Frank Shyong
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Former @latimes columnist writing about Asian american communities, race and Los Angeles and everything else. big liker of food
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Today is also my last day at the paper after nearly 13 years, and this will be my last column. I'm grateful that it happened to be one about saying goodbye.
I wrote about the legacy of Koda Farms, California rice growers for nearly 100 years, creators of the rice I've been eating all my life:
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tried to pay lunch bill w/a Chinese attorney. Did the fake going to the bathroom trick, & she was on the phone so thought I had it, but no. While still on the call, with 1 hand and w/out speaking, she forces the waiter to take her card. Humbled. still have so much to learn
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Asian pet owners: how do you feel about the fact that 100 percent of you have named your pet “mochi”
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Asians: hey our food is similar I wonder why wow culture is fascinating
Koreans: actually this is a special, unique, only in Korea dish, marinated in Korean sauce for 24 Korean hours using a special Korean technique known only to genetically pure Koreans
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I wrote this column about my struggles with depression and trying to overcome the stigmas surrounding it:
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Today is the 150th anniversary of the 1871 Chinese massacre. I wrote about how it was forgotten, and how Chinese Americans are trying to remember:
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I wrote about LA Councilmembers physically attacking protesters, telling them “f*ck” you, calling them terrorists, and how this behavior by elected officials should be way more troubling to you than combative, rude protest tactics.
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Finding friends in LA isn’t hard, finding friends in LA who will drive to the San Gabriel Valley is hard
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Disgusting, indefensible racism from Nury Martinez, Kevin De Leon and Gil Cedillo. Not just racist words, but racist sentiments, towards not just Blacks but Latinos too.
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Going to learn from this. Next time, when the bill comes, I’ll be in the kitchen, having prepared the entire meal single-handedly w/ingredients from my personal farm, packing to go boxes for each member of their extended family. They’ll never see it coming
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Asian Americans are people of color. Without question. End of story. People who say different don’t know your life. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk
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I wrote about homelessness as a human rights issue vs homelessness as a property rights issue, and argue that the two are incompatible
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I wrote about a koreatown thai restaurant that Central Americans kept telling me was their favorite restaurant in the city.
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Just learned that this bend on the 10 Freeway, former bane of my west side commute, was created when white homeowners in cheviot hills pushed freeway expansion south where it destroyed dozens of homes in historically black Sugar Hill, now West Adams/the heights. Thx cheviot hills
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can’t win any more. Thinking about learning some close up magic/sleight of hand so I can try switching the cards when they’re not looking
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Sorry this was a hot take. The truth is, some Asians’ pets are also named either tofu or boba or in some rare cases, some other Asian food item. But those are the facts
Asian pet owners: how do you feel about the fact that 100 percent of you have named your pet “mochi”
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Help, I’m at an airport experiencing an inconvenience while verified!
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Koreans I say this with love please do not cancel me, please do not alert the BTS army
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I wrote about chili crisp capitalists and how AAPI Heritage month is starting to feel like a forced smile
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Gonna celebrate this victory with a nice, evenly wrapped, non watery LA burrito 👌
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So, uh, funny story....adopted a cat last weekend....been trying to come up with a name...and I think I'm going to name her Dumpling? 😅
Sorry this was a hot take. The truth is, some Asians’ pets are also named either tofu or boba or in some rare cases, some other Asian food item. But those are the facts
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I wrote a profile of Danny Park, who keeps a picture of Latasha Harlins by his desk in the office of his family store in Skid Row as a reminder of the fraught history between Korean shopkeepers and their Black clientele in Los Angeles.
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I agree and I would also just like to add, who eats only five dumplings? Is this a lunar new year for ants???
😱TOO stunned to see this in
@guardian
@ObserverUK
Lunar New Year recipes. You most definitely DO NOT pair a LNY dish w joss paper 金銀衣紙 which=hell money you burn for the dead. You DO NOT talk abt death in the New Year! DM me next time if you are unsure
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The L.A. Times has the largest representation of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders of any major U.S. newsroom. We’re forming
@LATAAPICaucus
to better serve our communities and to stand in solidarity with
@LATBlackCaucus
@LATLatinoCaucus
.
#AAPIatLAT
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Instead of posting my wordle scores and indirectly bragging about my intelligence, i hope it’s ok if I just skip straight to posting my SAT score. perfect 800 verbal section y’all respect my vocabulary
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I wrote about
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@chandavkl
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As is tradition I have prepared some colorful insults of the regional foods of the Dodgers postseason opponents. Please do not respond with substantive arguments as I will be forced to respond with utter nonsense.
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I'm walking out with hundreds of my colleagues today because I'm scared for the future of the LA Times. We face cuts that would forever change the character of this newspaper, and we need you to know what's happening.
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After being open about my mental health I figured I would be second-guessing people's reactions towards me for the rest of my life. it's so meaningful, gratifying to see Simone Biles, Naomi Osaka and others, non celebrities too, choose their health and explain their choices
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Deciding to publish this was hard. I did it to try to refuse shame, to keep a promise, and to respect my family in the only way I know how.
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@Nickfromlb
There’s also asking the restaurant to designate your credit card for the bill when making the reservation, weeks before the dinner even happens.
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I wrote about Miguel Hernandez, the Oaxacan-born cook, marathon and bonsai artist who has cared for historic collection at Yamaguchi Nursery on Sawtelle since his teacher George Yamaguchi died in 2005.
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I wrote about the legacy of Koda Farms, California rice growers for nearly 100 years, creators of the rice I've been eating all my life:
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My lil loaf Amai is home 💖a woman down the street found her and called me. thank you so much to everyone to helped take care of her or helped me look
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For me, visiting Taiwan has always meant hanging out in 7-11's. my uncle runs a few in Taichung and it's our first stop after the airport. I wrote about how 7-11's evolved from texas ice houses to institutions central to Taiwanese life
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Life hack: easy weekday dinners that double as a cry for help
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Condolences to all the Taiwanese kids who went home for the holidays and found brown rice/no rice/cauliflower/millet rice in the rice cooker. Did everyones' mom watch the same viral youtube video??
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I wrote about Irvine, white flight and the antiquated racism that's increasingly common in Southern California's rapidly diversifying suburbs
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Being a columnist was a dream I never even dared to have. Didn’t win any awards, but a few years ago, the lady taking my order at the taco truck I’ve gone to for a decade recognized me as “that guy who writes about the neighborhoods.” I’d argue that’s basically an LA pulitzer.
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A few years ago, I was reporting in South LA and a local pastor asked "what are you doing here?" He said the LAT, especially Asians, "don't come down here." As part of our LA riots 30th anniversary coverage, I wrote about figuring out what he meant.
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I wrote about the eviction of Little Tokyo's Suehiro Cafe. I ask whether rail development is reproducing freeway racism, because it's most harmful effects are borne by Chinatown, Boyle Heights, Inglewood, Little Tokyo, Koreatown and others.
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not to start this up again but the authentic pronunciation is Ranch 99. Only colonizers say 99 Ranch
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This non-apology, which makes the bizarre, illogical claim that racist remarks are justified by frustration over racism, just digs the grave deeper. "sorry" has never been more meaningless.
NEW:
@CD6Nury
has issued a statement apologizing for comments she made in a leaked audio recording, which was obtained by the
@latimes
. In it she makes racist remarks about
@mikebonin
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Really appreciate how much Shohei fandom among Asians is just plain thirst. Sat behind a Taiwanese family that could barely contain themselves lol. As for me I bought angels tickets seconds after seeing this picture of his arms
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I wrote about a little mochi shop in Gardena that never has a line, but almost always sells out, where two brothers have come to appreciate their role as not just creators of familiar flavors but stewards of a community's precious memories
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This week the column is about Henry Fuhrmann and the mugs he gave to young journalists.
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Wow never realized how stacked Las Tunas/Mission in San Gabriel is with Asian food now. Like seven boba places plus heavy hitters like Golden Deli, Hui Tou Xiang, bonchon, yuk dae jang, tasty noodle house, Yama seafood down the street, dessert places.
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You can be a huge baby about driving or you can see the rest of Los Angeles, those are the choices
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I wrote about Nashville, LA, hot chicken and how everything is everywhere now, for better or for worse:
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Haven’t see this many of my coworkers in years. it was
@latguild
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lastly, @ all food in SF: being expensive is not an identity
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To any politician that is looking to appeal to the Asian American community: I would like to offer my services. As you can see my face looks very Asian on camera. We can go to dim sum and you can order. I will grade you based on the order and how long you take to peel a shrimp
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I wrote about the Black Korean conflict, and what it's like reporting in the aftermath of the Los Angeles Riots with a face that many mistake for Korean.
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This column is now published in Chinese.
I wrote this column about my struggles with depression and trying to overcome the stigmas surrounding it:
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Back at work today y'all. My column will be back on Monday and running weekly after that. Grateful for the chance to take a break and for the people in my life. Feeling genuinely excited to get started.
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I wrote about feeling like the Grinch of Lunar New Year, and how your own culture can feel like a costume
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We’re hiring an Asian American communities reporter! If you want to cover Asian American issues, communities and culture, there’s really no better place to do it than socal
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Literally exulting in the taste of any/all food that did not spend 45 mins in a styrofoam container. The best restaurant is every restaurant, 5 stars for all
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I haven’t found my cat, but thank you to those who helped me look or passed the word along, truly grateful. I hope she is ok and that someone is taking good care of her 💔
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Just trying to get ahead of this thing. Listening and learning 🙏🏼
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Little Tokyo gift shop owner says the citypop and 80’s albums he’s stocked for 20 years are suddenly flying off the shelves at inflated prices. Tatsuro Yamashita and others aren’t on streaming, but this place (Ginza gifts) has them on vinyl. Why is city pop so popular rn?
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Wish this was surprising, but this kind of blatantly corrupt, utterly self interested racial politicking has almost always been a part of the council's operation.
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First they put cheese on boba and we said nothing. Then they put cheese on ramen and still, we said nothing. Then they put cheese in ice cream and and there was no one left to say anything
We regret to inform you that Van Leeuwen’s Kraft mac and cheese ice cream is very good
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Latest column: before Yong Yang was fatally shot by an LAPD officer, he was happier than he had been in years, his family said, maintaining relationships, living independently and in close contact with relatives.
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A day after my
@latimes
piece on Danny Park and the skid row peoples market, he made the front page of the Korea Daily. Photo via
@ssoyunum
@LiquorDreamsMov
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I wrote about Larry Elder and how to recognize a model minority candidate.
Larry Elder is an example of a model minority candidate, a politician who succeeds by betraying their community. Think of it as first stepping on the people around you so you can appear to be pulling yourself up by the bootstraps, writes
@frankshyong
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No one ever talks about how convenient Venice is. Whatever you need - Incense, henna tattoos or pictures of stoned Nintendo characters, all right there. Surfboard magnets? Reggae cd’s? Just steps away and thrust conveniently into your hands
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Actually this isn’t true. I won the Golden Spike Award from the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California. This is also essentially an LA Pulitzer
Being a columnist was a dream I never even dared to have. Didn’t win any awards, but a few years ago, the lady taking my order at the taco truck I’ve gone to for a decade recognized me as “that guy who writes about the neighborhoods.” I’d argue that’s basically an LA pulitzer.
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I'm starting a semi-regular feature in the column called Intersections. Basically, I'll write about an intersection describe the community there - actual intersections yes, but also intersections of culture, people and places.
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Everywhere I go, I visit Chinatown. I wrote about some of those experiences in this piece about LA Chinatown's future.
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If a white media man is canceled for racism in 2021, they stand to reap a bari weiss/TCW/whoever op-ed, an appearance on bill maher, weeks of blind support of multiple accounts with enormous platforms and possibly a benyt or wapo column & conservative stardom should they choose
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The mission burrito is overrated and poorly constructed. There are too many ingredients. The tortilla is soggy. The burrito is overstuffed and slowly implodes as you eat it. The mingled sauces leak out of the wrapper like a dirty diaper.
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I wrote about how hard it is to get to the beach in LA, and why that is.
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I probably wouldn’t be in journalism any more if it wasn’t for Reed. He listened to us, believed us, and tried to make the LA Times a more humane place. Forever grateful
I’ve been laid off, but am grateful this remarkable woman could be my final LA Times story. “Can L.A.'s Maria Rosario Jackson use art to heal an anxious America? Joe Biden thinks so”
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About 5 minutes after stepping foot into NYC Chinatown, I met Corky. A few minutes after that he was introducing me to everyone, offering me rides, putting me onto pastrami fried rice. He was unflappable and hilarious, like a Chinese American Christopher Walken. I'll miss him.
Corky Lee, the unofficial photo laureate of the Asian-American community, has died of COVID. The photo that epitomizes his work was this recreation of the famed Golden Spike Transcontinental Railroad with descendants of railroad workers.
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I've been trying to hold this take in but I just can't any more. The "east side" (silverlake etc) and the westside are not really that different! eastsiders stop trying to pretend like you wouldn't love all of the same stuff on the westside. You all like the same bougie things!
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Most Asian part of this is probably how they have not taken the protective plastic off of the robot's face/screen
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Was served this “wonton noodle soup” this past weekend. Instant ramen and boiled romaine lettuce! In a heart shaped bowl. almost went full Karen
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Enough of “iykyk” i give up ok? I don’t know. You’re cooler than me, you win. Just tell me where it is so I can go/eat it
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It feels like soon there will be a birria version of every kind of food in la and I’m all for it. Where are the birria dumplings at?
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Pissed that Facebook won't take this my imposter/bot FB account down, but even more pissed that it has more followers than me
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Leaving is hard bc I loved this work. But it’s time to move on - I’ll be writing a newsletter, working on a novel and traveling. I'll have more specifics soon but drop your email here if you want to keep up with my writing:
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When I started this beat in 2013, I might've been the only reporter writing about Asians full time - now there are several such positions. I was the 1st Asian American metro columnist in the newspaper’s history. I'm happy that there's so many more people doing this work.
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Kei Ai Los Angeles was built to serve the Japanese community. Since last march, it's also served as a county-designated COVID ward to relieve overcrowded ICU's. 97 have died. Many say they were never informed that the facility was accepting transfers.
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Anyone have a favorite jajangmyun place in LA? Same question for jjamppong, and generally, what’s the best Korean noodle place?
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I wrote about friendships in LA, depression and the interpersonal politics of who drives where in LA:
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There are pink walls out here too to hold your lattes in front of. You can be just as basic as you were on the west side out here
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Lol why does every Old Town have a mediocre Mexican restaurant that calls itself a “cantina”
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