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Racial/Ethnic Relations in 2010: The Best & Worst

As we near the end of 2010, it’s fitting to review the major events, developments, and trends in U.S. racial/ethnic relations during the past year. Therefore, below is my look back at some of the...

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Thoughts on the ‘Tiger Mother’ Controversy

I presume that by now, all of you have heard about the debate and controversy over Amy Chua’s book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, her accompanying article in the Wall Street Journal provocatively...

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Links, Jobs, & Announcements #50

Here are some more announcements, links, and job postings about academic-related jobs, fellowships, and other related opportunities for those interested in racial/ethnic/diversity issues. As always,...

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Welcoming an Immigrant & Racial Minority to a New School

As regular readers to this blog know already (and as I write in the top section of every Asian-Nation post I write), I feel very strongly “public sociology” — to make sociological theory, research, and...

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Balancing American, Mainland, and Taiwanese Influences in Chinese Language...

Students at a Chinese language school in Vancouver. Photo by Felex Liu (Flickr/Creative Commons). Thank you, C.N., for inviting me to write for Asian-Nation. I hope to contribute to this blog a...

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The Stigma of Immigrant Languages

Photo by Lulu Vision (Flickr/Creative Commons). As an undergraduate majoring in linguistics, I was fascinated with the concept of endangered languages. Colonization, genocide, globalization, and...

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Leftover Women

Photo: anemoneprojectors (Peter O). Flickr/Creative Commons. My colleague Leta Hong Fincher published an op-ed in the New York Times yesterday about China’s “leftover women,” or shengnü (剩女)....

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Hmong, Indian, What’s the Difference?

(Article cross-posted from BlackWhiteandGray) Recent news on the higher education scene has turned attention to the Asian American case, or cases we should say. A team of education researchers led by...

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The Affirmative Action Debate Among Asian Americans

You may have heard that a coalition of about 60 Asian American organizations recently filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education, alleging that Harvard University and other Ivy League...

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New Books: Asian American History and Achievement

As the spring semester gets underway at many colleges and universities around the country, that means that new groups of students get their first introduction to Asian American Studies. With that in...

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New Book: ‘Hyper-Education’ and Asian Americans

In my ongoing series of interviews with Asian American academics that highlight new books and research that illuminate different aspects and details related to the Asian and Asian American experiences,...

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White Male and Female Privilege 101

As the protests for racial justice continue around the U.S. and the world, I want to share and amplify two very powerful articles by women of color. The first is written by Dr. Leslie T. Fenwick, Dean...

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