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A mixed-race, ethnically ambiguous experience. . . An Emotional Return to Form. January 21, 2011. Note: This may not be my most polished writing, but you’ll understand why I left it that way after a little bit of reading. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Readership (those of you left)- I would like to ask you all a question:. Have you ever been called emotional? Now, now – don’t be shy. Just raise your hands nice and high if that has been the case. So the rest of you – come on,. Let’s see those hands. Oh, now...
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Educating the Masses: China vs. the U.S., Part I | CHOP-TENSILS
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A mixed-race, ethnically ambiguous experience. . . Laquo; Educating the Masses: Education, Culture, and the World. Facebook as a Guide for “Multi-racial Understanding”. Educating the Masses: China vs. the U.S., Part I. February 19, 2011. This post is a continuation-piece. Please read the first “Educating the Masses” post prior to reading this one. China vs. the U.S.: The Long, Winding Road of EduCultural Development. Now that we’ve taken a look at a very simple example of the effect of culture on. Theref...
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April | 2011 | CHOP-TENSILS
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A mixed-race, ethnically ambiguous experience. . . Archive for April, 2011. April 5, 2011. Today is Qingming here in China, or “Tomb-Sweeping Day.” It’s a national holiday devoted to visiting family grave sites and honoring ancestors and those who have passed before us. In honor of this day, I thought I would visit my grandparents in writing, offering them gifts of remembrance – celebrations of life and those bits of my own soul and personality that I believe they originally gave me. From the shine in hi...
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On Being a Bridge | CHOP-TENSILS
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A mixed-race, ethnically ambiguous experience. . . Laquo; On the Gray Area in Between. On Hellboy as a Vehicle for Race Relations. On Being a Bridge. July 13, 2008. I am currently working at a summer arts camp, so my posts will be coming infrequently – I’ll be back at it for real in another three weeks). Well, I just wanted to put my two cents in on this one, and I call bullsh* . Because I know it won’t. Hell no. Mono-racial people (white and otherwise) absolutely love to discount those experiences a...
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Mixed Kids are not Prettier: Blowing Up “Hybrid Vigor” | CHOP-TENSILS
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A mixed-race, ethnically ambiguous experience. . . Laquo; F-ing History Channel. Third Time’s a Charm? Mixed Kids are not Prettier: Blowing Up “Hybrid Vigor”. February 28, 2010. Okay, I am a bit sick of hearing people talk about mixed folks like we’re some sort of science experiment:. I look at her, What? I don’t say it, but I’m thinking ‘Has she looked at the father? What is wrong with people? And although I’d love to bathe in the ego-stroking that entails (an interesting counterpoint to Asian men.
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Tomb-Sweeping | CHOP-TENSILS
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A mixed-race, ethnically ambiguous experience. . . Laquo; Facebook as a Guide for “Multi-racial Understanding”. April 5, 2011. Today is Qingming here in China, or “Tomb-Sweeping Day.” It’s a national holiday devoted to visiting family grave sites and honoring ancestors and those who have passed before us. So I bring you four short meditations on my grandparents. Four simple memories and acts of. We’ll start with my mother’s father. From the shine in his eyes, I knew he wasn’t serious, and so I ende...
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Educating the Masses: Education, Culture, and the World | CHOP-TENSILS
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A mixed-race, ethnically ambiguous experience. . . Laquo; We Really Are All In This Together. Educating the Masses: China vs. the U.S., Part I. Educating the Masses: Education, Culture, and the World. February 14, 2011. Culture to a completely different cultural system. Teaching and learning works, as well. But recently, I’ve found myself getting more and more involved in the. Of education. If you’ve read my blog, you know that that entails how systems of. Models of education into. System. This inclu...
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Is “Diversity” Really a Good Thing? | CHOP-TENSILS
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A mixed-race, ethnically ambiguous experience. . . Laquo; One more time. We Really Are All In This Together. Is “Diversity” Really a Good Thing? February 7, 2011. I know, I know – the title of this post is practically sacrilege considering all that I write about, but I’m kind of serious. In all of this, obviously, we assume that “diversity,” in itself, is a. Person. Probably a racist. What’s so good about “diversity”? Why do I have to learn about Civil Rights? You don’t know, either.”. And that’s t...
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One more time | CHOP-TENSILS
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A mixed-race, ethnically ambiguous experience. . . Laquo; An Emotional Return to Form. Is “Diversity” Really a Good Thing? February 1, 2011. Again – I think it’s better to music, but hopefully this does something for y’all. If this doesn’t post this time, I think I’ll scream:. Never asked for this. Passive kiss from a world packed with. Racists, sexists, violence. And all of this. Resistance seems so pointless, sometimes. Do what I can. Not enough – I’m just. But if I could get a hand. To its own poison.
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We Really Are All In This Together | CHOP-TENSILS
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A mixed-race, ethnically ambiguous experience. . . Laquo; Is “Diversity” Really a Good Thing? Educating the Masses: Education, Culture, and the World. We Really Are All In This Together. February 10, 2011. LGB youth are 40% more likely to be punished by school authorities and the justice system. Hmmm – do those kinds of numbers sound familiar? Oppression is oppression is oppression. Read the summary here: http:/ www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101206093707.htm. Except trans people, apparently.
