Welcome to Angry Asian America: One Blogger's Journey to Asian American Identity, Arts and Activism

Speaker:

Phil Yu

05 Apr 2017

8:00 PM

Sun Room, Memorial Union

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Phil Yu is a writer, speaker and best known as the founder and editor of Angry Asian Man, one of the most widely read and longest-running independent websites covering news, culture and perspectives from the Asian American community. Mixing humor with criticism, Yu's commentary has been featured and quoted in the New York Times, National Public Radio, CNN, MSNBC, Wall Street Journal, BuzzFeed and more. Yu worked previously at the Center for Asian American Media, as a content producer for Yahoo! Movies, and is executive producer of the feature film Awesome Asian Bad Guys. He graduated with a BS in Radio/TV/Film from Northwestern University and earned his MA in Critical Studies from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television.

Phil Yu is a recipient of the 2016 Justice in Action Award from the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, the 2016 Voice Award from the V3 Digital Media Conference, the 2011 Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Award for Excellence in New Media from the California Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus, the 2012 Salute to Champions Award from the Japanese American Citizens League, the 2011 Public Image Award from Asian Americans Advancing Justice, and the 2011 Excellence in Media Award from OCA-Greater Los Angeles.