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Perhaps this explains why so many Korean Americans interviewed in the media said that when they first heard the Virginia Tech shooter was Asian, they hoped and prayed that he wasn’t Korean. This worry may seem nonsensical, but it is the only logical response to a society that too often exploits the ethnicity of evildoers in the search for a scapegoat...
There has not yet been any publicized case of violence against Korean Americans in the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings, but discrimination often manifests itself in other ways. Some examples are blatant, such as conservative columnist Debbie Schlussel’s claim that the shooting was “yet another reason to stop letting in so many foreign students,” and the recently created Facebook group, “FUCK THAT ASIAN KID THAT SHOT UP VT.” Other examples are more subtle—that quiet Asian in the corner is no longer...
Indeed, it’s interesting to note that people almost always focus on ethnicity instead of other unifying characteristics. The Virginia Tech shooter, Seung-Hui Cho, for example, was a South Korean immigrant who grew up in Centreville, Virginia, and majored in English at Virginia Tech. Of course, no one thinks any less of English majors or Centreville residents after the shooting—after all, that would be utterly ridiculous. But somehow, some find directing their anger and frustration at innocent Korean Americans less ridiculous...
...Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” made its debut in 1962, but the script’s mix of the complex and the comprehensible fits it into any stage at any time, provided there are capable people at the helm. The Harvard Radcliffe Dramatic Club’s (HRDC) production of the play is proof...
...tension in HRDC’s production of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” didn’t add any lighthearted fun to my weekend. It was an expertly-executed production whose actors so realistically conveyed their depression that it made me think seriously about the state of the institution of marriage...