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...from a memorial for a group that had helped suppress the Boxers. It was really culturally mixed up.” AAWA members discussed changing the name of the party with the Fox’s president at the time, and began contacting professors to bolster a case for racism in the Fox’s choice to name a pajama party after what Ho calls “a very very bloody, very ugly chapter in Chinese history.” The resulting criticism of the party was more intense than it had ever been before, and that year...
...from a memorial for a group that had helped suppress the Boxers. It was really culturally mixed up.” AAWA members discussed changing the name of the party with the Fox’s president at the time, and began contacting professors to bolster a case for racism in the Fox’s choice to name a pajama party after what Ho calls “a very very bloody, very ugly chapter in Chinese history.” The resulting criticism of the party was more intense than it had ever been before, and that year...
...arise—softpedaled by patronizing concessions to perceived skill in the sciences, the accusation is that Asian-Americans do not speak the university’s language, do not contribute to university community, and do not participate in university life. According to many Asian-Americans, the fact that racism directed towards them is rarely direct is no less damaging to the community. Yet, others consider themselves lucky that that’s all it is. One Asian student, who lived in a virtually all-white community before coming to Harvard, doesn’t see the problem...
While the resistance longtime residents put up to change is often rooted in xenophobia and racism, the result of the resistance is actually progressive: those engaging in voice do not exit, and thus do not contribute to de facto segregation...
...care, and the media certainly doesn't care. What they should care about is that there are over a million orphans in Malawi, and following me around is just a gross misappropriation of attention and money. But I do think there's a certain amount of nationalism and racism thrown in there. I mean, there's a lot of Brits - reporters on the street - who've said, "Why don't you adopt a kid from Britain?" Or, "Why did you adopt a black child?" So a lot of people's hangups and 'isms' are sort of mixed into this...