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Absolutely fascinating. “Mrs. Russell’s book suggested that a more nuanced view might be in order. Instead of rustic Southern “soul food,” it served up complex, cosmopolitan food inspired by European cuisine.”
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Petition: “For the third year in a row, Target has refused to participate in the NAACP’s annual survey on the state of diversity in corporate America, making them the largest retailer to refuse to answer questions about their company’s diversity practices
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“Have you lived overseas and have an interesting story? Are you an expat, third culture kid, missionary kid or army brat?” Send in your story and you could win $100.
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“rap artists she met applauded her struggle without understanding it at all. They imagined gangster Arabs strapping guns and bombs to their bodies, but “thought Lebanon was in Africa or near India,” she says with surprise.”
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“Anyone who considers bull markets normal, extracurricular activities sacrosanct and New York a tidy, governable place — well, the original “Sesame Street” might hurt your feelings.”
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“here’s the thing…white people were more likely to be packing, despite the fact that black people were more likely to be searched”
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Ugh the comments to Laura’s post make me want to scream.
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of
Ike wrote:
Re: Third Culture Kids
Why do I feel that the current definition only includes “American” kids who have lived elsewhere?
Immigrant children and the children of immigrants also experience multiple cultures that they combine to make their own. I feel unjustly left out. =(
Posted 22 Nov 2007 at 5:28 pm ¶
Asha wrote:
ike, the definition of third culture kids is not only limited to american kids, it’s any kid that spends their formative years outside their “home” country. i’m on a third culture kids facebook group with members from around the world.
immigrant children and children of immigrants are not included in this definition, because unlike TCKs, they expect to stay in the country they live in. they ARE included in the definititon of “cross-cultural kids”.
Posted 23 Nov 2007 at 2:24 pm ¶
Amar C Bakshi wrote:
Thank you for the link. I’m glad you did it so I could discover this site. Very interesting stuff you’re putting out there.
This is an old post you might like:
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/america/2007/07/indian_american_fourth_of_july.html
Posted 25 Nov 2007 at 10:06 am ¶