Posts by akrypti
small town roots. enthusiast of many trades. oh, and yeah, high-maintenance like you wouldn't believe.
When Will They Ban a Book by an APA Writer?
Here’s a list of frequently challenged books in 1990-2000 by authors of color. Names of the writers whose books have been banned in the past decade: Isabel Allende, Rudolfo Anaya, Maya Angelou, Mark Mathabane, Toni Morrison, Walter D. Myers, Luis Rodriquez, Alice Walker, and Richard Wright. Here’s the Top 100 list of books banned or challenged in general. This provides a nutshell summary of book banning in the West. In 2007, Walker’s The Color Purple, [...] Continue »
On 8Asians.com, Addressing Accusations, and a Call to Other APA Blogs for a Cyber-Conference
We’ve been called the “model minority blog,” not to be confused with the Forum at ModelMinority.com, a different beast. As a result of our “news reel”-esque format and emphasis on current events and pop culture over critical race theory (though we’ve tackled that, too), we’re seen as passive, even disloyal to the so-called APA socio-political cause. Our bloggers keep getting head-bumped by affiliates of other APA sites, such as the Fighting 44s and the aforementioned [...] Continue »
Difficult Consequences: Frat Guy Dead from DWI
22-year-old Willie Poon from Binghamton University in upstate New York died this past Saturday after his fraternity brother, 20-year-old Roy Liu drove under the influence, swerved off the road and struck a grove of trees. Both young men were active members of an Asian American fraternity, Lambda Phi Epsilon. The boys were on their way home from Slope Day at Cornell, which is in its essence a huge beer bash where college kids get wrecked. [...] Continue »
Rod Wheeler on Fox News Pulls His Eyes Back Taut in Reference to Chinaman
On Fox News, Rod Wheeler, a criminal investigator and former homicide detective, talks about a suspect being a Hispanic, not merely “dark-skinned.” He believes racial denominations are much more telling for an investigation than description of simply the skin tone. “It just depends on how much you know about the individual,” says Wheeler. He tells us the police have narrowed down the suspect as being a “Hispanic male. Not a Black male, not a Chinese [...] Continue »
We Vote Ernie on GayBloggies.com
The second annual blog battle sponsored by QueerClick has begun: Gay Bloggies 2007. Twelve contestants have been selected to blog against each other in competition. The master of ceremonies presents to these contestants various topics to blog about or tasks. Readers in the blogosphere vote for their favorites and at the end of each week, contestants with the lowest votes will be kicked off. This year, our beloved Ernie, of the award-winning “Little. Yellow. Different.” [...] Continue »
Chinese-Americans Not American enough to Teach English in China
So what if I know more about dangling participles and comma splices than the typical white American? I’d be unqualified to teach English in China because of my skin color. An article in the L.A. Times reports on the blatant job discrimination going on in China against Chinese Americans for ESL teaching positions. The overwhelming majority of language institutes prefer to hire white instructors. I would blame them, except the patrons of these institutes have [...] Continue »
8A Blogger Goes Recon at Asian Ave
Mike posted about presidential candidate Obama having a profile page on Asian Avenue, which now goes by Asian Ave, and that prompted me to sign up for an account. Not because I support Obama as President, but because I used to have an Asian Avenue account in high school and wanted to see how the site may or may not have evolved in 10 years. So I register with the alias I always use when [...] Continue »
That Goth Kid Over There or That Asian Goth Kid Over There? Race, Cliques, and How We’re Still Viewed as the Other White Meat
When we see white people in America from Generation X or Y, we stereotype them by cliques. Their dress gives us the clues we need to tuck them into a specific social category, like prep, goth, nerd, punk, hippie, and so on. When we see non-white people in America from Generation X or Y, no matter what they’re wearing, we stereotype them by race and leave it at that. Unless, of course, that non-white person [...] Continue »
Racist Remarks to the Allegedly Racist Xiaochen Su: The Pot Calling the Kettle Black?
I begin first with a few of the comments (posted here) to the controversial article in question: keggy says: Stupid Chinese self-hater. I propose Yale start capping Chinese-admission rate at 5%, similar to how China caps the birth rate at 1 child. Would he still be at Yale? Y’08 says: So, this is what Yale gets for sucking up to China… On another note, is it just me, or does this guy eerily resemble Cho [...] Continue »
The Great Divide: Class Distinctions, Denial and the Asian American Experience
Reading Min Jin Lee’s “Free Food for Millionaires” had me thinking about class and how it factors into the Asian American experience. I thought of all the Asian Americans I know, correlating their socioeconomic class with how they behave today and from all that speculation, grappled with the following question: When will we realize the grass isn’t greener on the other side? Inner-city bred Asians who have the brains and ambition to get out of [...] Continue »
Goodness Gracious Me: An Outstanding BBC Sketch Comedy TV Series
Hats off once again to BBC for delivering fantastic programming. I stumbled upon “Goodness Gracious Me” at random and love it! I can’t get enough. Per its Wikipedia entry, the show comprises Saturday-Night-Live-like acts which explore “the conflict and integration between traditional Indian culture and modern British life.” Some acts reverse the roles to view the British from an Indian perspective while others poke fun at Indian stereotypes. My Three Picks to Begin Your Goodness [...] Continue »
Who Is the Asian Princess?
She keeps her figure slim and clothed in designer labels. Her well-manicured fingernails tap gingerly on her crossed arms as you try in vain to impress her with your wit. You do everything you can to make her feel pampered and special, but she’s seen all this before, a dozen times over. Unless her aloof grace and ice queenish demeanor is her way of expressing interest, you’ve lost the game. All hail the Asian Princess, [...] Continue »
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