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Entries from SFist tagged with 'samsonwong'

August 24, 2007

Uh oh! Did you stop by the Jamba Juice on Lincoln Avenue in Willow Glen in San Jose any time during the first two weeks of August? An employee may have given you hepatitis A. Turns out one of the food handlers didn't realize she was sick and she might have given it to you if she didn't wash her hands properly. If you were at the JJ from August 9-16, get a shot. If......

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April 5, 2007

Remember dragon-loving, African-American hating Asianweek columnist Kenneth Eng, and the stir he set off a few weeks ago? Well, after national embarrassment, red-faced apologies, and the now-obligatory pro-tolerance panel attendance by its staff and board, Asianweek finally announced that it's taken action, and quietly demoted Samson Wong, the editor who allowed Eng's piece to run in the first place. (We know, we know, it's old news -- but we were on vacation and just......

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March 1, 2007

We've heard the self-proclaimed "Voice of Asian America," and it's apologizing profusely. SFist Jim stopped by yesterday's NAACP press conference with Amos Brown (.mp3 of his comments) and a shell-shocked Asianweek editor-at-large Ted Fang (at right), where Fang announced that "Why I Hate Blacks" columnist (and sci-fi enthusiast) Kenneth Eng had been fired from their publication. However, the Asianweek editor in chief, Samson Wong, did not participate in the press conference (though SFist Jim......

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