Word: asianized
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Secondly, the breadth of material related to ethnic studies requires specialization to ensure broad coverage without risking oversimpliflcation. We need to study the histories and cultures of particular groups because each is different, and assumptions made for one probably will not apply to another. Take the example of Asian Americans. Comprising a diverse array of groups which differ both in their points of entry and place of origin, Asian Americans can on more be indiscriminately lumped together than Asian Americans as a group can be assumed to be just like all other Americans. Important commonalities do exist, but careful study...
...arguments presented above are not meant to be ethnocentric, but to reflect the reality we face. The experience of, for example, Asian Americans in this country is in many ways different from that of other groups--to gloss this over or to shove it to the margins of academia is to deny reality. Therefore studying the origins and significance of this difference is important, not only for Asian Americans but for the betterment of the larger society. And professors of color, by virtue of having experienced marginalization, can offer important insights that other professors often miss...
Alex H. Cho '96 and Jennifer Ching '96 are members of Students for Diversity and Ethnic Studies and are also co-presidents of the Asian American Association...
Boulware says the organization will reach outto other ethnic organizations, in particularHarvard-Radcliffe Hillel and campus Asian groups...
...been involved in discussion groups withHillel. We'll probably the continuing that,"Boulware says. "And we'll be increasinginteraction with campus Asian groups;traditionally there hasn't been a lot ofinteraction between...