Word: asianized
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Harvard Foundation, created to foster better race relations on campus, is largely ignorant of Asian American needs. Last week, the Foundation invited Martin Yan, from the PBS television show Yan Can Cook, to speak at Yenching Auditorium...
...Asian Americans have already formed organizations to serve as activist groups. Harvard's campus, for example, has more than eight Asian student organizations; at least two are less than a year old. But for the most part, these student groups refrain from political involvement. The Asian American Association, meant to be an umbrella group representing all Asian American students, is better known for its noodle nights and Quincy dining hall dances than for any political commentary...
While Martin Yan is a valuable member of Asian American society, he is yet another media image of the exotic Asian. Asking the Asian equivalent of Buckwheat to give an hour-long demonstration of Chinese cooking and Tai-Chi does nothing for campus race relations. In fact, it perpetuates the stereotypes the Foundation aims to eliminate...
...Asian Americans need to assert their collective political identity more often. However, they can't take their example from the minorities of the past. The new Asian leaders will be academics and prominent media personalities, not militants like Malcolm X. After all, our situation differs markedly; we don't have to deal with systematic oppression, but rather with the last vestiges of discrimination which we have ignored for too long...
Groups like the AAA should become more active than they are now. I can't explicitly define what the Asian American agenda should be, but clearly some decisions should be made. For instance, does Harvard need an ethnic studies department? What can be done about the media's perception of Asian Americans? How can relations with other minorities be improved...