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Behind the Fried Rice Curtain, Part 2

Behind the Fried Rice Curtain, Part 2

Growing up in the 1940s in Macon, GA, where we were the only Chinese family in town, I never knew Chinese restaurants existed.

John Jung | Thu, Jan 31st- 8:54pm | Chinese food, Georgia, John Jung, South Carolina, Food and Agriculture, Food, Issue 26: The South - Spring 2013, History, Race
Behind the Fried Rice Curtain, Part 1

Behind the Fried Rice Curtain, Part 1

I grew up in my parents’ Chinese restaurant in Abbeville, SC. We were the only Asian Americans in a town of not quite 6,000 that was known as the “birthplace and the deathbed of the Confederacy.”

Anita Chen | Tue, Jan 29th- 10:25am | Chinese food, Rice, South Carolina, Food and Agriculture, Essay, Food, Issue 26: The South - Spring 2013, Race

David Phan's Suicide Sparks Grief, Anger and Call for Justice

"I had a great life but I must leave." These were the last words written by David Q. Phan, a 14-year-old Vietnamese American junior high school student from Taylorsville, Utah, before he committed suicide. A grieving family -- and multiple...

Terry K Park | Fri, Jan 25th- 1:15pm | Blogger Column, bullying, queer, suicide, Utah, vietnamese americans, Activism, Business, Community, News & Politics, Politics, Race, Social Issues, Social Justice

Politics: 2012 Election Exposes Barriers In Muslim Political Organizing

The 2012 election revealed that although Muslims are voting, they are not organized to the degree in which they can advocate for policies that protect and benefit their communities.

Nadia Hussain | Fri, Dec 28th- 10:06am | Election, Muslims, Activism, Community, Diaspora, Immigration, News & Politics, Politics, Race, Social Issues, Social Justice

'Red Dawn': Farcical Premise Breeds False Sense of Threat

Hollywood creates a very unlikely plot line that turns fears over economic competition into fears about national security.

Lin Yang | Mon, Dec 10th- 10:32am | China, fear, globalization, Hollywood, korea, Culture, Film, Media, News & Politics, Politics, Race, Social Issues

Hyphen Goes to 2012 Facing Race

From November 15-17th, Baltimore hosted the Applied Research Center's 2012 Facing Race conference.  Fourteen hundred...
Nina Reyes | Fri, Dec 7th- 8:15am | Community, Culture, Diaspora, Events, Media, Networking, News & Politics, Politics, Race, Reviews, Social Issues, Social Justice

On Diasporic Tableaux, Lonely Unicorns, and the Irrepressible Desire for Truth and Recognition

I cried on the first day of school. I'm not talking about pre-school, or even elementary school. I cried on the first day of my junior year in high school. Let me explain.

Terry K Park | Tue, Nov 27th- 2:18am | Blogger Column, Epik High, Kpop, Tablo, TaJinYo, Culture, Diaspora, Essay, Media, Music, News & Politics, Politics, Race, Social Issues

Politics: AAPIs leading the Red-to-Blue Charge

Democrats have targeted four AAPI Congressional races as "red-to-blue," or as having a good shot at transferring from Republican control. 

Nadia Hussain | Tue, Oct 30th- 11:32pm | battleground, Congress, Democrat, Election, Community, Immigration, News & Politics, Politics, Profiles, Race

Fisher v. University of Texas: My Experience with Holistic Admissions

Joshua Tang shares his experience as a Univeristy of Texas at Austin student admitted under the holistic admissions process and what is at stake with the Supreme Court ruling on Fisher v. the University of Texas. 

Joshua Tang | Wed, Oct 31st- 1:11am | Affirmative Action, Education, Fisher v. UT, Holistic Admissions, Student life, University of Texas at Austin, Race, Social Issues, Social Justice, University/Academics

Politics: Will Currency Manipulator Be the New Schoolyard Rant Against Asians?

Forget the big banks that sent the US economy into a tailspin that it has yet to recover from, or European countries that can no longer pay their bills. The candidates both agree that China is the US’s greatest economic rival and the easiest...

Lin Yang | Thu, Oct 25th- 11:30am | China, Election, jobs, News & Politics, Politics, Race
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