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...largely Asian-American crowd of 250 filled the ARCO Forum last night to hear Alberta Lee speak in defense of her father Wen Ho Lee, a former Los Alamos scientist accused of compromising national security...
...Still getting over a bad break-up? Perhaps you'll find consolation-or at least food for thought-in the Asian-American Association Player's production of Chay Yew's A Language of Their Own in the Leverett House Old Library. A look into the little-explored Asian-American gay community, the play is sure to be humorous, touching and provocative...
...impetus for Chinese Americans to organize as a political force. The Wen Ho Lee Fund, based in California, has so far raised nearly $400,000 in small donations from across the country. Lee's release is likely to increase financial support for his full exoneration--and to fuel future Asian-American activism...
...have smothered Asian contributions and hence influence. John Huang, a Democratic fund raiser, pleaded guilty to conspiring to break campaign-finance laws; Johnny Chung, a California businessman (also represented by Lee's lawyer Sun), pleaded guilty to making illegal campaign contributions. Even public service was seen as dangerous territory. Clinton appointee Hoyt Zia, chief counsel for the Bureau of Export Administration, faced conservative challenges to his loyalty as an American before he left the post. Says his sister Helen Zia, author of the new book Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People (Farrar Straus & Giroux): "Every Asian-American...
...perception that Asian Americans are easy to pick on because we don't have political clout and we don't speak out," says aids researcher Dr. David Ho, TIME's 1996 Man of the Year. He and others plan to use a Sept. 18 White House-sponsored "Asian-American initiative" at New York University to rally support for Wen Ho Lee and Asian-American civil rights. Says Ho: "We need our Jesse Jacksons and Al Sharptons to scream bloody murder when an injustice is carried out against our community." Lee's nine-month imprisonment may be the last time...