I think that I made a couple of friends in this class and a couple of colleagues, which is the main reason I came back to college. While I never realized there was so much white hatred in this world,… Continue Reading →
My mother left my father when I was only a few months old and brought my brother and I to Nome, Alaska to live with our recently divorced uncle and his two kids. A few years later she met an… Continue Reading →
Mississippi Masala was an awesome film that wasn’t nearly as depressing as the others. I didn’t know anything about Uganda and am excited to dig. It is quite unfortunate that people act like friends and family when they are getting… Continue Reading →
I’ve been keeping a keen eye out for racism still prevalent today. When I typed in “friend jokes” in Google this came up.
Two summers ago a couple asked to come out to my property in Alaska to check out what I was doing. This is the video they made.
I am tired as I write this at ten p.m. on Sunday. Great week of weather and solid week of class. The reason I signed up for this class was because of everything I read about the professors and I… Continue Reading →
On Monday and Wednesday evening I have Japanese language class, which I look forward to all week. I learned Spanish during a year long trip in Central America back in 2007 and then studied Hindi before traveling to India in… Continue Reading →
This class is doing to me exactly what I wanted. It is opening my eyes, heart and mind. My entire life I have turned a cold shoulder to Asian American authors, artists and film makers. For some reason I have… Continue Reading →
The first week of Asian American Pop Culture shattered my ignorance about the harsh realities faced by immigrants both past and present. I didn’t realize my narrow Alaskan view of Asian Americans homogenized dozens of cultures into one; a subtle… Continue Reading →
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