Tag: Asian Culture
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From the Meltingpot Vault: Passing For White, Asian Style
Hi Meltingpot Readers, For those of you who are new to the Meltingpot, you should know that this is like the third incarnation of this blog. I’ve always covered identity politics and parenting, I just did it over on blogger. I never took the original Meltingpot blog down, so you can always go back and…
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Best of the Meltingpot: “Who Are You Calling Oriental?”
Hi Meltingpot Readers, Yesterday was the first day of school for all of three of my babies. It’s official, I now have a 7th grader, a 4th grader and babygirl officially joined the Two’s class at her daycare. They grow up so fast. I can’t believe it. And it’s the beginning of a new school…
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“What Kind of Asian Are You?”
Hi Meltingpot Readers, Have you seen this hilarious video? I cracked up when my son showed it to me the other day and I used it to share with him all the experiences I had abroad when folks wanted to know what part of Africa my people came from. In Spain and Morocco people didn’t…
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Surgery and Self-Hatred: Korean Beauty Rituals Going Too Far?
Hi Meltingpot Readers, It’s no secret that women are hard on themselves when it comes to beauty rituals. In almost every known culture women are judged on their appearance first and their other attributes — intelligence, strength, moral character — second and a distant third. So, we primp and diet and spend oodles money on…
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Black Girl Sings in Hmong Language
Hi Meltingpot Readers, Sorry it’s been awhile. The end of the semester is hitting me hard. But I couldn’t resist posting this story I just saw on the Tell Me More website. It’s about this young Black American woman who is making a name for herself singing gospel music in the Hmong language. It’s a…
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Wednesday Round-Up: Fierce Female Bloggers, Django One More Time, and GQ’s Take on Asian Beauty
Hi Meltingpot Readers, It’s Wednesday, so let’s get it to it, your weekly rationing of tasty, fresh links. I’ve scoured the web, so you don’t have to. Enjoy! 1. Because I spend far too much time scrolling through my twitter feed instead of working intently on my next book project, I stumbled upon this great…
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Asian Beauty: Italian Vogue Puts Chinese Model on the Cover
Hi Meltingpot Readers, Did you know fashion history was made at the beginning of the month when Italian Vogue put Chinese model, Fei Fei Sun on the cover of their January issue? This is the first time Italian Vogue has ever featured an Asian cover model. Now, you might be thinking, Italy isn’t exactly a…
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Kimchi and Cheddar: Korean Food Gets Cheesy
Hi Meltingpot Readers, Here’s something for my fusion foodie friends. Yesterday I was working hard at my office at Temple University and I didn’t want to venture far to grab a bite for lunch. As luck would have it, there’s a brand new food truck parked right outside my building called Wingo Taco. I guessed…
