New
York City, and Boston are exceptionally active.
The Boston chapter of SCAA (called SCAA-BOS) have also created a
mailing list for their own activities. To join the mailing list, send
e-mail to mail-server@ctp.com with the message:
subscribe scaa-bos
Also with many thanks to Robert Irie, they have their own World-Wide
Web (WWW) home page too.
URL: http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/irie/scaabos.html
One enthusiastic member of SCAA-BOS, Steph Tai, offers her WWW home
page, including some of her own works of fiction.
URL: http://www.tufts.edu/~stai/index.html
SCAA reader, Tomoyuki Tanaka, also provies his FAQs on various Asian
and Asian American concerns. This site also has the official FAQ file
for SCAA. The FAQ is being updated by SCAA's founder, Bryan Wu.
URL: http://bronze.ucs.indiana.edu/~tanaka
If you don't have access to newsgroups and SCAA, you can still post
messages. Send e-mail to the following address, and your message will
be posted automatically. (This information comes from the FAQ.)
SCAA posting address: soc-culture-asian-american@cs.utexas.edu
Contact: Bryan Wu (bwu@panix.com)
URL: news:soc.culture.asian.american
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3.1.5 Newsgroups for Asian Nationalities
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Usenet newsgroups devoted to specific Asian nationalities and
interests also exist -- lots of them! They are too numerous to
mention with sufficient detail in this guide, so they will only be
listed.
Depending on the topic, a great deal of exchange may occur between
Asian newsgroups and others designed for Asian American readers. For
example, concerns about "Japan bashing" often end up in both
soc.culture.asian.american and soc.culture.japan. Discussions about
"Chinese spies in the U.S." have taken place in both in
soc.culture.asian.american and soc.culture.china.
With the exception of soc.culture.indian.info, all of following are
"unmoderated" newsgroups.
soc.culture.asean
soc.culture.bangladesh
soc.culture.bengali
soc.culture.burma
soc.culture.cambodia
soc.culture.china
soc.culture.filipino
soc.culture.hongkong
soc.culture.hongkong.entertainment
soc.culture.indian
soc.culture.indian.info
soc.culture.indian.kerala
soc.culture.indian.telugu
soc.culture.indonesia
soc.culture.japan
soc.culture.korean
soc.culture.laos
soc.culture.malaysia
soc.culture.mongolian
soc.culture.nepal
soc.culture.pakistan
soc.culture.punjab
soc.culture.singapore
soc.culture.taiwan
soc.culture.tamil
soc.culture.thai
soc.culture.vietnamese
There are also "Asian-like" newsgroups that remain shrouded in deep
mystery. If anyone investigates "alt.buddha.short.fat.guy", please let
us know what's really there. We haven't had time to check it out
ourselves.
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3.1.6 Asian Newsgroups to Avoid
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Some of the following newsgroups were reported as being controversial
and quite offensive, and some sites may (or may not) carry them. They
are "not" recommended by this guide. Investigate them at your own
risk. You have been warned.
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alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.oriental
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Electronic bulletin boards are like the real ones, but without the
cork; no thumbtacks are required to post items either. You can leave
news and announcements, like in the newsgroups. However, unlike
newsgroups that are distributed network-wide, bulletin board postings
are usually restricted to one computer system or a private network.
They may be read just like a Usenet newsgroup, but distribution is
limited to the domain of that system. Asian American bulletin boards
may be found on commercial systems or community computer systems like
the Free-Net. Often, you'll need to be a registered user of that
computer system, and have access to "telnet" to get there.
3.2.1 Asians on America Online
3.2.2 Han Wei on Free-Net
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3.2.1 Asians on America Online
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America Online (AOL) is a commercial information service with
connections to the Internet. An Asian American bulletin board is
available on the system. Keyword: Asian. Normally issue-based
(non-academic) discussion takes place on various Asian American
topics. Some flaming. However, only AOL members can read and post.
Source: Jeff Ow
Date: Nov. 28, 1994
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3.2.2 Han Wei on Free-Net
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On the Cleveland Free-Net community computer system is a bulletin
board called "Han Wei". Articles posted on the bulletin board deal
with the Chinese culture and community. Postings are directed toward
Asian Americans, Chinese/Asian immigrants, and mainstream Americans
with interests in Chinese culture. Available on the bulletin board is
the monthly martial arts newsletter "Wushu!".
URL: telnet://freenet-in-b.cwru.edu:23
Log in as a visitor, and type "go hanwei" at the user prompt. Note:
The Free-net computer system is busy, so it requires patience to log
in during peak periods.
Contact: Johnny Wu, sig-op (aa727@cleveland.freenet.edu)
Date: Dec. 9, 1994
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This is a historic moment for Asian Americans because
for the first time we're all united.
-- Dr. Marisa Chuang, American Citizens for Justice,
after the murder of Vincent Chin in Detroit
Traditional resources for help and information are the many
established Asian American organizations -- media, networking,
political, social service, and cultural. Many Asian American
organizations are now discovering that electronic mail is an
alternative to the postal service, telephone, and FAX machine. No
paper, no stamps, no telephone tag, quick, cheap, and convenient. The
e-mail addresses provided in this section may either belong to the
organization or a member of the organization with an e-mail account
who can help you.
Many Asian American student organizations are unfortunately not
included here, since they are numerous and often difficult to track.
Student organizations may be contacted over the mailing lists operated
by the Asian American student coalitions (ECASU, MAASU, ACAASU, APSU,
RMAASC) listed in Section 2.1.
4.1 A. Magazine
4.2 Asian American Journalists Association
4.3 Asian American Theater Company
4.4 Asian Pacific American Leadership Development
Institute
4.5 Council for Asian American Studies Education
4.6 Gold Mountain Radio
4.7 National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture
4.8 Organization of Chinese Americans
4.9 UCLA Asian American Studies Center
4.10 Visual Communications
4.11 Yolk Magazine
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4.1 A. Magazine
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E-mail address: amag@inch.com
Started in 1989, A. Magazine is a bimonthly Asian American magazine
published by Metro East Publications, Inc. "Asian American news,
reviews, commentary, culture and style..." Editor and Publisher, Jeff
Yang is quite an an enthusiast of Asian American media and culture,
especially pop culture.
A. Magazine has an internship program for college undergrads and
graduates in the New York City area; contact Minphay Chiou for
details. A. Magazine also has special departments concerning student
and community issues, and all information regarding these issues
should be forwarded to Angelo Ragaza, Managing Editor.
Subscription rates are $20 for one year (six issues); special rates
for groups and institutions are available. Submission guidelines are
also available for writers, photographers, illustrators, and models,
and both emerging and established Asian American contributors are
encouraged to submit.
Contact: Jeff Yang, Editor-in-Chief
Angelo Ragaza, Managing Editor
270 Lafayette Street, Suite 404
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 925-2123
Source: Jeff Yang
Date: Dec. 4, 1994
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4.2 Asian American Journalists Association
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E-mail address: aaja1@aol.com
Formed in 1981, the Asian American Journalists Association is a
non-profit national organization for journalists. Goals include
promoting fair and accurate news coverage of Asian American issues,
increasing employment of Asian American journalists, a support network
for Asian American journalists, and to encourage Asian American
students to pursue journalism careers.
AAJA also has a moderated mailing list with about 120 members on the
commercial service "America Online "called "AAJAOnLine" . However, it
is only open to AAJA members. Also AAJA posts information on America
Online in the Asian American board in a file called AAJA/Media Watch.
(Keyword: Exchange, and click on the communities center icon.) AAJA
also has material on file in Compuserve's JForum (Journalism
Organizations -- Category 15).
Contact: Lisa A. Chung, Executive Director
Asian American Journalists Association
1765 Sutter Street, Room 1000
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: (415) 346-2051
Source: Lisa Chung, Bruce Koon
Date: Dec. 13, 1994
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4.3 Asian American Theater Company
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E-mail address: hornbuck@mercury.sfsu.edu
Michael Chih Ming Hornbuckle, Production Manager
The Asian American Theater Company is an award-winning nationally
recognized theater company that has been in existence for 22 years.
Its purposes are to develop Asian American playwrights and actors, and
to present realistic images of Asian Americans on the stage.
Contact: Pamela Wu, Executive Director
Asian American Theater Company
403 Arguello Blvd.
San Francisco, CA 94118
Phone: (415) 751-2600
Source: Michael Hornbuckle
Date: Dec. 14, 1994
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4.4 Asian Pacific American Leadership Development Institute
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E-mail address: CIChang@aol.com
APALDI is a new Chicago-based Asian Pacific American organization for
the purpose of training Asian Pacific Americans in leadership and
organizational skills.
"This organization was borne out of a desire to see the current APA
college and community organizations function even better than they
currently are and to help young leaders become solidly grounded in
skills which will help them be good leaders."
Source: Charles Chang
Date: Sept. 20, 1994
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4.5 Council for Asian American Studies Education
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E-mail address: achin@bongo.cc.utexas.edu
The Council for Asian American Studies Education (CAASE) was founded
in 1991 as a coalition of professional educators working for the
inclusion of Asian American Studies in university and high school
curricula. Through its publications, programs and advocacy, CAASE
supports the belief that an awareness of the significance and
relevance of ethnic minorities in American history and culture,
formally and universally established in education, is the most secure
defense against racism.
CAASE sponsors the National Asian American Studies Examination, which
encourages and rewards multicultural education initiatives at the high
school level. This is probably the most ambitious and cost-effective
project of its kind.
Contact: Prof. Andrew Chin
CAASE
9006 Bluegrass Drive
Austin, TX 78759
Phone: (512) 471-4962
Fax: (512) 471-1835
Source: Andrew Chin
Date: Dec. 16, 1994
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4.6 Gold Mountain Radio
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E-mail address: tfeng@arl.mil
The Gold Mountain radio show broadcasts to the Washington D.C.
community on WPFW, 89.3 FM. Presently hosted and produced by Theo
Feng, it first began airing in 1978. The show broadcasts material
about (or of interest to) Asian Americans -- news and announcements,
actuality, interviews, music. The timeslot for Gold Mountain (as of
Nov. 28, 1994) is Mondays from 11:30 am to noon.
With a handful of paid staff and about a hundred volunteers, WPFW is
one of the five Pacifica stations in the country. It broadcasts 24
hours a day from its present location in Washington's Chinatown. It's
signal, on average, can be received within a radius of 80 miles.
Programming consists of music and public affairs. WPFW and Pacifica
is community-oriented, populist, "left-wing", and alternative.
Contact: Gold Mountain
WPFW
702 H Street, N.W.
Washington,D.C. 20001
Voicemail: (202) 828-3098
Source: Theo Feng
Date: Dec. 6, 1994
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4.7 National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture
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E-mail address: namac@tmn.com (or namac@aol.com)
The National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC) is a national
association of organizations and individuals committed to furthering
diversity and participation in all forms of media arts -- including
film, video, audio and multi-media production.
NAMAC works closely with networks dedicated to specific initiatives in
the areas of advocacy, production, exhibition, distribution, education
and collection in order to increase public awareness and appreciation
of independent media arts. NAMAC seeks broad support for media arts,
fosters collaboration within the field and promotes media literacy and
social equity. NAMAC publishes a newsletter, MAIN.
Note: NAMAC includes Asian Americans, but not specific to them.
Contact: Julian Low, National Director
NAMAC
Preservation Park
655 13th Street, Suite 201
Oakland, CA 94612-1220
Phone: (510) 451-2717
Source: NAMAC
Date: Dec. 20, 1994
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4.8 Organization of Chinese Americans
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E-mail address: oca@ari.net
"Founded in 1973, the Organization of Chinese Americans, Inc. (OCA) is
a national non-profit, non-partisan advocacy organization of concerned
Chinese Americans. OCA is dedicated to securing the inherent rights
of Chinese American citizens and permanent residents through
legislative and policy initiatives at all levels of the government.
OCA aims to embrace the hopes and aspirations of the 1.6 million
citizens and residents of Chinese ancestry in the United States."
"The primary objectives of OCA include promoting active participation
of Chinese Americans in both civic and national matters; securing
social justice, equal opportunity, and equal treatment of Chinese
Americans; eliminating prejudices and ignorance and enhancing the
image of Chinese in America; and promoting the cultural heritage of
Chinese and other Asian Americans."
Contact: Daphne Kwok, Executive Director
Organization of Chinese Americans
1001 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 707
Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone: (202) 223-5500
FAX: (202) 296-0540
Source: Christine Chen
Date: Dec. 1, 1994
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4.9 UCLA Asian American Studies Center
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E-mail address: iyi4dtn@mvs.oac.ucla.edu (Don Nakanishi)
iaqmedc@mvs.oac.ucla.edu (Enrique dela Cruz)
Founded in 1969, the UCLA Asian American Studies Center has active
programs in research, teaching, publications, archival collections,
and public/community educational programs focusing on Asian Pacific
Americans in Southern California and the nation. The Center has the
largest faculty in Asian American Studies in the U.S. with 38
professors in its faculty advisory committee, of which 16 hold formal
joint appointments between Asian American Studies and a
department/professional school at UCLA. It offers 50-60 classes per
year in Asian American Studies, which attract over 2,000 students, and
administers an undergraduate minor, BA, and MA programs.
The Center also publishes Amerasia Journal, as well as four or five
additional books annually. It has one of the largest collections of
materials on Asian Americans, which are housed in the Center's reading
room and library. A number of research projects are undertaken by its
faculty, staff, and students on an individual basis, as well as
through four specialized research institutes focusing on Asian
American mental health and psychological research; medical outcomes
research; public policy; and arts and humanities.
Several electronic database and networking projects involving the
annual Amerasia Journal bibliography of Asian American Studies, as
well as a joint campus-community collaboration funded by a major NTIA
grant, are underway.
Contact: Don T. Nakanishi, Director
Enrique dela Cruz, Assistant Director and
Curriculum Coordinator
Meg Thorton, Student and Community Project
Marjorie Lee, Asian Am Studies Reading Room and Library
Russell Leong, Editor, Amerasia Journal and
Coordinator of Publications
Asian American Studies Center
University of California, Los Angeles
3230 Campbell Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90024-1546
Phone: (310) 825-2974
Fax : (310) 206-9844
Source: Don Nakanishi
Date: Dec. 18, 1994
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4.10 Visual Communications
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E-mail address: iaqmvc1@mvs.oac.ucla.edu
Visual Communications (VC) began as a collective of filmmakers and
educators and has transitioned into becoming a media arts resource and
production center. They maintain an extensive photographic and moving
image collection of the Asian Pacific American community, video and
photographic exhibits, and produce independent and community video,
slide, and publication productions.
VC co-presents the annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film and Video
Festival with the UCLA Film and Television Archives. And they also
provide a selected number of fiscal sponsorships for media artists and
conducts workshops in grantswriting, video and multi-media production,
animation and screenwriting.
VC is a member-supported organization. Members will receive the
publication "In Focus", discounts to services and productions, and
production funding lists.
Contact: Linda Mabalot, Executive Director
John Esaki, Production
Amy Kato, Archives
Abraham Ferrer, Exhibition and Festival
Joyce Nako, Publications and Membership
Jerome Academia, Fiscal Sponsorships,
Distribution, and Workshops
Visual Communications
263 S. Los Angeles, #307
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Source: Linda Mabalot
Date: Dec. 4, 1994
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4.11 Yolk Magazine
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E-mail address: YOLKED@aol.com
With its inaugural issue in September 1994, YOLK Magazine is "created
for and by the New GenerAsian -- the next generation of Asian
Americans that have a part in shaping the future of multi-cultural
America." The focus of the magazine is entertainment and pop culture,
with scatterings of humor as well as serious topics.
YOLK is distributed nationally through Rider Circulation Services, and
will soon be available internationally. It is available at major
newsstands, including Barnes & Noble/Bookstar bookstores. The price
per copy for the quarterly publication is $3.95, and the subscription
price for six issues is $18. Subscriptions can be mailed to the
following address.
Contact: YOLK Magazine
P.O. Box 862130
Los Angeles, CA 90086-2130
Voice mail: (310) 917-7252
Source: Yolk Magazine
Date: Dec. 16, 1994
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5 Asian American and Related Electronic Publications
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As we enter this new millennium, we are learning
a new language. It will be the lingua franca of the
new age. It is made up of ones and zeros and bits
and bytes. But as we master it... as we bring the
digital revolution into our homes and schools...
we will be able to communicate ideas, and information
-- in fact, entire Toni Morrison novels -- with an
ease never before thought possible.
-- Vice President Al Gore, Los Angeles, January 1994
Electronic documents concerning Asians and Asian Americans are
available on the Internet. There are articles, essays, commentaries,
reviews, poetry, books, fact sheets, resource lists, and even
digitized pictures. This section highlights some of the many items on
the network.
Since the Internet is so extensive, the main "problem" is to figure
out how to get to where you want to go, and how to obtain what you
want. If you have direct access to Gopher or a World-Wide Web (WWW)
browser (such as Lynx or Mosaic), then things should be easier. But,
for those less fortunate, it is not completely impossible without it.
The following are few things you should know, but it might be a bit
confusing at first...
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What is a "URL"?
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We refer to "URL's" in many of the documents, and it is basically a
way to specify the location of a resource on the Internet. "URL" isn't
an acronym for "Unknown Random Letters", but it stands for "Uniform
(or Universal) Resource Locator". Uh huh... The format is:
protocol://machine[:port]/directory...[/file]
(where port and file are optional).
The "machine" (computer where the resource is located) has a unique
name and designation (that you need to know). A "protocol" is a
procedure for data transmission, and the most common protocols are
"ftp", "gopher", and "http". The "news" protocol lists a newsgroup.
Of course, to use them you need to have access to a "FTP", "Gopher",
or "WWW" client software. If the names and acronyms are looking like
"alphabet soup", you might want to refer to some of the other Internet
guides on exactly how to use them, and then return to this guide
again.
Just briefly...
"FTP" is File Transfer Protocol. You can transfer files from
another computer on the network to your own computer.
"Gopher" (as in "Go For") is a program that enables you to
access online databases and services by making selections from
a menu.
"HTTP" (hypertext transfer protocol) is used with WWW. "WWW"
stands for World-Wide Web. WWW uses a concept called
"hypertext" where words in a document are "linked" to other
databases or documents. Traveling over the network can be as
easy as selecting a word on a WWW page (and you don't have to
remember the URL's).
"Mosaic" (or NCSA Mosaic) is one of half dozen WWW "browsers".
A browser allows users to view WWW documents that many contain
text, graphics, and even sound! You many also navigate
without "links" using a WWW browser by knowing the URL.
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Searching the Internet
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On advantage of electronic information (over information on paper) is
that it can be "searched" quickly. Learning how to search the
Internet is an important skill, and it can be quite an art. In fact,
this guide was assembled using many of the following tools. One set
of letters to remember is "WAIS".
"WAIS" stands for "Wide Area Information Server". It can
search dozens of databases at one time. A few key words may
extract the document you're looking for.
"Archie" is a server to locate files if you're using FTP.
"Jughead" is a server to quickly search higher-level Gopher
menu titles for a particular Gopher site.
"Veronica" takes longer, but it can search through "Gopher
space" in greater detail. Type in a keyword for what you're
searching for, and it will give you many possible menus and
sub-menu choices to investigate.
However, if you are lucky, someone else might've already done the work
for you. There are resource guides on various subjects (including the
one you are reading now). The University of Michigan maintains a
"Clearinghouse of Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides".
URL: gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu:70/11/inetdirsstacks
An organization called "InterNIC Information Services" offers a range
of services to help network users by highlighting the resources and
tools that are available on the Internet.
URL: gopher://is.internic.net:70/11/infoguide
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Getting files without direct Internet access
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Many public-access community computer systems and bulletin boards do
not have direct Internet access, and will only let you exchange
e-mail, but you can still do a great deal. If you don't have access
to FTP, Gopher, or WWW, please don't give up.
The easiest option is to contact a friend with full access to the
Internet. Helpful people often exist on mailing lists and newsgroups.
They might be nice enough to forward you the desired document in an
e-mail message; it's fairly easy to do, if they know where to find it.
You might also try to contact the original author of the document.
But, if that doesn't work, some FTP sites have set up "mail servers"
where you can obtain the documents in an e-mail message. To receive
information on how to use ftp and mail servers, send a message to
mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu
with the first line of the message reading
send usenet/news.answers/ftp-list/faq
Assuming that you know the name of the file, the mail server will need
to know where your file is located. You can find the location of the
file using a friend called "Archie". Send a message to
archie@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca
with the message
prog filename
where "filename" is the name of the file. Archie will write back with
a list of possible FTP sites where your file can be found.
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Now, let us move onward to show you some of the interesting items you
can find on the Internet!
5.1 Programs for Asian-Owned Businesses
5.2 Research on Asian American Health
5.3 Asian Food and Cultural Perspectives
5.4 Educational Resources Information Center
5.5 Partnerships Against Violence NETwork
5.6 Asian American Statistics and Stereotypes
5.7 Southeast Asian Archive
5.8 Life in a Vietnamese Gang
5.9 Hmong Database
5.10 Who Killed Vincent Chin?
5.11 Omni-Cultural Academic Resource
5.12 CLNET Diversity Page
5.13 Asian, Pacific, and South Asian American
Studies on Video
5.14 Asian Voices Journal
5.15 Alex, Asians, and Books
5.16 Chinese Music Archive
5.17 Asian Art on the Web
5.18 Pacific Rim and Asian Resources
5.19 Asian American Resource Page
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5.1 Programs for Asian-Owned Businesses
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A brief fact sheet titled "Small Businesses Owned by Asians, American
Indians and Other Minorities" is available from the Small Business
Administration. It can be found via the Library of Congress Gopher.
File size is 4k.
URL: gopher://marvel.loc.gov:70/00/research/obinet/tools/federal/
sba/sbaprogram/minor/asian.txt
Date checked: Dec. 2, 1994
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5.2 Research on Asian American Health
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Research projects to study Asian Americans and health can be found at
the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Gopher. Under "Grants and
Research Information" is the CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information
on Scientific Projects) System. It is a "major biomedical database
containing information on research ventures supported by the United
States Public Health Service (US-PHS)."
URL: gopher://gopher.nih.gov:70/77/gopherlib/indices/crisp/index
Searching the "CRISP FY94 Database" with the keyword "Asian" revealed
over a hundred different research projects that ranged from studying
mental health needs of Asian Americans to alcoholism, HIV and drug use
involving Asian Americans.
By the way, did you know that "Asian populations appear to have lower
rates of alcoholism than other ethnic groups?" That bit of
interesting information was extracted from "project number
5K20AA00155-02" conducted by Tamara L. Wall.
Date checked: Dec. 3, 1994
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5.3 Asian Food and Cultural Perspectives
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Did you know that dieticians also need to avoid ethnocentric
assumptions about diet?
An extensive bibliography titled "Cultural Perspectives on Food and
Nutrition" (March 1994) is available online from the Food and
Nutrition Information Center, National Agricultural Library, US
Department of Agriculture. File size is 175k. Not copyrighted.
URL: gopher://cyfer.esusda.gov:70/00/fnic/pubs/bibs/gen/cultural
Date checked: Dec. 3, 1994
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5.4 Educational Resources Information Center
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The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) has information on
Asian American and multicultural education issues.
URL: gopher://gopher.ed.gov:70/11/programs/ERIC
Search the ERIC Digests with the keyword "Asian", and it will bring up
"many" related articles. One article, "Asian-American Children: What
Teachers Should Know" by Jianhua Feng (ED369577 Jun 94) discusses the
unique educational needs of Asian American children, including the
"whiz kid" stereotype and cultural conflicts. "Beyond Culture:
Communicating with Asian American Children and Families" by Gary Huang
(ED366673 Dec 93) addresses cross-cultural communication issues.
Date checked: Jan. 4, 1995
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5.5 Partnerships Against Violence NETwork (PAVNET)
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Descriptions of many Asian American and minority programs in the
general areas of Community Violence, Youth Violence, Family Violence,
Substance Abuse, and Victims can be found via the Partnerships Against
Violence NETwork (PAVNET) Online Gopher. The PAVNET coalition is made
up of the Departments of Agriculture, Education, Health and Human
Services, Housing and Urban Development, Justice, and Labor. PAVNET is
found via the "CYFER-net USDA ES Gopher Server". An online search
option is available which will quickly locate many files of interest.
URL: gopher://cyfer.esusda.gov:70/00/violence/aboutwais
Using the keyword "Asian", resulted with more than a dozen social
programs involving Asian Americans. From a project to service crime
victims of the Vietnamese/Cambodian communities in Philadelphia, to a
drug abuse prevention program for Asian American in Orange County, CA
-- there are many good projects out there! A great resource for
people in social services!
Date checked: Dec. 3, 1994
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5.6 Asian American Statistics and Stereotypes
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U.S. Bureau of the Census has some good stuff, and it might even
change a few stereotypes. The document "New Racial and Ethnic
Information May Debunk Stereotypes" mentions that, "Asians and Pacific
Islanders immigrating between 1980 and 1990 have a poverty rate three
times that of those who immigrated prior to 1980 (21 percent versus 7
percent)." The article can be found via the U.S. Census Bureau
Gopher.
URL: gopher://gopher.census.gov:70/00/Bureau/Pr/Date/cb94-01.txt
Date checked: Dec. 2, 1994
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5.7 Southeast Asian Archive
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The University of California, Irvine Libraries, offers a Southeast
Asian Archive WWW page. They collect "materials relating to the
resettlement of Southeast Asian refugees and immigrants in the United
States (and to a lesser extent, worldwide), the 'boat people' and land
refugees, and the culture and history of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam."
The Web page includes issues of the Archive's quarterly newsletter,
and images of Hmong pa ndau textiles. Contact:
Anne Frank Southeast Asian Archive
University of California
Irvine Libraries
P.O. Box 19557
Irvine, CA 92713
Phone: (714) 856-4968
E-mail: afrank@uci.edu
URL: http://pitcairn.lib.uci.edu/sea/seahome.html
Date checked: Dec. 15, 1994
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5.8 Life in a Vietnamese Gang
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This project is a study of Vietnamese youth gangs in Orange County,
California. Titled "Bui Doi: Life Like Dust", this documentary details
the experience of Ricky Phan, a Vietnamese refugee and member of a
gang called the "Natoma Boyz". Using film clips, images, audio, text
and poetry, the work takes full advantage of the WWW Mosaic display to
convey more understanding. It is based on the fieldwork by Nick
Rothenberg and Ahrin Mishan at The Center for Visual Anthropology,
University of Southern California. Also included is a detailed
bibliography related to Asian/Vietnamese Americans and youth gangs.
Contact: rothenb@scf.usc.edu
URL: http://cwis.usc.edu/dept/elab/buidoi/vietgangs.html
Date checked: Dec. 22, 1994
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5.9 Hmong Database
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A Hmong database is available on WWW. (It is still under construction
at the time of this writing.) It deals with Hmong in Laos, Thailand,
and in the United States. The goal is to provide a central Internet
collection area for Hmong history, culture, language, and current
events.
Contact: Craig D. Rice (cdr@stolaf.edu)
Robin Vue-Benson (tvueb0001@gold.tc.umn.edu)
URL: http://www.stolaf.edu/people/cdr/hmong/
Organizations in the U.S are mentioned, including the Association for
the Advancement of Hmong Women (AAHWM). Formed in 1981, it was the
first formal organization addressing Hmong women's needs in the United
States. It is a non-profit organization that serves mostly low-income
refugee women and their families in Minnesota.
Date checked: Dec. 12, 1994
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5.10 Who Killed Vincent Chin?
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Links to information about Vincent Chin and FAQs from the newsgroup
soc.culture.asian.american can be found at the WWW "Asian American"
homepage by David Filo and Jerry Yang.
Contact: yahoo@akebono.stanford.edu
URL: http://akebono.stanford.edu/yahoo/Social_Science/
Asian_American_Studies/
Date checked: Dec. 13, 1994
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5.11 Omni-Cultural Academic Resource
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Explore the Omni-Cultural Academic Resource via the St. Olaf College
Gopher. This is a miscellaneous collection of files with a
multicultural emphasis.
URL: gopher://gopher.stolaf.edu/11/Internet Resources/
St. Olaf Sponsored Mailing Lists/
Omni-Cultural-Academic-Resource/
Society-Culture-Religion/Inter-Cultural/Culture/
Much of the material has been extracted from Usenet newsgroups. Don't
be surprised to find files discussing the meaning of cultural pride,
"Asian fetishes," and other such topics.
Contact: Craig D. Rice (ocar@stolaf.edu)
Date checked: Dec. 2, 1994
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5.12 CLNET Diversity Page
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The Chicano/Latino Electronic Network (CLNET), part of the InfoUCLA
system, offers a "Diversity on the Web" site that features a wide
selection of listservers, Gopher and WWW sites for African American,
Asian American, Latino American, and Native American interests.
It offers links to interesting East Asian and some Asian American
Internet resources. Somewhat confusing, though, since no distinction
is made between Asian and Asian American items. However, a good
starting point to investigate diversity on the Web.
Contact: chabran@latino.sscnet.ucla.edu
URL: http://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/diversity1.html
Date checked: Dec. 15, 1994
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An Asian American video list with over a hundred titles can be found
at the UC Berkeley Library Gopher. (One of the better compilations
we've seen!) File size is 30k.
URL: gopher://library.berkeley.edu:70/00/eres/resdbs/medi/
subvideo/asian
From the Media Resources Center -- Moffitt Library, UC Berkeley.
Contact: Gary Handman (author), (510) 642-8197
Date checked: Dec. 2, 1994
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5.14 Asian Voices Journal
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Asian Voices is a literary journal of the Asian Cultural Union at New
York University. It contains fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and prose
by Asian Americans. The 1993 edition (Volume 6) is the only
electronic edition available at the Electronic Text Archive Gopher at
the University of Michigan.
URL: gopher://locust.cic.net:70/00/Zines/Asian_Voices/
Asian_Voices93.stx.gz
Contact: Meng Lin (mql4832@acfcluster.nyu.edu)
Francis Chin (chinf01@mcclb0.med.nyu.edu)
Date checked: Dec. 1, 1994
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5.15 Alex, Asians, and Books
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Contemplate Confucius, browse the Bhagavad-Gita, and surround yourself
in the electronic zen and books of the old country. English-translated
Asian texts, like Sun Tzu's "Art of War", can be found online using
"Alex".
Alex allows users to find and retrieve the full-text of many
electronic documents on the Internet. At the present time, Alex
indexes over 700 books, but this number is certainly sure to grow.
Alex can be found at the Radcliffe Science Library of Oxford
University Gopher. Choose "Librarian's Corner" on the menu, and then
"Alex".
The gopher menu looks like:
Alex: A Catalogue of Electronic Texts on the Internet
1. About Alex
2. Alex Mirror Sites/
3. Browse Alex/
4. Cataloging Internet Resources/
--> 5. Search Alex
A book can be found using an appropriate search word that matches the
title. For example, to locate the Bhagavad-Gita, one might use the
search word "Gita".
URL: gopher://rsl.ox.ac.uk:70/11/lib-corn/hunter
On Internet, there is a project called "Project Gutenberg". It has a
goal is to make more than 10,000 books and other documents available
electronically by the year 2001. So you can look forward to "plenty"
more material here. For more information contact,
Michael S. Hart, Executive Director
Project Gutenberg
P.O. Box 2782
Champaign, IL 61825
E-mail: hart@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu
Date checked: Dec. 4, 1994
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5.16 Chinese Music Archive
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This site on the Internet is an "audio" archive site for Chinese
music. If you have the capability to play audio files, this might be
an interesting place to investigate. The Chinese music is classified
into various catagories. Some of the catagories include -- Beijing
Opera, Songs during the Cultural Revolution, Songs Popular before the
Liberation, Chinese Traditional Music, Ceremonial Songs and Music,
Current Popular Hits, Pop Songs after the Downfall of the "Gang of
Four", Pre-Cultural Revolution Songs, Songs from Taiwan and Hong Kong,
and Folk Songs and Local Opera.
URL: gopher://ftp.cs.ttu.edu:70/1ftp%3asunsite.unc.edu%40/pub/
multimedia/chinese-music/
E-mail: chmus@sunsite.unc.edu
Date checked: Jan. 7, 1995
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5.17 Asian Art on the Web
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An Asian Art Web site is maintained by MkzdK, and sponsored by Studio
X, an experimental media company located in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Asian Art site "will feature fine exhibitions in private galleries,
new or rare color publications, and new discoveries in Asian Art." At
the present time, concentration is on the art of the Himalayas. In the
future, they plan to represent works from Asian art galleries
worldwide.
Contact: asianart@nets.com
URL: http://www.nets.com/asianart
Date checked: Dec. 15, 1994
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5.18 Pacific Rim and Asian Resources
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Even if you were born and raised in the U.S.A., Asian Americans are
often expected to be experts on Asian countries. So, if a friend
suddenly asks you, "What's the life expectancy in Thailand?" -- the
network may help you out. The following Internet resources can lead
you to information on Asia. This guide doesn't emphasize the "Asian"
Internet resources, but much information has already been gathered.
The Australian National University, Coombs Computing Unit, Research
Schools of Social Sciences & Pacific and Asian Studies in Canberra has
an extensive gopher-based system that keeps track of a large number of
worldwide network-accessible Asian resources. If it's related to
Asia, you might find it here by following the gopher menus.
URL: gopher://cheops.anu.edu.au:70/11/ResearchFacilities/PACIFIC
A WWW document also at Australia National University is available with
links to information facilities in the field of Asian Studies.
URL: http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html
The U.S. Library of Congress has an Asian "Reading Room" with Chinese,
Japanese, Korean, and South Asian sections. It is still under
construction, but it looks promising.
URL: gopher://marvel.loc.gov:70/11/research/reading.rooms/asian
The "South Asia Gopher", compiled by David Magier at the Columbia
University, is a good collection of information resources relating to
South Asia. It offers databases, directories, bibliographic
resources, listings of newsgroups and mailing lists, news digests,
organizations, conferences and events, electronic text archives and
software, teaching resources. Also provided are academic job postings
and position announcements, grant, scholarship and fellowship
opportunities in South Asian studies.
Contact: David Magier, PhD (magier@columbia.edu)
URL: gopher://gopher.cc.columbia.edu:71/11/clioplus/
scholarly/SouthAsia
Mention of the CIA may send shivers, but they know a lot about
geography. The "CIA World Factbook" gives you all kinds of facts and
figures on various countries around the world. You can find the
population statistics, the exchange rate, political parties, major
industries, illicit drugs, number of airports, and even the U.S.
ambassador's fax number.
URL: gopher://nwoca7.nwoca.ohio.gov:70/11gopher_root2%3a%5b_CIA94%5d
(By the way, World Factbook says that the life expectancy in Thailand
is 68.35 years.)
Another good U.S. government source is the "Army Area Handbook". Books
for China, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, and South Korea
are presently available. They include a very detailed account of the
history, government, politics, religions, industries, minority groups,
and almost everything else you ever wanted to know.
URL: gopher://umslvma.umsl.edu:70/11/LIBRARY/GOVDOCS/ARMYAHBS
In Asian countries, there is a diversity of minority ethnic groups and
indigenous people who are often unrecognized or oppressed. The term
"Fourth World" has been used to describe many of these nations. The
Fourth World Documentation Project WWW page contains documents related
to Asian "Fourth World" concerns.
URL: http://www.halcyon.com/FWDP/eurasia.html
Date checked: Jan. 1, 1995
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And finally, this site on the World-Wide Web should not be missed! It
is the Web page for Asian American resources -- many linked with the
URL's provided by this guide. Many thanks go to Brian Yamauchi. (It
is still under construction at the time of this writing.)
Contact: yamauchi@alpha.ces.cwru.edu
URL: http://yuggoth.ces.cwru.edu/yamauchi/aar.html
This site holds the most recent update of the "Internet Guide for
Asian American Cybernauts".
Date checked: Dec. 18, 1994
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6 CONCLUDING COMMENTS
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As long as we have some definite idea about or some
hope for the future, we cannot really be serious with
the moment that exists right now.
-- Suzuki Roshi, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Hopefully, this guide has provided a small glimpse into our "future"
-- our "information society". We have shown that Asian Americans are
quite active in cyberspace, and many Asian American concerns are
represented here as well. The Internet is a dynamic place -- changing
quickly, even as you read this sentence. Who knows what possibilities
the future might hold?
If "An Internet Guide for Asian American Cybernauts" was useful,
please give us feedback. (Remember to mail the postcard.) Also
please mention any noted errors, typos, or changes. New and updated
information regarding any Asian American resource will be "greatly"
appreciated -- of course! We're only an e-mail message away!
And, hopefully, this is not the final word. The Internet is growing
at exponential rates, so it will take some effort to keep this guide
updated. Positive feedback will certainly encourage us to keep on
doing what we're doing! Feel free to direct any correspondence and
contributions to
Wataru Ebihara (ebihara.1@osu.edu)
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A brief note for reflection...
We've all been hearing about the "information age" -- revolutions in
telecommunications, television, computers, multimedia, the information
superhighway. Are you getting tired of it? We can certainly get
enough "information" to feel overwhelmed -- to the point where
information is transformed into meaningless bits of technocratic
trivia.
But where will people fit into all this? It often helps to be
reminded, that each computer screen faces outward, with its
phosphorescent glow falling onto the faces of human beings. The
Internet is really a network of "people", and not just computers. The
technology is not inherently good or evil, but its fate will be
determined by us.
The real value to our lives, may be determined by what we chose to
"do" with this tremendous resource for knowledge. Life is not always
easy, often full of struggles; we have difficulties to overcome. May
further understanding of our diverse society -- Asian Americans, other
minorities, the mainstream majority, and ourselves -- lead to a more
peaceful and compassionate world.
Cyberspace is not meant to be a "passive" place. Be active! By using
electronic mail, mailing lists, and newsgroups, we hope that positive
opportunities will open up for everyone to "connect" with friends and
fellow human beings. Share your ideas, experiences, and insights;
think about what other people have to say. We may not solve the
world's problems overnight, but as a global society, by understanding
each other, and working together, we can make a real difference!
We're all part of the "Web"!
Best Wishes to all travelers in Cyberspace!
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SUGGESTED INTERNET REFERENCES
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The following Internet references are available for free online.
Note that a "publisher" is not given for electronic publications, but
rather the e-mail address and URL is provided.
Cerf, Vint (1993). "How the Internet Came to Be".
URL: gopher://lib-gopher.lib.indiana.edu:70/0/pub-data/
internet-room/history/history-vint-cerf
Gaffin, Adam (1994). "EEF's Guide to the Internet", Version 2.36,
The Electronic Frontier Foundation.
E-mail: ask@eff.org
URL: gopher://gopher.eff.org:70/11/Net_info/EFF_Net_Guide
Goodwin, John E. (1993). "Elements of E-Text Style", Version 1.0.
E-mail: jegoodwin@delphi.com
URL: gopher://wiretap.spies.com:70/00/Library/Classic/estyle.txt
Kehoe, Brendan P. (1992). "Zen and the Art of the Internet: A
Beginner's Guide to the Internet", First Edition.
E-mail: brendan@cs.widener.edu
URL: gopher://vega.lib.ncsu.edu:70/00/library/reference/
guides/zen10.txt
Rovers, Perry (1994). "Anonymous FTP Frequently Asked Questions
(FAQ) List".
E-mail: perry.rovers@kub.nl
URL: http://www.ifi.uio.no/~gorme/ftp-list.html
Rinaldi, Arlene H. (1992). "The Net User Guidelines and Netiquette",
Florida Atlantic University.
E-mail: rinaldi@acc.fau.edu
URL: gopher://vega.lib.ncsu.edu:70/00/library/reference/
guides/netiquette
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Some of the inspiration for this guide arises from personal
experiences with the Internet, but it would not be possible without
the help from many people. First, many thanks go to the wonderful
members on the AAGPSO electronic mailing list. It has provided me with
a unique sense of an Asian American "community" while living in a
location quite isolated from other Asian Americans.
Sometimes a kind word or helpful comment goes a long way to encourage
someone. Whether they realize it or not, special thanks go to Raja
Daoud, Jean Giovanetti, Linda Mabalot, John Streamas, Jean Lee Cole,
Theo Feng, Jeff Yang, Yen Tseng.
Sometimes, tidbits of information lead to other people and places, and
makes something possible. Thanks also go to Teresa Mok, Elvin Chan,
Eveline Wu, Bruce Koon, Jenny Lin, Stephanie Tai, Tomoyuki Tanaka,
Craig Rice, Lorelei Tanji. And finally, too numerous to mention by
name are all the people who have contributed information about their
organizations, mailing lists, and gopher/WWW sites. And thanks
to Brian Yamauchi for providing a "home" to house this document.
Thank you everyone!
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I will eventually travel to all the places I've dreamed
about. I will meet my friends and know them as if I'd
known them all my life.
-- Rainsford Chan in Shawn Wong's "Homebase"
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