Re-Post: Eric Byler blog — What Killed Vincent Chin

[THE FOLLOWING APPEARED ON ERIC BYLER'S MYSPACE BLOG ON JUNE 19, 2007:]Eric Byler Tuesday, June 19, 2007

7:47 PM

What Killed Vincent Chin

To mark the 25th anniversary of Vincent Chin's murder, my friends at Asian Pacific Americans for Progress are planning a National Townhall on Hate...Read more

Immigration and "the Law"

So often those on the Right -- the conservatives who oppose leniency (or what I would more appropriately call compassion) towards "illegal" aliens -- appear to be so self-righteous because they stand with "the Law." To them all matters seem to hinge on the simple and clear fact that "they are here 'illegally;' they broke the law, and that's not right."

I am not writing to support lawlessness, and of course there are reasons for having laws, and we need to abide by them. Read more

18 Mighty Mountain Warriors sketch comedy presented at LATC

My theatre company, Cedar Grove Productions On Stage, will be presenting the 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors, at the Los Angeles Theatre Center (LATC) this month. If you happen to be in Los Angeles, or can be here any of these weekends, come on out and support this hilarious, biting Asian American sketch comedy group. We're always complaining about our strugg...Read more

"Americanese" coming August '07 — YouTube clips posted

Two years ago, around this time, I was heavy into rehearsals for my biggest acting role to date — in many ways, a role of a lifetime — starring, as the romantic lead, in " American," written & directed by Eric Byler, adapted from the novel, " American Knees...Read more

DAY OF INDEPENDENCE screening in Salinas, CA

As some may know, but many do not, February 19 has become known in the Japanese American community as our "Day of Remembrance," commemorating the signing of Executive Order 9066, by President Roosevelt during World War II. E.O. 9066 was signed Feb. 19, 1942, and authorized the forced removal of Americans of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast, out of "military necessity." I put that in quotes because anyone who had as little as 1/16th Japanese blood in them, including all women, children — even...Read more

In-depth interview in ASIANCE Magazine

For anyone interested, an interview of me, by Edmund Moy, for ASIANCE Magazine has just been posted online:

[ read interview on www.asiancemagazine.com].

In the article, I talk about everything from my beginnings at Read more