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...Silk, directed by Su Chao-bin, tries a sciencey twist on the ghostly-kid genre spawned in Japan by The Ring and imitated by movie industries from Hong Kong's to Hollywood's. Beginning with that favorite Asian movie trope - sending some disposable Caucasian to his violent death - Silk focus on a Taipei research project that has managed, through some anti-gravity gizmo called the Menger Sponge, to capture the ghost of a nine-year old boy. Guess what? The death-child escapes...
...especially delighted to see the story on the South Korean pop star Rain. His fame across Asia and the upcoming release of his English-language album show that pop culture no longer moves strictly from West to East. I don't speak Korean, but like many Asian Americans, I am attracted to Asian entertainers. Janet Vo Boston It is good to know that American stars such as Angelina Jolie and George Clooney are using their public prominence to address serious problems. Celebrities who choose to get involved in pressing social issues can raise awareness and inspire others to take positive...
...Between Two Worlds" [May 1]: How subtly Korean-American Suzette Won Haas described the sense of "feeling like the hyphen in between" Asian and American in Asian-American. It's really hard for the current generation of Asian Americans to cherish their roots and seek their fortunes at the same time. Older immigrants' dilemma of whether to embrace their ethnic culture and community or be carried away by the American environment is like dealing with oil and water, and nowhere is that incompatibility more deeply felt than in romance. As Bob Ragasa, a Filipino-American teacher said, "Maybe...
...Your story said first-generation Asian-Americans were able to blend into American society because of their high education and skill levels. They also possess a quality I call achievement orientation. Most Asian migrants to the U.S. left their homelands in search of a better quality of life not only for themselves but particularly for their children. They worked hard to achieve their dreams. Their goal was to excel in whatever they did. The second generation has assimilated into multicultural American society. The children of Asian migrants are at home in the U.S., and many of them will outdo their...
...second-generation Asian-Americans in your story discussed the difficulties they have experienced being accepted in U.S. society. But how many of them whole-heartedly accept African-Americans or Mexican-Americans as their equals? Would those Asian-Americans care to live in black or Latino neighborhoods? Bigotry is not practiced exclusively by whites. When it comes to discrimination, it suits people when they are on the giving end and hurts them when they are at the receiving end. Sriram Srinivasan Bangalore, India...