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...they're mixing. Singer and actress Karen Mok, for example, grew up Karen Morris but used her Chinese name when she broke into the Canto-pop scene. "My Eurasian ancestors carried a lot of shame because they weren't one or the other," says Chinese-English performance artist Veronica Needa, whose play Face explores interracial issues. "Much of my legacy is that shame." Still, there's no question that Eurasians enjoy a higher profile today. "Every time I turn on the TV or look at an advertisement, there's a Eurasian," says Needa. "It's a validating experience...
...many Asian countries?Japan, Malaysia, Thailand?the Eurasian craze coincides with a resurgent nationalism. Those two seemingly contradictory trends are getting along just fine. "Face it, the West is never going to stop influencing Asia," says performance artist Needa. "But at the same time, the East will never cease to influence the West, either." In the 2000 U.S. census, nearly 7 million people identified themselves as multiracial, and 15% of births in California are of mixed heritage. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the Oscar-winning kung fu flick, was more popular in Middle America than it was in the Middle Kingdom...
...Nobody has the excuse of saying we don't needa women's center because we've got Radcliffe,because we don't have Radcliffe anymore," Clancysaid
Some minority group leaders now says they needa center. And they blame the sameadministrators--including Dean of Students ArchieC. Epps III--for not giving them...
...said last night that he will issue awritten warning to two faculty members who are onthe faculty advisory committee. "I think they needa warning so they won't be taken in by theothers," he said...