Ugh, I spent too much time trying to spell Mississippi right. At any rate, I think it’s hilarious that people have never thought of non-white people being racist towards each other. This isn’t new in the slightest. I can’t speak for everybody, but I’m Korean. You would not believe what people say in Korean about […]
I think this novel shows strongly the effects of American foreign policy during the Cold War era, with some parallels to the situation going on in the Middle East right now. The division of people in every which direction seems to be shown, whether it be the conflict between neighbors, the missionaries and traditions, the […]
The first thing I gotta say is that I had a crush on this one half-Filipino girl in high school. I played an ongoing prank on her, of sorts. Just hearing the term ‘Filipino’ makes me remember her and smile. Heh Anyways. Watching the film was interesting to me because a lot of things about […]
It is the otaku’s sexuality, then, that really distinguishes them for Saito ¯. He explores it using Lacanian psychoanalysis, which may not be to everyone’s taste, but he does so without the slightest trace of moralizing judgment, which is refreshing and long overdue. Tamaki, Saito. Beautiful Fighting Girl, University of Minnesota Press, 2011. ProQuest Ebook […]
This book is a vision of ‘whitewashing’ at its clearest and worst. I thought the little bit towards the end was fantastic, where they remove the crosstie with the names on it, and replace it with the Golden Spike, and have Donald react to it as an active participant in his dream. I also loved […]
I don’t really know how I think. Sometimes I think I know, sometimes I identify myself as something or other, and then find some contradiction in my definition of how I think, at which point I scrap it all and define it as merely ‘undefined.’ As much as I’d like to, I probably will never […]
I’ve never really felt the effects of racism personally. Sure, there are the racial stereotypes, but I feel weird when people refer to me as ‘a person of color’ and call me an ally or something like that. Racism has never felt like a problem for me. So going through the book, Asian American-History: A Very […]
A research log for a major writing assignment — posts in this category will trace the evolving relationship between your “home” and Asian American/Pacific Islander American popular culture.