Yellowworld
Yellowworld.org is an Asian American political organization founded in January 2002. It began as a community blog for Asian Americans on LiveJournal and launched its own domain on May 8, 2002. By 2007 its website had attracted approximately 6,500 members and published over 480,000 posts.[1] The forums are overseen by a group of administrators and moderators.[2]
Online grassroots advocacy
In May 2003, Yellowworld.org began Project SARSfund, an online charity to purchase medical supplies and equipment for health workers in China battling the SARS epidemic.[2]
In February 2003, Yellowworld.org joined other Asian American advocacy organizations in denouncing U.S. Congressman Howard Coble's endorsement of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, launching RemoveCoble!, a call for his resignation as Chair of the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security.[2][3][4]
In November 2002, Yellowworld.org helped launch Justice for Anna Guo, a campaign by Yellowworld.org, the Chinese American Citizens Alliance (CACA), the Asian Pacific American Bar Association (APABA) and Assemblymember Judy Chu (D-Monterey); its purpose is press for justice in the case of the eponymous girl, a fourteen-year-old who was shot three times by police yet convicted for felony assault because she was holding a small knife (with which she had been contemplating suicide). The campaign desires to have the charges dropped and the policeman who fired the shots investigated.[2][5]
In October 2002 Yellowworld.org launched the online advocacy campaign Project Anti-Disguise to raise awareness of and protest against the costume manufacturer Disguise, Inc. and its product Kung Fool, a mask based on a racist caricature of someone with East Asian features. In only eight days over 8,300 people signed the campaign's online petition calling for the mask's recall while generating nationwide television, print, and radio media coverage. By the end of the eighth day the company issued a nationwide recall and major resellers such as Walmart, Spencer Gifts and Party City pulled the product from their shelves.[2][6][7]
References
- ^ "Yellowworld Forums". Yellowworld.org. Retrieved 2007-06-05.
- ^ a b c d e "Yellowworld Forums - FAQ: About Yellowworld.org". Yellowworld.org. Retrieved 2007-06-05.
- ^ "Petition to Remove Congressman Howard Coble". Yellowworld.org. 2003-02-04. Archived from the original on May 2, 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
- ^ "Groups want panel leader to quit over remarks". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. 2003-02-12. Retrieved 2007-06-05.
- ^ "Justice for Anna Guo". Yellowworld.org. 2002-12-13. Archived from the original on June 4, 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-05.
- ^ Hua, Vanessa (2002-10-17). "Bucktoothed Halloween mask bites the dust: San Diego costumemaker halts sales after Asian Americans protest". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2007-06-05.
- ^ "Internet-activated protest delivers knockout blow to halloween costume". Modesto Bee. 2002-10-25. Retrieved 2007-06-05.