… with the music. I met some high school aged bboys last Spring when Tiny Toones came to visit. It’s always interesting to me to see breakdancing in the media as something with an inherent race or sex. To defy the images of a stereotypical bboy or bgirl (and what would that even be?) seems to be something akin to a great social movement, or a step taken in personal development. I don’t blame them, I was interested because of the same impetus. It’s fun to see how far it’s come. Whether these kinds of programs are effective on a larger scale would be interesting to implement and observe. I wonder who’s willing to do that around here?! Hmmm…
January 25th, 2010 - 1:20 PM § in News
Preparing for the Hegemon: Google vs. China in a Larger Context
Worldwide news, political blogs, and free speech activists have been buzzing over Google’s hack in its Chinese servers for the past week, turning the private company’s issue into an escalating conflict between two major world powers. Google and at least twenty other companies were infiltrated by[...]
January 11th, 2010 - 9:25 PM § in Reading
Iris Chang’s “The Chinese in America”
I happened upon Iris Chang’s “The Chinese in America” two years ago at my local library’s annual book sale, and had avoided reading it for a long time. I was averse to the concept of Chinese American history, and certain that it would detail in excruciating detail the toil a[...]
January 6th, 2010 - 4:19 PM § in Finds
Asian Example Names
I remember during my senior year, someone commented that Best Buy’s online registration form was racist because his last name was Li and it would not let him register with a last name shorter than three characters. So, a few years later, I was surprised to see that while registering for a PayP[...]
January 5th, 2010 - 8:25 PM § in Reading
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
I got sent an email notifying me that Outliers was due tomorrow, and I hadn’t even held it a week. I keep forgetting that new releases may only be held for a week. (By the way, after I walked into the library, I found myself doing a little double take in amazement at the concept [...][...]
December 12th, 2009 - 11:01 PM § in Reading
AA Interest Blogs and the Want of Art
Last night, at La Fontana, when I was walking into the restaurant with APAHW board, this douchey college boy behind me said, “Watch out, there’s a bunch of Chinamen going in,” and I almost turned around and hit him. I literally stopped in my tracks in the middle of the entrance, wh[...]
December 9th, 2009 - 5:40 PM § in Media
So Russell IS Asian!
I was wondering about that! I still have yet to see UP in its entirety. [...]