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...York, the percentage of Americans who identified themselves as Buddhist doubled from 1990 to 2001 (0.23 percent to 0.53 percent). While a portion of these numbers comes from the immigrant Asian population, “there has also been a turn toward Buddhism on the part of [non-Asian] Americans,” Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies Diana L. Eck writes in her 2001 book, A New Religious America. The interest in Buddhism in America is mostly fueled by interest in meditation, which many perceive as a trendy and reliable form of stress relief. The image...
...evidence, check out the wall-to-wall patrons (Asian and non-Asian alike) enjoying dim sum, from chicken feet to coconut cake, at Ocean Palace, a cavernous banquet hall in the Bellaire neighborhood at the western end of Houston's Chinatown. The steamed buns filled with barbecued pork are as light as clouds; slivers of custard-soft tofu are immersed in a light ginger syrup; and the chili oil at every table is made by the chef. Waiters cruise the place with carts of delicacies; just point to the ones you want...
...lighter touch, try southwest Houston's Le Viet, which owner Tam Le opened nine months ago with a mission to make his mother's Vietnamese home cooking popular with non-Asian diners. The servers at Le Viet patiently show newcomers how to wrap rice-paper rolls around pungent shrimp paste, vermicelli and mounds of fragrant mint and cilantro, and advise which sauce goes with the fiery lemongrass tofu. "I'm young and willing to try new things," says Le, 25. "You can't serve American customers the same way as Vietnamese customers...
...wish there was a greater interest in cultural things from members not of that culture. It would be wonderful if non-Latino students wanted to attend “Presencia Latina” and non-Asian students wanted to see Better Luck Tomorrow...
Farh had difficulty becoming as comfortable among non-Asian friends as she was with Asian students. White students’ comfort levels are rarely tested to such an extent. As Kimberly J. Ravener ’03 says, while minority students are consistently forced into situations where they are outnumbered, white students generally have to consciously choose to end up in that scenario. Ravener is a self-described standard white girl in a very diverse blocking group. Through her blockmates, she’s become the rare white student who participates primarily in a minority-dominated social scene...