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Interracial dating is a tough subject. Which is why I’m not writing about it right now. Instead, I’m writing about the delightful juxtapositions that I often find in everyday life.
Like in this article in Asiance Magazine, for instance: “Dating Advice Q&A by a seasoned NYC dater”
The article is in a question & answer format. It’s written by Rhoda Roc, who “has dated in New York City for a long time. Here she gives her expert dating advice for all women dating all over the world!”
(Huh, so dating in NYC gives a person the expertise to offer global dating advice? Neat! I’ve lived & dated in NYC, maybe I should offer some advice too! Like: Guys, whacking the weasel can calm you down before a date. And girls, if he has some “hair gel” hanging on his ear, don’t, oh please for the love of God, don’t touch it.)
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In Yul Kwon’s segment on “Cost of Diversity (video),” Kwon talks to some Asians who claim that college diversity programs may unfairly target them. Kwon interviews UCLA Law (& Asian American Studies) Professor Jerry Kang who promotes that [racial] diversity makes an overall better academic environment.
Kwon then interviews Asian American Legal Foundation Lee Cheng stating that when compared to under-represented minorities, Asian Americans are at a 2-to-1 disadvantage for admissions into universities. Critics complain that university diversity programs put Asian-Americans at a disadvantage. Kwon then cites that in a study done by two Princeton University professors, “The Opportunity Cost of Admission Preferences at Elite Universities” (Social Science Quarterly, June 2005)
“…Removing consideration of race would have little effect on white students, the report concludes, as their acceptance rate would rise by merely 0.5 percentage points. Espenshade noted that when one group loses ground, another has to gain — in this case it would be Asian applicants. Asian students would fill nearly four out of every five places in the admitted class not taken by African-American and Hispanic students, with an acceptance rate rising from nearly 18 percent to more than 23 percent. Typically, many more Asian students apply to elite schools than other underrepresented minorities. The study also found that although athletes and legacy applicants are predominantly white, their numbers are so small that their admissions do little to displace minority applicants.” (Source: Princeon University, News Release: Ending affirmative action would devastate most minority enrollment (6/6/05))
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Um, duh.
Ok, now that I’m done with that insightful commentary, I just want to say that not getting straight A’s has never been so horrifying to me that I would want to commit suicide over my grades. (That doesn’t stop me from petitioning my school to reinstate my A from last term so my GPA doesn’t drop.)
In all seriousness, in 2005, the United States Department of Health and Human Services reported that Asian American females between the ages of 15 and 24 had the highest suicide rate among all women in that age range.
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Today, in the on-going American Morning series, Yul Kwon covers the topic of “An Asian glass ceiling? (video)” As I’ve written in a previous post, “Working While Asian/Asian-American,” Kwon covers the topic of Asian-American stereotypes in the workplace. Challenging authority, self promotion and taking risks are some of the attributes that are valued in
Corporate America that clash with classic “Asian values” of respecting authority, being modest, etc. as brought up in the segment (i.e. The nail that sticks up, gets hammered down.”
Kwon also interviews executive coach, author, and diversity strategist Jane Hyun, who wrote “Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling: Career Strategies for Asians (2005).” I’ve actually read this book (I was trying to get Jane as a speaker for an event once) and found it pretty interesting. As Fortune Magazine noted when writing about the book:
“Even in Silicon Valley, where Asian Americans represent 30 percent of technology professionals, only around 12 percent of managerial positions are held by Asian Americans compared with 80 percent held by Caucasians.”
Now that is pretty startling…. If you work in Silicon Valley (or beyond), have you noticed this? Do you think there is a Asian glass ceiling in America?
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Alex, I’ll take “European Web 2.0 companies that make you say WTF” for $200: In Germany, a country where there is the most broadband users in Europe, the biggest social bookmarking website isn’t Yahoo! owned del.icio.us, but a site called… Mister Wong. Why yes, that WOULD be the logo of Mister Wong to the right, thank you for noticing.
Yeeeeeah. Wow.
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Happy Mother’s Day Everyone!
Apologizes for the delay between shows but I have a really really good excuse! - Listen to see why!
Hot Docs Q and A session with Academy Award winning documentary director Jessica Yu with her new film The Protagonist plus your requests played on this week’s show.
Also remember to enter the ‘Spring Waltz Caption This Contest’ still going on both at Popcast88.com and 8Asians.com. - I just watched it - one of my Top 5 Korean dramas!
Questions, comments, suggestions, requests/dedications, I would love to hear from you, please email me at christine [at] popcast88.com or leave a comment at Popcast88.com.
NOTE: For some reason, if you play through the Flash app below - it plays slow and I end up sounding like a man. However, if you download it, I sound normal … so I suggest you download the show! - Much thanks!
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Call it the Don Imus Effect. “Shock Jocks” Jeff “JV” Vandergrift and Dan “Elvis” Lay did a bit on their New York radio show a day after Imus’s “nappy-headed hos” comment (unlucky timing on their part):
I’d have to listen to the actual piece to see if I find it all that offensive. Asian-American community organizations asked for the same treatment for Asian-Americans that African-Americans got for Don Imus and it looks like the radio hosts got it.
But I have to agree with this statement in the Associated Press article:
“It’s not about whether you like what you heard or not,” said Debbie Wolf, president of People Against Censorship. “I find censorship to be far more offensive than anything that was said.”
Free speech is a wonderful thing, but let’s use the airwaves for something constructive. “With great power comes great responsibility.”
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Welcome to the first The Asian/Asian-American Hollywood (AAAH) Report!
I’m not sure if this will be a recurring report, but I think I’ll try it out. I’m always reading the trades and taking note of the up & coming Asian/Asian American actors/actresses making it in mainstream Hollywood productions, so maybe I’ll try to keep up a little better and make this a regular thing. And I’ll try to pay attention to things that don’t aren’t just about actors and actresses, but various things that are related, too. But if people hate this report, I won’t bother.
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