Ronald Wong, 49, learned his way around the political landscape as a senior staffer for California governor Gray Davis and an appointee in the Clinton administration. Today, his Pasadena, California-based marketing firm,Imprenta Communications Group, is leveraging that experience to help businesses, utilities, politicians, and nonprofits reach America’s consumers of color. –As told to Saki Knafo […]
My friend recently bought a house — $2 million cash in San Marino, CA. This is an all too frequent occurrence in San Marino. Cash buyers, primarily from China, are coming in and driving up the local real estate costs. My friend’s story is somewhat interesting as well. He was born in Taiwan, raised and […]
Posted on January 22, 2014 As Americans, most of us took a few moments to reflect on our day off about the legacy, dream and vision of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As people of color in America, Dr. King’s dream of a color-blind society is particularly poignant for us. Nearly 50 years have passed […]
Today I was greeted in my mailbox with the annual Los Angeles Business Journal Book of Lists 2014. The cover of the book had a full-page picture of Los Angeles’ “Power Players.” To my surprise, 3 of the 4 people pictured on the cover were Asian Americans — Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, and Andrew and Peggy […]
If you take away anything from this site, it is that Asian Pacific Americans (APAs) are the fastest growing ethnic group in the nation. In California, APAs are the third largest ethnic group constituting more than 15 % of the population, or 5.8 million people. This rapid growth is not fueled by an extraordinary birth […]
History has labeled Asian Pacific Americans (APAs) with many names – “chinks,” “coolies,” and “model minorities.” Today, many in the media and academia refer to us as the “Sleeping Giant.” Tasked to mine the mountains and build railroads in the 1800s, faced with adversity and hostility through discrimination and exclusionary laws, the “Sleeping Giant” has awakened and is […]
Thanksgiving has just passed and a new year dawns. It’s time to reflect and give thanks for all of our opportunities and good fortune. Hopefully, we do what we can to make the lives of others a bit brighter. As Asian Pacific Americans we have a lot to be thankful for. We live in […]