◾Black History Month◾ The DAP handshake Filmed by Texas native Marcellus Hartman while serving in Vietnam, this footage of the Long Binh Post Exchange captures Black soldiers greeting each other with a special handshake, called a DAP. It was an acronym for "dignity and pride." White soldiers and commanding officers deemed the handshake a threat, and it was banned at all levels of the military. For Black GIs, it was a symbol of solidarity, survival, and their commitment to look after each other o

With sadness, we note the passing of Binh Pho. Binh was a college student in Saigon in 1975, when countless South Vietnamese desperately scrambled to escape the city as it fell to the North. Binh shared his story in our Academy Award-nominated film Last Days in Vietnam. With gratitude, we acknowledge his contribution to that film, and to our greater understanding of our past. | American Experience | PBS

A record-breaking 2km-long yee sang was tossed with joy at Lotus’s Kepong! The yee sang party was 1,211 meters long, more than enough for enthusiastic tossing by Lotus’s staff, children from Lotus’s charity outreach programs, partners, media, and more. Want more Chinese New Year vibes? Come drop by your closest Lotus’s today! | The Rakyat Post