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...More likely, Chai's book suffers from a surfeit of coming-of-age memoirs by Asian Americans, as well as a blessed obsolescence: China's diaspora has largely fared well in the U.S. since Chai was a girl. Her father even tells her, "There's no such thing as racism against Chinese. You just don't know how to get along with people...
...Center show will feature traditional a capella ensembles that are well-established on campus, like the Krokodiloes and the Sisters of Kuumba, as well as other performing arts groups. These acts will cover a variety of artistic modes of expression—from Harvard Sangeet, whose members play South Asian fusion music, to the Christian a capella group known as Under Construction and performers of Chinese dance Madelyn M. Ho ’08 and Kevin Koo ’07. The LowKeys, a co-ed a capella group with a special focus on pop-rock style, will be among...
...South Asian Fashion Extravaganza Lowell House Dining Hall...
...numerous pundits have maintained that his comments would have been no less offensive had he been black himself, a sentiment nicely expressed by ESPN.com columnist Jemele Hill, who wrote, “In case you’re wondering, I would have been equally outraged if Imus were black, Asian, Latino, Portuguese, or Italian. The ethnicity or skin color of the perpetrator matters none.” Hill’s logic is a common feature of the conversation on racism. There is often an attempt to create an equality of offensiveness—to maintain that certain statements...
...provide clear direction. We ought to torture the horse,” says Patricia Herzog, panelist and author. Not all panelists agree: Martha C. Nussbaum, a professor of law and ethics at the University of Chicago Law School, recounts a “happy story” about an Asian elephant at the Bronx zoo (named “Happy”) that liked to look in the mirror. When researchers marked her ear with chalk, Happy saw her changed reflection and became distressed. Nussbaum says this is possible evidence that elephants have some degree of self-awareness, and experience...