Hyphenated Lives

1. Episode 7, Part 1: Weekly Discussion (#BlackPowerYellowPeril) In this week’s discussion, we discuss #BlackPowerYellowPeril, from the history of Black-East Asian solidarity (and the hiccups in it as well), the problems with #BlackPowerLiberAsian as a negative response to #BlackPowerYellowPeril, and some of our favorite tweets from the hashtag. 2. Episode 7, Part 2: News Stories In this week’s news stories, Beyonce courts controversy with an Instagram photo and the use of audio from the Challenger diaster in XO; Keanu Reeve’s 47 Ronin is set to be 2013’s biggest box office bomb; Nicholas Anelka, a French footballer, lands in hot water after performing a reverse Nazi-salute on the pitch; an update on Idris Elba. We also answer asks from ithinkhernamewaskaylyn about a horrendous tumblr and kamikazelove about coming out as queer POC.