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The Disintegration Of Barack Obama
Now you know why Barack Obama has always been reluctant to talk about race during the campaign in all but the most controlled circumstances.
Race is just way too complex to keep from stirring a wasp’s nest of deep-rooted emotions. That’s not a good thing if you’re trying to keep things together during a political campaign. -
‘Yellow Peril’ Helps Clinton Sink Obama in Pennsylvania
Is that so bad?
Clinton = fighter, Obama = wimp.
That was the conclusion of one disgusted Obama supporter in a post-Pennsylvania primary e-mail to me with the subject line, “Obama has to fight back, or he doesn’t deserve it.” -
Post-Game Wrap on Tibet
In the aftermath of the Tibet/China/torch protests, one thing is clear: What we have here is a failure to communicate.
From City Hall to the Board of Supervisors, from street protestors to pro-China counter-protestors to the Olympic committee to China — no one has found an effective way to persuade the other side to move an […] -
Asian Man, White Woman: Breaking an Enduring Taboo
Also: The community division on Tibet
They do IT a lot on the screen in Gina Kim’s Never Forever (opening Friday, April 11, at the Sundance Cinemas Kabuki in San Francisco). That’s good because the people doing IT are an Asian male and a white woman — one of the last unofficial taboos in filmdom and […] -
Playing Ball in China
Urging, not bashing, over Tibet
Maybe you didn’t notice: On the Ides of March, no less, baseball — America’s game — was Nero’s fiddle while Rome
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Barack Obama’s ‘Model Minority’ Problem
When I called Barack Obama’s race speech “The Liberal Side of Colorblind: Obama’s Post-Affirmative Action Politics,” a reader asked me to clarify what I meant.
Simply put, Obama’s speech marks a clear pivot on the discussion of race in America. When a surging black -
The Liberal Side of Color Blind: Obama’s Post-Affirmative Action Politics
It’s easy to dub Barack Obama’s speech as the 21st century’s Gettysburg Address on race in America. In recent memory, no one has had to speak so candidly, so eloquently and so publicly while under such stress on the issue.
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Spitzer’s Passion Play, Delvo’s Passion
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer doesn’t have to be with an Asian sex worker for me to talk about him in AsianWeek. The Empire State governor’s fall from grace impacts us more than you think, especially during this election year.
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Is Obama’s ‘Fantasy Democracy’ Over?
Obama’s ‘NAFTA-gate’ mirrors ‘80-20-gate,’ triggers Ohio defeat
Politics is back to normal now. The “process” is still the process. And that gives Hillary Clinton a real edge.
I admit I got caught up in Obama’s “fantasy democracy.”
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A guilt free pass? Wow, I can’t believe that actually works. Maybe I should try that on my girlfriend.
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Wow! This is wonderful. Talk about "model" "minorities"! Art Hu, where the Hell are you when we need you most? Randy, I hope you are simply being worldly and wise when you equate your 150G annual income with parity with the movers and shakers.
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Ace: Point taken. Agree almost totally. But I think Dong was "reporting" or "reflecting" the common "American" perceptions in this current Sinophobia campaign.
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Frank Eng, Are you illiterate? I didn't say that Dong's *warning* to Asian America was paranoid and unwarranted.
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Rob: Please don't advocate sending Mr. Tran anywhere other than his own safe home and environs. Just let him stew in his own "juices" of belief systems and self-righteousness.
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Dear Ace: Hope you are correct in assuming Roger S. Dong's "warning" is paranoid and unwarranted. But, you yourself are the one who posited the century-long "irrational, racist, and xenojphobic fears commonly perpetuated in western media.
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