Tag: Asian Culture
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Ms. Meltingpot Recommends: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Hi Meltingpot Readers, If unlike me, you’re not racing around the city this afternoon looking for a beret for you son’s Halloween mime costume and then spending the evening in a church basement carving pumpkins with your kids, you might want a recommendation for a good movie to watch tonight. If that is the case,…
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Wednesday Round-Up: Mississippi is Mixing it Up, Disgrasians and Black Dolls
Hi Meltingpot Readers, Today I’m introducing a new feature here on the Meltingpot, *drum roll please* ‘Wednesday Round-Up.’ From now on, Wednesday’s posts will feature a collection of stories from around the blogosphere that I think are worthy of a Meltingpot mention. They might be hilarious or horrific, I’ll let you decide (and comment upon).…
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Why is Ramen so Damn Good?
Hi Meltingpot Readers, Last night we had to go out to celebrate the fact that el esposo made it through day one of his comprehensive exams. He has another round next Saturday and then he is done. But the worst is over so we decided to go out for dinner. Now, going out for dinner…
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“Gangnam Style” Deconstructed
Meltingpot Readers, have you peeped this video by Korean rap sensation, PSY? He is apparently the hottest thing on YouTube right now. If you haven’t seen it, I’ll wait for you to go take a looksie. It is High-larious! (Thanks to reader, Cyretha for the link.) So, people, a Korean rapper who has already busted on…
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Color Bias in Asian Communities
Lately I’ve been doing a lot of research on colorism. It’s my next “thing” to write about. Of course, as a Black woman in America, I know all about the color complex in our community. From birth I’ve been indoctrinated with the idea that Black people come in two flavors, light and dark. Interestingly, I…
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Motherhood Olympics: Is Parenting the New International Competition?
As we wind down from the rush of the 2012 summer Olympics, we can now get back to that other arena of international competition, motherhood. Is it just me, or did the release of Amy Chua’s 2011 book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, take the already competitive field of motherhood to a whole new,…
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Speaking in Tongues:The Best Way to Raise Bilingual Children
Hello Meltingpot Community, Imagine this scene, dear readers. Some friends of ours recently came to visit. A family of four, the parents are both ethnically Chinese. The wife was born in Hong Kong and came to the United States with her family as a young girl. We met in New York City when we worked…
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Asian Soul Food? Yes, Please!
Hi Meltingpot Readers, If there’s two things I love in this life it’s food and Asian culture. It seems in every major time period of my life, I’ve always had a really good Asian friend. In childhood, my best friend was Japanese. In high school, I hung with some cool Filipinos. In college all of…
