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Whether you like it or not, the holidays are upon us. Ever since my child was born we’ve visited the mall for our yearly, obligatory crying picture with Santa. At the mall we go to, there is only ever a Caucasian Santa. I’ve heard stories where parents get to choose between an African American or Caucasian one. Unfortunately, I’ve never had a chance to make such a choice. On a side note, I think I’d choose the African American Santa.

To be historically accurate, the real Santa probably looked more olive skinned than anything. And technically, since Saint Nicholas was born in Greece, which is Asia minor, he should be considered Asian. Don’t believe me? Take a look at my 8Asians article, “Is Santa Asian?”

But my visit to Santa this year got me thinking: What if we could go to a place that had an Asian Santa?

Read the rest of my article here.

Check out my article about why Quentin Lee and I started CHOPSO.

Over the last year director/writer/producer Quentin Lee and I have been working hard on a new company, CHOPSO, the first video streaming platform featuring English-language Asian content in the world. As a filmmaker/writer and as a former Vice President at the Japanese American National Museum, I had the unique perspective of being on both sides of the art world. Looking back now, I can see that together they led me toward the path of creating CHOPSO. […] Continue »

Today, my newest venture CHOPSO, is launching. I’m super proud of the team behind it. Please consider supporting this project.

CHOPSO (www.chopso.com) is the first all Asian-English streaming service. We have feature and short movies, documentaries, web series, music, and podcasts.

We (and I include myself in this) always complain that there’s no place for Asian American stories, well we’ve created one. Help us make sure it can be a success,

Great article about CHOPSO over on Silicon Prairie News

Omaha-based AIM Hatchfund, a public charity and grant-making organization for artists, has partnered with video streaming service CHOPSO to promote the creation and distribution of English-language Asian video content.

Here’s my quote… I think I sound better in quotes than in real life. 🙂

“One of the biggest challenges for Asian-English content around the world is that traditional distribution has not really covered that market,” said CHOPSO’s CEO, Koji Sakai. “CHOPSO is hoping to create a marketplace for that content and to be able to show it around the world.”

Read the rest of the article HERE.

Check out my article on Japanese American parenting over on the Kizuna blog.

The incarnation of Japanese Americans during World War II has impacted the community in a variety of ways—some that are obvious and some that are not. Whenever I go to a Japanese American event, I am still surprised by how many times “camp” comes up. As descendant of someone who spent a good portion of their childhood in one, it is never far from my mind. And in the current political and cultural climate we find ourselves in today, it seems to come up even more.

Read the rest of the article HERE.

Dying to Kill is now on Amazon Prime. Watch it now! Be sure to tell a friend or two about it. Also, be sure to leave a kind review!

Watch it on Amazon Prime now.