Word: asianized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first ethnic studies program in 1968, and similar departments sprang up at universities up and down the West Coast soon afterward. Although the RES movement has lagged behind on the East Coast, it has made some substantial gains. Along with African American studies, Cornell offers majors in Asian American and Latino studies; Yale offers a major in ethnicity, race and migration; and UMass Boston features a Hispanic studies department and an Asian American institute...
...race theory or ethnic case studies in Historical Study A-34: "Medicine and Society in America." And although I appreciate the existence of courses such as Sociology 135: "The Caribbean Experience in America," I wonder why there are no similar courses for, for example, the Puerto Rican or South Asian experiences in America as well...
...lookat these really famous actors who are Harvardalums," Cohen says. "Look at Mira Sorvino['89-'90]. She graduated summa cum laude in EastAsian Studies and now is this wonderfully talentedactress who shows up and they say 'So, you went toHarvard--that's great. And you graduated summa.Wow. In East Asian Studies. Wow. There's a lotmore to you than being an actor. You're a reallyincredible person who happens to have this talentand is making a fair amount of money...
...exactly like your mother. But the message was very down-home: Start saving for a rainy economy. Greenspan urged Congress, in crafting the 1999 budget, to keep the tax-cut goodies out -- and sock the extra money away until the impact of the Asian crisis on U.S. prosperity can be fully appreciated...
Given that the admissions office has come under federal and student scrutiny in the past for its admissions and recruitment policy toward Asian-American students, it should recognize the diversity within the group as much as it claims...