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 Academic Version: Applying my personal experiences and academic research as a professor of Sociology and Asian American Studies to provide a more complete understanding of political, economic, and cultural issues and current events related to American race relations, and Asia/Asian America in particular. Plain English: Trying to put my Ph.D. to good use.  December 4, 2004Written by C.N.Controversy Again at the OlympicsOriginally posted February 2002 The 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics inspired and united the country behind such American athletes as Apolo Ohno and Michelle Kwan, as the U.S. team earned almost three times as many medals as they’ve ever won in a single Winter Olympics. But as usual, the games couldn’t escape controversy. From my perspective, the two incidents that Read More → Written by C.N.9/11/01: Tragedy & DevastationOriginally posted September 2001 Words cannot adequately describe the suffering and devastation that occurred on September 11, 2001. Hijacked jetliners crash into the two World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon in the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history. I personally feel very sad about the senseless loss of life and my sincere thoughts, condolences, and metta go out to Read More → Written by C.N.Two Steps Forward, One Step Back?Originally posted July 2001 After an unsuccessful campaign to win the right to host the Summer Olympics in 2004, Beijing was awarded the games for 2008. At issue was China’s human rights record. Almost everyone agrees (except for the Chinese themselves, of course) that China does not have the cleanest, most sparkling human rights record in the world. Groups Read More → Written by C.N.A Movie That Will Live in InfamyOriginally posted May 2001 The movie Pearl Harbor gets a warm reception from the public but a cool one from critics. When the movie first came out and before I actually saw it, I initially reiterated the criticisms that many Asian American organizations had about it. These included that there were virtually no Japanese American or Asian American characters in Read More → Written by C.N.A Real Eye OpenerOriginally posted April 2001 A national opinion survey among 1,216 respondents, commissioned by the Chinese American organization Committee of 100 in conjunction with the Anti-Defamation League, finds that: 46% of all respondents feel that Chinese Americans passing information on to the Chinese government is a problem. Written by C.N.War and ConscienceOriginally posted April 2001 Former Senator Bob Kerrey admits that he participated in the massacre of innocent civilians in the Viet Nam War. After more than 30 years of silence, former Senator Bob Kerrey now admits that he participated in the massacre of more than 13 women and children in an attempted raid in the village of Thanh Phong near the Read More → |
