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We’ve read the Miami Dolphins’ bullying report. It’s gut-wrenching.

Jonathan Martin, Andrew McDonald, and the anonymous Japanese American assistant trainer are going through some serious shit right now. The last person in the report to remain anonymous, a Japanese American assistant trainer, is clearly afraid of retribution, especially because he’s just a guy who works there, not someone who hits the field. While Jonathan Martin hits the headlines with his leadership, we want this trainer to know: he’s not alone.

If you’re worried about 2042 and the new white minority in the U.S., Hari Kondabolu is here to disabuse you of the notion that Jan. 1 2042 will be a magic moment for people of color.

Happy 81st birthday to the ever-fabulous Yoko Ono!

These two Americans just opened an American-style Chinese restaurant in Shanghai.

I don’t care if it makes me a bad Chinese person, I freakin’ love General Tso’s tofu.

Chinese martial arts are often reduced to the Shaolin kung fu that you see in movies. More than just high-flying acrobats, their tradition is also deeply rooted in an internal practice of martial arts.
This photoset gives a look inside how actual...

Chinese martial arts are often reduced to the Shaolin kung fu that you see in movies. More than just high-flying acrobats, their tradition is also deeply rooted in an internal practice of martial arts.

This photoset gives a look inside how actual Shaolin monks train in brilliant black & white..

Redefining Hollywood: 'Diversity Makes More Money'

Study finds that TV shows and films with diverse casts have the highest household ratings.

I love it when researchers go and prove something that we all already knew but powerful white people keep acting as if doesn’t exist.

Happy Valentine’s Day from 18MR. You have the power to transform yourself and the world!

“Self-love cannot flourish in isolation. It is no easy task to be self-loving. Simple axioms that make self-love sound easy only make matters worse. It leaves many people wondering why, if it is so easy, they continue to be trapped by feelings of low self-esteem or self-hatred. Using a working definition of love that tells us it is the action we take on behalf of our own or another’s spiritual growth provides us with a beginning blueprint for working on the issue of self-love.”

— bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions, p. 54 (via eat-good-food)

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18MR friend Ju Hong has a Valentine for the President: there is literally nothing more romantic than stopping the deportations.

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Yuri Kochiyama is a prominent Japanese American human rights activists and a huge proponent of Afro-Asian solidarity and solidarity amongst movements. In 1960, Kochiyama moved to Harlem in New York City and joined the Harlem Parents Committee. She became acquainted with Malcolm X and was a member of his Organization of Afro-American Unity, following his departure from the Nation of Islam. Yuri was present at his assassination on February 21, 1965, at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, and held him in her arms as he lay dying. Kochiyama was also a member of the Young Lords, the group of Puerto Ricans who fought for Puerto Rican independence and at one point took over the Statue of Liberty to draw attention to the struggle. She is revered for her six decades of intensive social justice commitments.

FOR MORE INFO Search: “Organization of Afro-American Unity”, “Young Lords”, “Civil Liberties Act of 1988”, “Mumia Abu-Jamal”, “MALCOLM X”