- “This is one of the most challenging arguments of the legacy debate: how much can the racism of the past be blamed for the racism, culture or inequalities of today?”
- Thx Angry Asian Man! Congrats to Michael Kang! His new feature film West 32nd will make its world premiere next month at the Tribeca Film Festival. Here’s a link to Tribeca’s press release.
- Thx AAM! “Asian American churches are going through a “crisis of leadership” because seminaries are not preparing a new generation of pastors to work in multi-generational and multicultural settings, Asian American Christian leaders say.”
- Thx AAM! “A Catholic-high-school student said she was brutally punched, kicked and teased for looking “Chinese” by a pack of kids as she rode a city bus home from school – and claims the bus driver did nothing except tell her to “go to a priest.”
- Hat tip to Reappropriate! “My mother, a Chinese immigrant from Taiwan who later received her U.S. citizenship, has the equivalent of an eighth-grade education. My African-American father, a lawyer, showed up in decade-long intervals and never paid a cent
- Hat tip to Resist Racism. “A Boise State University group has angered Latino leaders and other organizations by promoting a speech with a “food stamp drawing” that requires climbing through a hole in a fence and offering fake identification for a chance t
- “To me, this article just perpetuated the “junk/weird Asian foods” stereotype because it took pains to couch the study and its findings in a context of the trash served by Chinese restaurants. The article cultivated an aura of terror surrounding Chine
- LOL! This totally cracked me up. The Voice analyzes the song’s lyrics through Venn Diagrams, flowcharts, tables and more. Hat tip to Ninja Pants.
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The Octavia Butler Book Club
(Click the book for the latest conversation) Feminism for Real – Jessica, Latoya, Andrea
The Same Woman – Thea
I Speak For Myself – Fatemeh
Yes Means Yes – Latoya
Sex Ed and Youth – Jessica
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