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Why So Few Asian American Teachers?
Posted by Andrew on Tuesday, March 08 @ 10:00:00 EST (144 reads)
Academia By Gerald W. Bracey
©2001 Phi Delta Kappan
September 2001

The small number of Asian Americans who become K-12 teachers has often been noted. According to June Gordon of the University of California, Santa Cruz, the reasons usually advanced are the "same mainstream views that are offered for overall lack of participation by minority students in general, claiming that low wages and multiple career choices are the principal obstacles within a context of continuing racial discrimination." Other hypotheses include the disrespectful way Asian teachers are treated in American schools and the "prestige hypothesis," which proposes that Asians prefer a career requiring technical expertise in an environment where racial discrimination is minimal. Gordon's research appears in the February 2000 issue of Teachers College Record.

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Do Asian Americans Count in L.A.?
Posted by Andrew on Monday, March 07 @ 10:00:00 EST (107 reads)
Politics By Raphael J. Sonenshein
©2005 Los Angeles Times
February 28, 2005

When people talk about the L.A. mayoral race, four voter blocs are almost always discussed: African Americans, Latinos, Jews, and Republicans. Yet one of the largest groups in the city is rarely mentioned: Asian Americans.

The 2000 census revealed that Asian Americans represent about 10% of the city's population. When it takes as little as 25% of the vote for a mayoral candidate to make a runoff, 10% matters.

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APAC Meets to Remember Hunger Strike
Posted by Andrew on Friday, March 04 @ 10:00:00 EST (124 reads)
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Gathering commemorates decade since fight for minor in Asian American studies

By Kristyn Schiavone
©2005 The Daily Northwestern
March 3, 2005

The Asian Pacific American Coalition gathered Wednesday at the Multicultural Center to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the 1995 hunger strike when students demanded an Asian American studies program at Northwestern.

At the meeting members evaluated the program's progress and discussed ways to strengthen curricula.

Since 1991 the Asian American Advisory Board held student-organized seminars and petition drives to demand the creation of an Asian American academic program. Efforts to put pressure on university administrators culminated in a 21-day hunger strike at The Rock in 1995.

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Students May Divide By Race
Posted by Andrew on Thursday, March 03 @ 10:00:00 EST (401 reads)
Academia By Franco Healy
©2005 The Daily Mississippian
March 1, 2005

The legally-sanctioned divide between students of different races was struck down by the Supreme Court 50 years ago, but on some college campuses, the de facto form of segregation that lingered is still prevalent, a new survey finds.

A survey by the Higher Education Research Institution claims that College freshmen today are less likely to socialize with students from other races than in previous years."

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A Chinese Teenager in America
Posted by Andrew on Tuesday, March 01 @ 10:00:00 EST (956 reads)
Society By Joe
Chinese Community Forum
March 1995

Life is not always pleasant when living in the U.S. as a teenager, especially if you're Chinese. Last school year I experienced many difficulties, although homework had never bothered me, but when I was out in society problems started to show.

When I moved to my new house last Thanksgiving the teenagers were very nice to me so knowing them wasn't bad. The community was nice, the adults looked well educated, so I thought that the teenagers must be pretty smart and do good in school. But it turned out that I misjudged it and after three months my neighbors started picking on and laughing at me.

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A New Constituency
Posted by Andrew on Monday, February 28 @ 10:00:00 EST (231 reads)
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SA's Asian community emerges as a voting bloc

By Michael Cary
©2005 San Antonio Current
February 24, 2005

Pham Van Phuc's family made the front pages of local newspapers on April 25, 1975, after flying to San Antonio International Airport from a refugee camp in Arkansas, less than a week before the fall of Saigon in South Vietnam. Pham, his wife My, and their 10 children had fled Saigon ahead of a tide of Viet Cong soldiers who would soon raise a North Vietnamese flag over the presidential palace, where Pham had served as chief of staff to South Vietnamese president Nguyen Van Thieu.

"We have lost everything," Pham told reporters. "We are starting over; we even lost all our savings in the bank (in Saigon). But we are happy to be here."

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Forum Links Asian American Detentions
Posted by Andrew on Friday, February 25 @ 10:00:00 EST (266 reads)
History By Xin Xie
©2005 The Stanford Daily
February 11, 2005

Last night’s forum exploring the connections between Japanese internment and post-Sept. 11 America, blended both artistic and intellectual elements, including dance and spoken word in addition to speakers.

“The suspension of civil rights does not only concern certain groups — it threatens all of us,” said Cindy Ng, director of the Asian American Activities Center. “The speakers raised important issues, and our hope is that this is just the beginning. We cannot be silent, but rather, we have to speak out and prevent these detentions from happening again.”

80 year-old Kiku Funabiki, labeled as an “ex-con” by the government during World War II because she was Japanese, said that she was inspired by the survivors of the war who spoke out in the 1980s.

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Director Sees Personal Meaning in Turtle Lane's 'Miss Saigon'
Posted by Andrew on Thursday, February 24 @ 10:00:00 EST (647 reads)
Theatre ahteh writes "By Denise Taylor
©2005 The Boston Globe
February 10, 2005

Michelle Aguillon was drawn to "Miss Saigon" for its love story, its spectacle, and its musical score. But as she began directing Turtle Lane Playhouse's production of the Broadway hit in Newton, things got more personal.

"Little did I know how much of it I had witnessed and had in me," said Aguillon, a Filipino American whose father died during the fall of Saigon."

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Whistling a Stereotypical Asian Tune
Posted by Andrew on Wednesday, February 23 @ 10:00:00 EST (1388 reads)
Hate itropical writes "By Itropical
Special to ModelMinority.com
February 23, 2005

A few weeks ago, a 20-something Caucasian male, who strangely had Asian features (i.e., broad face, narrow eyes, dark complexion), whistled at me the introduction of a song called "I think I'm Turnin' Japanese" by The Vapors who recorded the song in the 1980's.

Recently, Incubus and Liz McPhair each covered the song. This Caucasian male whistled this ancient asian melody at me when I passed him in a grocery store in Austin, Texas. He whistled the tune again when he passed by me. He and I passed each other a few more times, and each time, he whistled the tune. His lips didn't move when he whistled, so he thought he was being sly. "

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ECASU Weekend Attracts Hundreds
Posted by Andrew on Monday, February 21 @ 10:00:00 EST (382 reads)
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850 students attend Asian-American workshops, speeches

By Uri Friedman
©2005 The Daily Pennsylvanian (University of Pennsylvania)
February 21, 2005

Approximately 850 Asian-Pacific American students from over 120 East Coast colleges convened at Penn this weekend, and amid workshops, speeches, comedy shows and parties they kept one major concept in mind: power. The students congregated at the University for the 28th Annual East Coast Asian American Student Union Conference, which is hosted by a different college every year, and is the largest gathering of Asian-Pacific American students in the United States.

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