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For Chin, naming was vitally important. Just as blacks had appropriated formerly derogatory terms--from "Negro" to "black" itself--as consciously chosen emblems of racial pride and identity, Chin tried to turn the racist label of "Chinaman" into one Chinese-Americans could claim as their own. Instead, hyphenation carried the...
This is by no means to suggest that such illumination is not to be had from examples in different world literatures, nor is it to absolve us of our responsibility as world citizens to study other cultures. But I believe it safe to say that, for Americans of today, the...
Gustavo De La Riva's lab boasts an imposing assortment of high-tech gear: automated machines for synthesizing DNA, centrifuges for swirling cell cultures, growth chambers for coddling delicate seedlings. There is even a particle gun that genetically transforms sugarcane embryos by peppering them with DNA-coated BBs. But what...
Traditionally, cultures become more fascinated with the past as a millennium approaches, so this rush to scrap baseball history in favor of creature comforts is all the more disturbing. We can't get enough news about tombs discovered in Egypt and terra-cotta warriors unearthed in China, yet the good...
Never mind that Yankee Stadium is far more accessible by both car and subway than the new stadium would be, never mind that the neighborhood is actually quite safe on game days, never mind that 2 million fans a year can still imagine Mickey Mantle gliding across the outfield. The...