Word: asianization
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Weijie Huang ’08, who says his Asian identity has been central to his college experience, says he feels misplaced among his Asian friends at times because of his sexuality...
Tatiana H. Chaterji ’08 was startled by the role she was cast to play in the between-acts skit of this year’s production of Ghungroo, the hugely popular annual cultural fest put on by the South Asian Association (SAA). Chaterji, whose father is Bengali and mother Finnish American, was slated to play “the white girl” who is rejected by her boyfriend’s traditional Indian family. She turned down the role...
...feel like I have to prove my brownness,” says Chaterji of her involvement in Harvard’s South Asian community...
Huang, an animated student who seems like he could strike up a conversation with any stranger, is ubiquitous in the Asian communities on campus. He sings in the Asian a capella group C-Sharp, directs the tutoring program Chinatown Afterschool, and helps out at events held by the Chinese Students Association (CSA), Taiwanese Cultural Society (TCS), and Asian American Association...
...Huang, this involvement in the Asian community has forced him to choose one identity over another...