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    Andrew Yang and Asian American Invisibility in Politics

    December 19, 2019

    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/19/us/politics/Andrew-Yang-2020-Democrats-Debate.html?searchResultPosition=1

    If you've kept up with the news, you'll know that the Thursday Democratic debate will allow seven hopefuls on stage. And all but one—excluding Andrew Yang, an en...

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    The Queen of Unease

    August 13, 2018

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/18/magazine/young-jean-lees-unsafe-spaces.html?

    Some plays are produced for enjoyment and laughter, some for deep introspection about social issues. Young Jean Lee, the first Asian-American playwright on Broadway, seems to have created a...

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    The Decline of Third Generation Asian-Americans

    July 2, 2018

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/22/opinion/sunday/asian-american-tiger-parents.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region&region=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region

    The story of...

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    Asian-Americans Score High in Admissions — Except in Personality

    July 1, 2018

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/us/harvard-asian-enrollment-applicants.html?action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=67146115&pgtype=Homepage

    Harvard, an institution that repeatedly takes center stage for its admissions policies and statistics, h...

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    Asian-American: Immigrant vs. Nonimmigrant

    December 14, 2017

    The term "Asian-American" paints with a broad brush note only diverse peoples and cultures, but also collapses the boundary between immigrant and nonimmigrant. As a recent NPR survey shows, there are many intriguing differences between the two groups, especially in per...

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    Third Culture Cuisine

    November 16, 2017

    "Asian-American cuisine." What comes to mind? Chinese takeout? Experimental New American food with dashes of soy sauce? Kimchi? Pad Thai? Vietnamese food?

    Contemporary Asian-American chefs are making a big splash on the international food scene, but Asian cuisine in Ame...

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    South Korea: Indifferent or Terrified?

    October 11, 2017

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    Michelle Shim

    Foreigners to South Korea are often disconcerted by what they perceive as a bizarre, nationwide calm towards North Korea. Even as the possibility of yet another proxy war rears its ugly face, South Koreans seem to mundanely go about their everyday lives. I myself strug...

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    Is Data Collection on Asian Americans Racist?

    September 11, 2017

    The term "Asian American" is an extremely wide umbrella, and often paints more than 20 subgroups, ranging from Chinese, Filipino, and Korean to Laotian, Bhutanese, and Mongolian, with a broad brush. To begin to gain more knowledge about this diversity, some states like...

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    The 'Asian Tax' and a New Twist on Affirmative Action

    August 6, 2017

    Image credit: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/us/affirmative-action-battle-has-a-new-focus-asian-americans.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=1 

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    Hopes of Rearranging the Pecking Order Under Trump

    July 24, 2017

    Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-supporters-obama-muslim-fox-news-2015-9

    It isn't news that America has become less welcoming to immigrants with the election of Trump as its President, and this recent New York Times article looks at why.

    Many of Trump'...

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    Andrew Yang and Asian American Invisibility in Politics

    December 19, 2019

    The Queen of Unease

    August 13, 2018

    The Decline of Third Generation Asian-Americans

    July 2, 2018

    Asian-Americans Score High in Admissions — Except in Personality

    July 1, 2018

    Asian-American: Immigrant vs. Nonimmigrant

    December 14, 2017

    Third Culture Cuisine

    November 16, 2017

    South Korea: Indifferent or Terrified?

    October 11, 2017

    Is Data Collection on Asian Americans Racist?

    September 11, 2017

    The 'Asian Tax' and a New Twist on Affirmative Action

    August 6, 2017

    Hopes of Rearranging the Pecking Order Under Trump

    July 24, 2017

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