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    • Dec 19, 2019
    • 3 min

    Andrew Yang and Asian American Invisibility in Politics

    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/19/us/politics/Andrew-Yang-2020-Democrats-Debate.html?searchResultPosition=1 If you've kept up with the n...

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    ml-saaf
    • Aug 13, 2018
    • 3 min

    The Queen of Unease

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/18/magazine/young-jean-lees-unsafe-spaces.html? Some plays are produced for enjoyment and laughter, some ...

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    ml-saaf
    • Jul 2, 2018
    • 2 min

    The Decline of Third Generation Asian-Americans

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/22/opinion/sunday/asian-american-tiger-parents.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-headin...

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    ml-saaf
    • Jul 1, 2018
    • 2 min

    Asian-Americans Score High in Admissions — Except in Personality

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/us/harvard-asian-enrollment-applicants.html?action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=6714...

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    ml-saaf
    • Dec 14, 2017
    • 2 min

    Asian-American: Immigrant vs. Nonimmigrant

    The term "Asian-American" paints with a broad brush note only diverse peoples and cultures, but also collapses the boundary between immig...

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    ml-saaf
    • Nov 16, 2017
    • 2 min

    Third Culture Cuisine

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

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    Michelle Shim
    • Oct 11, 2017
    • 3 min

    South Korea: Indifferent or Terrified?

    Foreigners to South Korea are often disconcerted by what they perceive as a bizarre, nationwide calm towards North Korea. Even as the pos...

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    ml-saaf
    • Sep 11, 2017
    • 3 min

    Is Data Collection on Asian Americans Racist?

    The term "Asian American" is an extremely wide umbrella, and often paints more than 20 subgroups, ranging from Chinese, Filipino, and Kor...

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    ml-saaf
    • Aug 6, 2017
    • 3 min

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

    Image credit: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/us/affirmative-action-battle-has-a-new-focus-asian-americans.html?hp&action=click&pgtype...

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    ml-saaf
    • Jul 24, 2017
    • 2 min

    Hopes of Rearranging the Pecking Order Under Trump

    Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-supporters-obama-muslim-fox-news-2015-9 It isn't news that America has become less we...

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    ml-saaf
    • Jun 15, 2017
    • 2 min

    Dear Hollywood, Where are the Asian-Americans?

    With constant white-washing and lack of representation on-screen, we keep returning to the same echoing question: where are all the Asian...

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    ml-saaf
    • May 26, 2017
    • 3 min

    A "Dog-Eat-Dog" System of Success

    It Takes a Suburb: A Town Struggles to Ease Student Stress Competition and the consequent infectious anxiety and stress do not sprout fro...

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    ml-saaf
    • Apr 23, 2017
    • 2 min

    'Model Minority' Myth Downplays Racism for Other Minority Groups

    Source: http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/04/19/524571669 We've heard it countless times before: Asian Americans are frequently...

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    ml-saaf
    • Apr 23, 2017
    • 2 min

    Asian-American Splits on Police Treatment

    Police brutality and profiling are seldom linked with the Asian American community -- certainly not due to a lack of cases, but because o...

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    ml-saaf
    • Apr 16, 2017
    • 1 min

    I Am Not Your Asian Stereotype

    The Ted Talk above given by Canwen Xu delivers a common sentiment in the Asian-American community, especially the younger generations sti...

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    ml-saaf
    • Apr 16, 2017
    • 2 min

    Airbnb Cancels Asian Guest's Reservation

    Airbnb, an online marketplace and hospitality service that allows its customers to rent or lease lodging, is usually the beginning of exc...

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    ml-saaf
    • Apr 15, 2017
    • 2 min

    United Airlines Passenger Dragged Off Plane

    On April 10th, David Dao, 69, was dragged off of the overbooked United Flight 3411 at O'Hare International Airport. He suffered many inju...

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    ml-saaf
    • Apr 2, 2017
    • 2 min

    Park Geun-hye Arrested and Jailed

    Image Credit: The New York Times "Park Geun-hye, South Korea’s Ousted Leader, Is Arrested and Jailed to Await Trial" This Friday, South K...

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    ml-saaf
    • Mar 2, 2017
    • 3 min

    Asian Last Names Lead to Fewer Job Opportunities

    How much power do mere words and their associated significations have over our perception of others? It seems almost comical how much inf...

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    ml-saaf
    • Feb 22, 2017
    • 2 min

    Hate Crimes Against Asian-Americans Rising Exponentially

    Hate crimes targeting the Asian-American community have been on the rise, especially since the beginning of the election cycle. The Los A...

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