Posts from Years Past: December : Asian-Nation : Asian American News, Issues, & Current Events Blog

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 16, 2010

Written by C.N.

Posts from Years Past: December

In case you’re the nostalgic type, here are some posts in this blog from December of years past:

2009: How Immigrants Contribute to American Society
Within the partisan an emotional debates on the cultural and economic effects of immigration, several new studies point out that immigrants ultimately make several important contributions to American society.
2008: Shinseki and Cao: Newest Asian American Political Pioneers
What the nomination of Eric Shinseki and the election of Joseph Cao mean for Asian Americans and their political power.
2007: New Opportunities for People of Color on TV?
Do reality TV shows improve the inclusion and representation of people of color in American society and popular culture?
2006: Asian Americans Overrepresented at Univ. of CA
Revisiting the thorny topic of academics, representation, and fairness for Asian Americans in college admissions.
2005: The New White Flight
White students fleeing schools with large Asian student populations — and what the Asian students can learn from this.
2004: Transnational Assimilation
Examples of how Asian Americans in the CA Bay area bridge the gap between Asia and America.
2003: N.Y. Met Executive is Fired Over Racist Remarks
Blatant racism directed at Kim Ng, perhaps the most powerful Asian American figure in Major League Baseball.
2002: North Korea Stirs Up Trouble Again
The more things change, the more they stay the same — the ongoing saga of North Korea and its threats of war against its Asian neighbors and the U.S.

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December 16, 2010

Written by C.N.

Posts from Years Past: December

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