tonight, big little man in search of my asian self takes a deep dive into the experiences of asian-american men and examines why many of the negative stereotypes surrounding them still, unfortunately, persist to this very day. then we'll turn to a conversation with center simone campbell who's made it her mission to work for economic justice and immigration reform and has been challenged by the church hierarchy for advocating for the poor. we're glad you've joined us. those conversations coming up right now. ♪ >>> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >>> race and gender stereotypes still dominate much of the american experience, but it's more often than not framed in a black and white dynamic tackling this from an asian perspective is university of oregon professor alex tizon called "big little man" which combines personal experience with an historical perspective. alex tizon, i'm honored to have you on this program. >> great to be here. thanks. i wonder if i could put upon you to read one paragraph -- you got your cheaters in your pocket? >> i've got

then asian-americans after a huge public outcry in the asian-american community, especially in southerncalifornia. they reversed the vote. they asked the proposed amendment to be left off the ballot. is it as simple as saying latino lawmakers would like to say affirmative action reaffirmed, brought back, reinstated and on the other side, the asian lawmakers would like things to stay the way they are. one raised reports based on how the race is index fld the uc system. is it that simple? >> we always want to avoid the word simple. but it gets down to the two groups. each one wants what they think is their fair share. what does it means in terms of the future? >> short-term, this issue is under study, by the way. it's under examination, according to the speaker's office. that's a nice way of saying we're stuck between a rock and a hard place. asian-american students with outstanding grades feel legitimately they have earned their places. and latino representatives feel their number do not reflect the portion of the pop lax. that's a claim that can't be disputed. politically, this is dynam

it's an indication also of the space that the asian-american community has in developing awareness.ican-american benchmarks such as harlem renaissance in the '20s and black face disappearing 50 years later, you can see despite both groups, asian-americans and african-americans being here for centuries, asian-americans have a long way to go. >> what's the next step? >> they'll meet and hope to come up with a compromise. they said, we're open to changing this without having the japanese setting. >> it would seem to me, based on what i saw, it would be difficult -- >> well, that's a good question because in 1938 african-americans decided we are going to put together something called the hot mikado in 1938 and that became the first rendition of this particular play, not in a japanese scene. so, that's an interesting derivative of that play thatcou. >> msnbc's richard lui, thank you. >>> preventing hot car deaths. a 12-year-old has created a device for just that. i'll talk to him next. it is today's "big idea." [ cat meows ] ♪ ♪ da-da-da-da-da, bum-da, bum-da ♪ ♪ bum-da, bum-da ♪ the ani

my name is gary mccluer and i'm here to represent wonderful program called asian neighborhood design construction training program that we teach students how to install solar panel for going green. each cycle, we have about 70% of our students that come from low-income and housing authority and about maybe 60 to 70% of them have been incarcerated and in jail. my job is for me to stay in their life for at least one year due to our record, 70% of them after one year continue to work. so, what we want to do, we want to work with the sheriff's department. they want to release some funds to us to train people coming out of jail. i don't know how much it costs a year to house an inmate, but let's give a ballpark number. let's say $50,000 a year which they can come to asian neighborhood design for $5,000 and we are not guaranteeing them, but we will put them on a path where they wouldn't have to be incarcerated at least a year that i know. and if you guys can take a look at that right there and help asian neighborhood design continue to do the good work that they do out in the community. an

one quick example, on asian-americans in executive leadership, there are not many asian-americans ineo. john: is it discrimination? >> other cultural factors affecting asian-americans'ability to rise through the corporate ranks of america. john: we tend to forget how different america was recently. just wasn't that gays couldn't get security clearances. 40 years ago women couldn't get a credit card without her husband's permission. good old days were not so good for women or blacks. when i was born black people couldn't attend the same schools or eat at the same lunch counter. now we have a black president. he's my president, even though he's wrong about most everything. >> this is the moment when the ocean began to flow and the planet began to heal. >> if you've got a business, you didn't build, that somebody else made that happen. john: when we return how he and bill o'reilly are wrong about the future, which is good news, with one exception. if you wear a denture, touch it with your tongue. if your denture moves, it can irritate your gums. try fixodent plus gum care. it helps stop

many asian americans in ceo. >> there were other culture factors that are affecting asian american'slity to rise through the things are different. little more>> we tend to forget how difficult it was recently. women weren't allowed to vote 40 years ago women couldn't get a credit card without her husband's permission. the good old days were not so good for women or blacks. when i was born black people couldn't legally marry a white person or attend the same schools or eat at the same lunch counter. now we have the black president. he is still my president even though he is wrong about most everything. >> this is the moment when the rise in the social ban to slow. >> if you have a business, you didn't build that. somebody else made that hap it is good news with one ex ex tefrpgs. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammation

now, i'm also going to keep track of asian indexes, ai. we're going to have key data out of china industrial production and gdp for the april to june period. we'll see how that affects japanese shares as well as asian indexes. for now we're still a bit of a mixed picture. the nikkei lower, the broader topix higher. >> ramin, thanks for that update from the tokyo stock exchange there. >>> that does it in business for this hour. i'll leave you with a check on other market figures. >>> every morning, investo to a. the tokyo market leads the way. and markets around the world follow. >> from the decisions that could change the course of an economy. >> to the companies at the forefront of change. >> up-to-the-minute market reports. >> and analysis by specialists from around the world. >> get all the latest business news and insight every day here on "newsline." >>> the south korean government will invite the leaders of ten southeast asian countries to a special summit with president park geun-hye in december. these asean countries are korea's se

we will have a better concept for the asian countries.sentially because this countries, including the euro, uk and gentleman plan. if we take china, for instance, there's still a lot of negati negativity in it. when do exports start recovering? or are we now seeing a fundamental change in the chinese economy? >> it is true that the chinese economy has grown after the crisis, more and more dependant on the domestic demand, including investment and conception. but these are the euro and u.s. and also the -- it is clear that they exported, also. and there is no question about it. >> what do you think is the biggest challenge facing the region? is it the debt, is it rebalancing? is it tapering? am i hitting on any new topics? >> the challenge is further, they continue to pass through, including fighting for inflation or the fiscal deficit and others. they know some countries in asia and also, too, whether they can continue some set of -- or not. and to maintain the open trade with you. those are the issues. and also there is a question about

who he said should now take is his future in the asian hands and that was an implicit suggestion that on some of these issues the united states doesn't really have a say or should not have a say in this it's. the set the sort of speech president who was pretty well noted in china among the foreign policy elites but it was almost completely ignored here in the united states what hasn't taken on the political reality in the u.s. at this point now speaking about this idea of taking asia's future into asian hands the united states has long had a very strong alliance with south korea but it seems that saul too has ambitions of its own and those ambitions may not always be in line of of the american vision the south korean president just wrapped i have a major visit to central asia where she visited kazakhstan uzbekistan and turkmenistan she talked a lot about you know creating some sort of new eurasian union that would connect russia central asia to china and south korea and in its implement that vision she will have to rely much more on russia and china than on the united states isn't tha

the largest amonh the member companies of the association of southeast asian nations. takatoshi shiozaki, nhk world, jakarta. >> that wraps up our bulletin. i'm patchari raksawong in bangkok. >>> emerging economic powers still struggling with poverty. emboldened citizens still demanding democracy. the threat of violence, the push for peace, the shadow of conflict. get news and insight on south and southeast asia every weekday live from bangkok only on nhk world "newsline." >>> japanese scientists have shared more of their findings of what happened with the fukushima daiichi plant. they said that one of the meltdown of the reactors was caused by the tsunami. they released an interim report saying reactor one lost its emergency power because of waves that hit the plant. members of a commission suggested in 2012, the cause had been the earlier earthquake. data that showed up later indicated the arrival of the tsunami coincided with the loss of power. the scientists rejected the suggestion that the earthquake caused the meltdown of the reactor's pipes. they will continue t

at this point now speaking about this idea of taking asia's future into asian hands the united states has long had a very strong alliance with south korea but it seems that saul too has ambitions of its own and those ambitions may not always be in line of of the american vision the south korean president just wrapped up major visit to central asia. where should visit at kazakhstan uzbekistan and turkmenistan she talked a lot about you know creating some sort of new eurasian union that would connect russia central asia to china and south korea and in a team plan and that vision she will have to rely much more on russia and china than on the united states isn't that perhaps a sign of rebalancing in the south korean foreign policy well i'm not sure i would use that term i think the certainly i am very comfortable with president park's efforts to reach out to russia china central asian korea has for obvious historical reasons been preoccupied with its own peninsula and its relationship with japan for decades and for people like myself we've always hoped that the koreans would lift their g

european and asian countries now on alert. the sierra leone president has just declared a state of emergency as held officials are warning the epidemic is spiraling out of control. welcome back. time now for a look at the french and international weekly. i am joined here in the studio by all of her fairy. hello. we start in germany where there is anger mounting against russia. >> that is right. there is in-depth coverage of the aftermath of this crash of flight image 17. a photograph shows a photo montage of the victims, and some of the victims with the headline -- 210 stops here. it said the magazine, because the crÈche europe's 9/11. some might say that is an exaggeration, but for them it is a defining event. it is a strongly worded editorial and says europe must hold true to an to account for the shooting down of image 17. it gives consideration to the possibility of economic follow-up for germany should the sanctions go ahead but says the price to be paid would be much greater if putin is not allowed to continue with his w

here's how other asian indexes finished out the day. shanghai ended higher after the latest manufacturing figures out of china indicated that the country's economy is stabilizing. the shanghai composite seeing a gain of .1%, 2050. and that was the second day of gains. a private hsbc survey showed china's factory activity expanded in june for the first time in six months. singapore's index closed lower, .4%, 3242. shares of property firms took a bit of a hit because of the country's housing data. private home prices feld for a third straight quarter in the three months to june. here's what's going on in europe right now. major indexes are all higher. london is up by nearly .5%. gains of .3% for frankfurt. paris gaining .6 percent. the french bank agreed to pay a fine of almost $9 billion for violating sanctions. 101.58, little changed from the levels that we saw in asian trading hours. they're waiting for a bit more trading cues like the ism manufacturing report that's due out later on tuesday. meanwhile, euro/yen at right around 139.11.

the rift involves latino and asian-american legislators within the democratic party. prop 209 banned affirmative action in 1996. the majority of students applying for colleges was white. nbc political analyst larry says latino lawmakers want affirmative action to be restored to benefit a growing latino population. >> there's so much internal pressure right now given the latino delegation and the asian-american delegation, if you will, over this issue. it's hard to know what's going to happen. >> one ballot measure to restore affirmative action almost made it to the november ballot but gerston says asian-american lawmakers shot it down. the issue is still under study. >>> next california's drought emergency as the state considers tougher penalties for was water-wasters. >> the impact of dry weather on one south bay industry. >> the weekend finishing on a warmer note. most places inland 12 degrees warmer than this time yesterday. livermore close to 90 outside. tomorrow we could see 100 degrees for parts of the bay area. you fifteen percent or more on huh, fiftcar insura

we arrived on asian shores in april of 2013.say is we've been busy. >> well, that is a good thing. how does the model very from other parts of the world? we know that mobile is pretty much front and center. is that what you've been concentrating on/ >> absolutely. for us, our mobile strategy is a big part of our business. a big move that we made was in december of 2013 when we introduced spotify free across all devices. now, you're able to access music across your desktop, your tablet, and your mobile. >> ok. that is just the thing. who uses the service the most per capita? where do you get most of your revenue from? of course, you have two sites, the free and the premium service, as well. >> absolutely. we have actually seen some very interesting data in asia. for example, in terms of just mobile streaming, females are leading the way in that arena where we've seen 700% growth in mobile streaming from females versus 400% from males. pointr interesting data is just a daily mobile music streaming across the countries that we've l

law caucus, asian americans advancing justice. thank you. >> you'll hear during later comments from other agencies that are also active in current enforcement efforts and also some of the changes they've made since the task force concluded. the task force identified four major challenges that confront worker and the city when they seek to enforce wage and hour laws. number one was a lack of resources. despite the investment that san francisco has made in the office of labor of standard enforcement, having a local enforcement agency that look to around the country as a model for how to do local enforcement, the task force still believes the investment of resources is not enough to combat the problem. the second big challenge was the lack of data sharing between agencies. there's no single coordinated system by which a business interacts with the city. so, the department of public health trackses a business in a way that does not necessarily coincide with how law office of labor standards tracks a business ~. so, a city department c

>> it is easy to see the asian touches. the dragons.eng shui that he incorporates into the layout. but adelson, who once called himself the richest jew in the world, says there is no monopoly on culture. >> most of our employees are chinese. my chinese deal is, interact with chinese customers. what is the difference? >> they would say they know the people. they are chinese. they know what they want. >> i can't be a successful businessman if i don't respect who and what my customer is. the resorts are a commercial enterprise. the measurement of success is the bottom-line profit. why are we -- >> some casino watchers warn there is a bubble of profits forming in macau that is about to burst. stricter visa rules have investors worried that the inflow of tourists may slow down. but they are doubling down. they are spending $26 billion on new resorts, doubling hotel capacity. they won't stop there. these casino titans want to score big in the rest of asia. >> japan is the holy grail. they have pachinkos. they are like slot parlors. very popul

. >> winning american and asian >> winning american and asian hearts will not be easy or cheap. the company paid top dollars for an advert during a super bowl -- for an advertisement during the super bowl. but amid the ceo is confident. >> we are competing with an important value of the product in a global luxury market. >> with fiat's acquisition of chrysler complete, italian see this as a perfect opportunity to seduce new markets. >> before maserati seduces a new market, sergio will have to do a little seducing himself. he warned the staff at june 16 strike with creating negative publicity. bloomberg caught up with marchionne earlier today on the way out of the facility. >> you will see the environment. you are talking about french behavior that is not applicable to what is really going on here. i think the important thing is the great majority of workers are committed. they say let us work and move it forward. i think the great opportunity is for europe to turn the page. i think we need to support them in the process. i think all of europe needs a different future. so far we

also we have a lot of interest from the asian countries who want to participate in basically creating our economy so there are a lot of talks with asian institutions to underwrite these stocks to basically issue our bonds and sell them to asian investors ok you don't seem overly concerned by these the sanctions but there is an effect even minute and how long do you think will take russia to fully recover from the effects it does feel of the preservation recover we don't really feel the effects now as we see our economy continues to grow we've heard from the quarterly and a half year results. i really think this is a good opportunity to enter the market we do as a management down the we didn't see yields that high for a long time so this is a great opportunity for us i must ask either do you not worry about the possibility of further sanctions because of the experts tell me that the sanctions are almost a warning of what might come do you worry about the future well why can't they block all the institutions of russia from issue when they're outside of russia there's me or the economy o

asians are not used to that.hinesetand tourist naturally more, because you are chinese versus sheldon adelson? >> that is an advantage we would have. i was born in hong kong. spent time in hong kong, macau. at the same time was educated in north america. the best ofe of both worlds. the formation of my company was based on that belief. how do i marry the best of the east with the best of the west? >> it is easy to see the asian touches. the dragons. the peng shuai he incorporates into the layout. shui that heg incorporates into the layout. but adelson, who once called himself the which -- richest jew in the world, says there is no monopoly on culture. >> most of our employees are chinese. interacte deal is, with chinese customers. what is the difference? >> they would say they know the people. they are chinese. they know what they want. >> i can to be a successful businessman if i don't respect who and what my customer is. resorts are a commercial inter-price. the measurement of success is the bottom-line profit.

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>> it is easy to see the asian touches. the dragons.eng shui that he incorporates into the layout. but adelson, who once called himself the richest jew in the world, says there is no monopoly on culture. >> most of our employees are chinese. my chinese deal is, interact with chinese customers. what is the difference? >> they would say they know the people. they are chinese. they know what they want. >> i can't be a successful businessman if i don't respect who and what my customer is. the resorts are a commercial enterprise. the measurement of success is the bottom-line profit. why are we -- >> some casino watchers warn there is a bubble of hotelsforming in macau that is about to burst. >> i can't be a successful businessman if i don't respect who and what my customer is. the resorts are a commercial enterprise. the measurement of success is the bottom-line profit. why are we -- >> some casino watchers warn there is a bubble of hotelsforming in macau that is about to burst. stricter visa rules have investors worried that the inflow of t

but on behalf of my constituents in chinatown and our constituents in chinese and asian community as well as literally thousands of families that you have touched, that you have shaped, that you have helped to grow, i cannot believe the breadth and depth of your service. supervisor mar listed and i'm not going to reread the 18 organizations that you served with in addition to your service with chinatown development center, but your leader should iv has been absolutely tremendous. ~ leadership i do know while you will be officially retiring, you'll continue to serve in other ways and i look forward to our work together in other capacities and look forward to your new adventures. but i will say for one on behalf of our constituents in northeast neighborhood, you have truly blessed our city. so, thank you. and with that, supervisor yee. >> thank you, president chiu. thank you, supervisor mar, for bringing nancy forward in honoring her today. it's been almost four decades and i think i've known her for almost four decades. many of those organizations that are named, we crossed paths many

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>> it is easy to see the asian touches when you walk around his property.ns, the statue the feng , shui that he incorporates into the layout. >> when we started, it was all gold and iron metal bars. it resembled the bamboo, but they came in and said no. it has to be real. >> but adelson, who once called himself the richest jew in the world, says there is no monopoly on culture. >> by vast majority, most of our employees are chinese. my chinese dealers and chinese servers interact with chinese customers. what is the difference? >> they would say they know the people. they are chinese. >> they know all the people? really? >> they know what they want. >> i can't be a successful businessman if i don't respect who and what my customer is. the integrated resorts are a commercial enterprise. the measurement of success is the bottom-line profit. why are we several times more profitable over one of them? >> some casino watchers warn there is a bubble of profits forming in macau that is about to burst. stricter visa rules have investors worried that the inflow of tou

thanks for joining us. >>> today's ""asian voices"" comes to you from tokyo. our guest this time is japanese-american actor, george takei. now 77, he is still at the top of his game as a performer. takei rose to stardom in the '60s as the helmsman, mr. sulu, on the popular tv series, "star trek." during world war ii, tai

the rift involves latino and asian american lawmakers.op 209 banned affirmative action in 1996 the majority of students applying for college was white. they say a racial makeup has chained and many latino lawmakers are push for affirmative action to be restored. >> there's so much internal pressure right now between the latino delegation and the asian-american delegation, if you will, over this issue that it's hard to know what's going to happen. >> one measure aimed at restoring affirmative action almost made it to the november ballot but he says that asian-american legislators shot it down. for now the issue is still being studied. >>> doctors usually focus on the brain for clues into alzheimer's but now they're also taking a look at the eyes and the nose. for the last four years more than 200 paent participants were tested on recognizing smells. a decreased ability to smell and identify odors was associated with a loss of brain cell function that could lead to alzheimer's. doctors also found patients with a build-up of a certain protei