April 25, 2025 | Vol. 54, Issue 8
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Month: October 2020

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Roxbury International Film Festival holds first virtual screenings, celebrating artists of color

by Shira Laucharoen

The Roxbury International Film Festival, now in its 22nd year, held its first virtual film festival, from September 30 through October 5. It is currently New England’s largest film festival celebrating people of color from around the globe, and this year’s festival featured three movies directed by artists of Asian background. The films “The Little Goddess,” “Furthest From,” and “A Knight’s Tour” were respectively directed by Gauri Adelkar, Kyung Sok Kim, and Marvin Choi. According to a press statement from […]

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Movie theaters face challenges reopening after months of closure

by Karen Mai

During the pandemic, the movie theater industry has taken a substantial hit. Even as other businesses have begun reopening, the question remains: should we prioritize entertainment or minimizing risk during this time? Local theaters struggle with striking this balance, even though many guidelines and safety precautions have been taken along with alternatives. According to FactSet data, AMC stocks have dropped “27% since the start of the year.” Box office sales have consequently been drastically impacted as well. In an Instagram […]

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Food for Thought: Day trip to lower Cape Cod

by Anna Ing

Since traveling abroad has been shut down by the pandemic, I have increased my exploring around our lovely Massachusetts state. Recently, we went to the fishing town of Wellfleet (only two miles wide) and Chatham (in the Southeastern tip) in the lower part of Cape Cod. We headed to the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, spread over 650 acres of salt marsh, with pines and moors to check out. We were able to walk one or two of their nature trails. […]

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Bilingual Myth Buster Series: “I think emotions are the same in Chinese and English – angry is still angry, right?”

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By Shirley Huang, speech-language pathologist and bilingual researcher (黄文思) When my sister and I were little we used to get into a lot of trouble. We cut the carpet in our bedrooms because we thought it would grow like grass. We took turns using the washing machine to try to wash ourselves, like we did our clothes. We melted chocolate bars in a microwave until they exploded everywhere, because we wanted to drink hot chocolate. In these moments, my mother […]

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What do you do when stuck overseas as a green card holder?

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By Yu Sin Mok, Paralegal at Greater Boston Legal Services “Because of the pandemic, I have been stuck in China for five months already. I don’t know when I can come back because the flights keep getting cancelled,” my client Ms. Huang told me. “Will I lose my green card if I am out of the country for more than six months?” We hear this question often on the Asian Outreach Unit phone line at Greater Boston Legal Services, where […]

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Harmonious

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By a 22 year old female from Boston, MA I grew up with my stepfather. He was a violent, abusive pedophile. As a result, this damaged my self-esteem. I felt like nothing I did was good enough. I was the invisible kid in my class, because I really can live without saying a word for three months. I feel that I am a “good person,” and yet my mother hates me for not having a back bone. Anyone can make […]

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Preserving Chinese culture through ‘Kung Fu’ – the origin of Boston’s Eastern US Kung Fu Federation

by Carey Lin

Arguably the biggest spectacle of any Chinese celebration is perhaps the acrobatic lion dance and martial arts demonstrations. Each school demonstrates techniques that have been taught, learned, and passed down for generations. Colloquially referred to as Chinese kung fu, “officially it is actually called the national sport, ‘國術’,” said Dr. Paul Kwan, Associate Professor of Medical Education at Tufts. In the U.S., kung fu was popularized in the 1970s after the initial successes in Hong Kong in the 50s and […]

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Youth share stories of anti-Asian racism during virtual discussion

by Shira Laucharoen

Youth speakers shared their stories of encountering anti-Asian racism in their lives at a discussion session held on September 8. The talk, “Breaking the Silence on Asian Racism,” was sponsored by Quincy Asian Resources, Inc. (QARI) and the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMASS Boston). Students Yongshi Xu, Justin Chan, Annie Lu, and Aaron Huang voiced their experiences, while Dr. Carolyn Wong, a research associate from UMASS Boston, facilitated. Xu, a senior at The Woodward School for Girls, began the conversation […]

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Bilingual Myth Buster Series: “I think emotions are the same in Chinese and English—angry is still angry, right?”

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By Shirley Huang (黄文思), speech-language pathologist and bilingual researcher (請點這裡閱讀英文版) When my sister and I were little we used to get into a lot of trouble. We cut the carpet in our bedrooms because we thought it would grow like grass. We took turns using the washing machine to try to wash ourselves, like we did our clothes. We melted chocolate bars in a microwave until they exploded everywhere, because we wanted to drink hot chocolate. In these moments, my […]

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Mayor talks flu season, eviction moratorium, immigrant services

by Christine Mui

Mayor Walsh reaffirmed his support in favor of the preliminary injunction blocking U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) fee increases, during an immigrant-serving media roundtable on Thursday, October 1. He also provided updates on housing stability and COVID-19 cases, as flu season starts. The roundtable was hosted by the Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement (MOIA) and facilitated by its director Yusufi Vali, with guest presentations from Rita Nieves, Interim Executive Director of the Boston Public Health Commission, and Katie Forde, […]

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