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Mr. Hyphen 2010 Defies Stereotypes

Mr. Hyphen 2010 Defies Stereotypes

Kyle Chu’s electrifying performance and personal account about how Asian American stereotypes have impacted his life catapulted him over four other contestants to take the Mr. Hyphen crown for 2010.

Cynthia Brothers | Tue, Dec 21st- 11:07am | Community, Front of the Book, Events, Issue 22: Throwback - Winter 2010, Hyphen Events, Mr. Hyphen, Race

To All the Nicki Minaj Haters: Where Were You 17 Years Ago?

No, really: where were you seventeen years ago?

I've been reading a lot of criticism of Nicki Minaj recently, and it sort of makes me uncomfortable. Not because I'm the biggest fan of Nicki, but because it seems to me that too many of us...

Dexter Lee Thomas | Thu, Dec 2nd- 4:44pm | Blogger Column, Gender, Media, Music, Race

Blast From the Past: Rohwer Relocation Center, Thanksgiving, 1942

This picture is from a Thanksgiving Day meal at the Rohwer Relocation Camp’s staff mess-hall in McGehee, AR, 1942. Though accurate population statistics...

Victoria Yue | Mon, Nov 29th- 5:22am | Blogger Column, Community, Culture, History, Immigration, Politics, Race, Social Issues, Social Justice

Steve Li's Deportation, Set for [Nov 15], Delayed


Steve Li, detained by Arizona authorities since Sept 14 and set to be deported Nov 15, is at least for the moment safe (albeit in a detention facility).

Saif Ansari | Wed, Nov 17th- 1:49am | Activism, Immigration, News & Politics, Politics, Race, Social Issues, Social Justice

With Love from Mr. Hyphen: API/A Love Letter Project

Recently, I was asked by Hyphen to write about a small project I started a little while back: the API/A Love Letter Project. For me, as easy as it would seem to just talk about what my endeavor entails, it is extremely difficult to...

Pahole Sookkasikon | Thu, Oct 28th- 12:12am | Activism, Community, Culture, Diaspora, Essay, Media, Mr. Hyphen, Race, University/Academics

Create Your Own 'Evil Chinese Professor' Contest

A coalition of websites have teamed up to create a counter-campaign against the creepy "Chinese Professor" political ad put out by last week by conservative group.

Cynthia Brothers | Mon, Oct 25th- 6:27pm | Activism, Media, News & Politics, Race

Rising Preferences for Ethnic Beauty: Good or Bad?

 

I might be dating myself here (chronologically, not like, romantically, because that’s weird), but the bulk of my childhood was spent growing up in the Age of the Supermodels. The mile-long legs, high cheekbones and bedroom eyes of...

Victoria Yue | Thu, Oct 7th- 6:45am | Culture, Idealize This!, Race, Social Issues
When We Became Asian American

When We Became Asian American

American Book Award Winner Karen Tei Yamashita's latest novel, I Hotel, is a documentary-style look at the 1960s Yellow Power Movement.

Cathlin Goulding | Fri, Dec 24th- 5:30pm | Books, Books Section, Community, Fiction, Issue 21: New Legacy - Fall 2010, Race, Social Justice
The Content of One’s Characters

The Content of One’s Characters

FIRST-TIME NOVELIST Sang Pak says much of the inspiration for his Southern Gothic-esque Wait Until Twilight came to him in his sleep.

Some three decades since Asian American writing first gained wide...

Neela Banerjee | Tue, Aug 24th- 10:14am | Books, Books Section, Fiction, Issue 20: Inside/Out - Spring 2010, Race

What It's Going to Be Like Under AZ's SB 1070

So, this Arizona law is alternately familiar and weird to me.

When I first heard about it, I got this weird déjà-vu feeling where I kept thinking that I’d seen this law somewhere before. Then I realized that I had.

Dexter Lee Thomas | Fri, Aug 20th- 2:26pm | Activism, Diaspora, Immigration, Race, Social Issues, Social Justice
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