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Asian Am. Studies Conference in Chicago
The 25th annual Association for Asian American Studies Conference held in Chicago last week had workshops, panel discussions, literary readings, neighborhood tours, banquets — and an earthquake.
Like previous AAAS conferences, this one provided opportunities for out-of-towners to get out and see the local APA community. The Chinatown -
A Better Electoral System
Each year at this time, I ask my Asian Pacific American public policy students at the University of Maryland to compare the electoral systems of the United States with those of the other democracies of the world. We select one country from the following list: the United Kingdom, Ireland,
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Anniversaries: 10 and 30
This month marks my 10th year as an AsianWeek columnist and my 30th year as a regular contributor to Asian Pacific American community journalism. I have a yellowed cover from the June 8, 1978, New York Nichibei on my shelf, which represents the first time I wrote for that
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A Teachable Moment on Race
Forty years ago, this nation came to grips with the stark reality that racial segregation and the unfair treatment of African Americans was still with us, almost two centuries after the founding of the Republic. After a year spent researching the urban unrest that had erupted in several cities in 1967, the National Advisory Commission […]
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Mining the Home Movie
Why would any serious scholar be interested in home movies? We’ve all seen them. The kids in Cousin Shirley’s backyard pool splashing the puppy. Your best friend’s shots of himself gawking at the camera in front of every monument in Europe.
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We Have A Dream
Barack Obama’s presidential campaign has been historic from the start. Building on the candidacies of Jesse Jackson and other African American candidates, he has gone further than any previous non-white campaigner.
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2009: The Year of Michi Weglyn
Consider this story: A minority woman, due to circumstances beyond her control, does not finish college. Instead, she embarks on a career in fashion design and serves as costume designer for one of the biggest television shows of her generation.
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APAs Vote in Texas, Ohio, R.I. and Vt.
In the 2008 campaign, the APA community is being recognized as the diverse and politically significant community it has become. APAs have been hired as high-level staffers on major campaigns, and community leaders all the way down to the level of city officials are being courted by the presidential candidates.
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Vaccination for Bigotry
As women and people of color climb the political ladder in this country, they are not only running to earn a seat in the Oval Office, but also to prove that women and people of color can be taken seriously as competitors for that seat.
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Ghost Dance Prophecy Fulfilled
I had the privilege of attending a gathering last weekend in southern Maryland between the local Piscataway Indian Nation and people of Native American ancestry who hail from the countries of El Salvador, Paraguay, Colombia and Peru. Included in the group were Spanish-speaking laborers from Prince William County in Virginia, who have been the target […]
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Potomac Primaries
Last Tuesday was the day when the nation looked to the Chesapeake Bay states to see which candidates would move ahead in their quest for the White House. On the Democratic side, Sen. Barack Obama defeated Sen. Hillary Clinton in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia, and Sen. John McCain did the same against […]
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History’s Lessons Learned
The San Francisco chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League recently honored Grace Shimizu, an advocate who has spent 37 years fighting for peace and justice. Grace’s warm smile and friendly, open face make her appear like an unlikely warrior when you first see her.
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Also, a Jewish guy's clarification of the Lafayette High School situation: Mike Berman’s Letter to AP Dear Sir: Today’s AP article, “Asian Youths Suffer Harassment in Schools” was informative but sadly misleading in one important aspect.
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Dear "observer": You are absolutely right about my personal education history, insofar as I was lucky to be one of only three? Chinese-American students at Horace Mann Grade School in San Jose, way back in the mid-'20s, Half-"right" in the ensuing fact I attended Francisco Jr.
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Jammer: You are more than "right." Your experience is, likely, not all that different from ANY suffered at the hands of bullies.
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