All posts by Amok

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) blog, blog, diversity, news, race

Emil Guillermo: Asian Americans could unwittingly help decide the name fight for the Washington NFL football team.

The First Amendment is No.1 for a reason.

And yesterday it gave new life to the Asian American rock band, The Slants, and its  appeal to trademark the group’s name.

slants

But if The Slants win that battle, it could mean the First Amendment would also apply to the Washington NFL franchise trying to keep its name.

Read my piece here on NBCNews.com.

Listen to The Slants here.

CHECK OUT THE NEW HOME FOR THE AMOK COLUMN: www.aaldef.org/blog

LIKE  and FOLLOW us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/emilguillermo.media

And FOLLOW my latest tweets  on  Twitter    http://www.twitter.com/emilamok

 

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) blog, blog, diversity, news

Emil Guillermo: Congratulations to Ken Watanabe, Tony nominated for “The King and I.”

ken watanabe

Nominated for Best Lead Actor, Musical…  Great news for Asian American actors, when the King is not played by a white male.

Obviously, he had more than the hair right for the part.

CHECK OUT THE NEW HOME FOR THE AMOK COLUMN: www.aaldef.org/blog

LIKE  and FOLLOW us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/emilguillermo.media

And FOLLOW my latest tweets  on  Twitter    http://www.twitter.com/emilamok

blog, diversity, news, politics, race

Emil Guillermo: Bruce Jenner has people talking, but does he represent the diversity in the trans world?

brucejennerRich people like Bruce Jenner can afford surgery and treatments.

But there are poor and working class trans people who aren’t covered by insurance and fear the price of their journey may be too high.

On top of that, I know trans people of color who fear discrimination and harassment every day.

It all makes Jenner such a poor spokesperson for the trans community.

His announcement is good for Jenner in Malibu, and his reality shows. But his trans reality isn’t what most people experience.

He’s hardly representative of the trans world.

See my column on trans diversity here.

 

CHECK OUT THE NEW HOME FOR THE AMOK COLUMN: www.aaldef.org/blog

LIKE  and FOLLOW us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/emilguillermo.media

And FOLLOW my latest tweets  on  Twitter    http://www.twitter.com/emilamok

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) blog, blog, news

Emil Guillermo: Sherpas I talked to were optimistic, but this video of when earthquake/avalanche hit Everest base camp makes it hard to imagine climbing season will resume in Nepal; UPDATED

As I write there are 17 confirmed dead at Mt.Everest.

My Sherpa contacts in the U.S. had hoped for a resumption of the season since it means so much to Nepal revenue-wise.

But they hadn’t seen this video released today that shows the power of the quake as it hit the base camp.

UPDATE:

Reports on Monday morning now put dead at more than 4,000  throughout Nepal.

The numbers of people hurt on Mt. Everest also grows.  At least 17 are dead. And as some of the injured have been rescued two days after the initial quake,  the fear remains that an unknown number of people may still be trapped on the mountain.

UPDATE:
Tuesday morning reports say the death toll is now more than 5,000, and growing.

By comparison, Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines claimed  more than 6,000 lives.

 

CHECK OUT THE NEW HOME FOR THE AMOK COLUMN: www.aaldef.org/blog

LIKE  and FOLLOW us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/emilguillermo.media

And FOLLOW my latest tweets  on  Twitter    http://www.twitter.com/emilamok