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Before I came to Harvard, many of my English friends—somewhat in jest, but somewhat seriously—liked to stereotype Americans as ignorant bozos, guzzling giant Diet Cokes while cruising to malls in their Hummers. Now there’s a new image of Americans??and it’s far less light-hearted than before—as arrogant boors, fondling huge automatic weapons while racing to Baghdad in their Humvees. And, however unfair that portrayal, the fact that it is widely believed—and in the country which is, after all, America?...
...Asian immigrant groups in the United States transcended the conflict-ridden histories of their respective Asian countries of heritage. With the dehumanization of Vietnamese, Cambodians and other Southeast Asians in Western news coverage of the Vietnam War, the pressure for action among the self-designated “Asian Americans?? resulted in the Third World Liberation Front—a series of strikes in solidarity with other students of color at San Francisco State University and the University of California, Berkeley from 1968-1969. The following year, the first Asian American studies programs were established through the ethnic...
...people end up taking [African-American Studies], but that’s framed in a black/white binary and it marginalizes Asians, Latinos, and Native Americans?? Asian American Association Education/Political Co-Chair Angela C. Makabali ’06 said...
...apathy is not the right way to characterize young Americans?? regard for the issues that face them. Maybe they care so much that they become all the more frustrated—and apt to give up altogether on politics—when they don’t feel they are listened to. Maybe they then decide to fight the only way that they know how, the only way that they can witness results, the only way that they feel their efforts make an immediate difference, and so turn to community service...
...national affairs correspondent for The Nation and a reporter for over 40 years, Greider should have every right to be disillusioned by now. But, he said, his years on the road did not dishearten him; on the contrary, he was inspired by the Americans?? genuine striving “to do the best they can in their circumstances.” Because Americans workers are fundamentally good, Greider has reasoned, they deserve to be able to play a bigger role in their lives...