While in this course, I’ve set time aside to look back into my own life as an American raised in Asian culture and wonder, just how far have I come since I first started to learn about my identity. For those of you who don’t know, my family had me raised around Japanese exchange students, […]
This conversation took place a few days ago while I was at work. Please refer to A Talk with a Vegan for additional context. One of the things that my dad told me about Cuba is that he would make food like the kind that he had there, but never any food directly from there. […]
Romano, Aja. “The Fraught Cultural Politics of Disney’s New Aladdin Remake.” Vox, Vox, 24 May 2019, 16:40. Shakeri, Sima. “Disney Criticized For Casting An Indian Woman As Princess Jasmine.” HuffPost Canada, HuffPost Canada, 17 July 2017, 16:02. I love the movie Aladdin for years. Jasmine wasn’t my favorite princess, but I loved singing the songs […]
I work at Evergreen’s radio station and part of my job there is to put events on this massive calendar that I make every day that I come in. The first copy of it that is published is over 70 pages long and I build on it every day with new events that are added. […]
Fisher, Kieran. “Remembering When ‘Pokémon’ Caused Satanic Panic.” Film School Rejects, Film School Rejects, 13 May 2019. Jackson, Gita. “Japanese Ambassador To Sweden Sees Pikachu As His Son.” Kotaku, Kotaku, 7 May 2019, 14:30. Ashcroft, Helen. “Hundreds Of Children Terrified When Movie Theatre Plays La Llorona Instead Of Detective Pikachu.” TheGamer, TheGamer, 10 May 2019. […]
I never really know what to mark when it comes to filling out ethnicity reports. I look brown on the outside, sure, but that’s about the closest tie I have to any Latin heritage. My family is very traditional, especially those close to the nearest branches. My grandmother came to America in the 50s and […]
Bose, Derek. “How to Become a Bollywood Actor or Actress.” Backstage, Backstage, 26 Mar. 2019, 5:15. Rosenberg, Matt. “Your Introduction to the Wonderful World of Bollywood.” ThoughtCo, ThoughtCo, 12 Mar. 2019. India Week. “Bollywood: Facts and History.” Foreign Students, Foreign Students, 3 June 2012. “Bollywood and Beyond.” A Brief History of India, by Judith E. […]
https://www.theverge.com/2012/5/9/3004622/otaku-spaces-patrick-galbraith-manga-anime-review https://www.splicetoday.com/writing/the-weird-phenomenon-of-the-weeaboo-48948676-d1ba-4b25-b9f0-56de52388878 While anime and manga may seem to be just another form of media and entertainment, there is a huge community laying underneath with more problems and controversy. In the year 1989, the first derogatory use of the word Otaku was born out of murder. A man named Tsutomu Miyazaki attempted to molest a […]
Starting sometime around middle school, I started to see this strange black and white symbol pop up around my neighborhood. What I now know to be called Yin Yang or Taijitu, started for me as an Asian symbol that meant courtship. In America, a lot of couples like to show off their relationship status through […]
I was in 3rd grade when I first met someone from the Marshall Islands and 5th grade when one of them transferred into my class. The Marshall Islands are a tiny cluster of islands between Hawaii and Australia. Originally, I just thought that they all were Hawaiian and their whole family or tribe must have […]
