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ARTICLES:
Politics & Society
The
Ugly Truth Behind The Eurasian Beauty Myth
Beauty
is one of the most pervasive stereotypes about Eurasian females.
But at what point does a healthy admiration for Eurasian features
turn into a loathing of one's own monoracial looks? Or into the
sexual objectification of Eurasian women?
The
Dilemma of Mixed Asians In Hip Hop
Hip
hop artists have long sprinkled their lyrics with references to
shaolin, kung fu and geishas. But despite this apparent fascination
with Asian culture, hip hop artists of mixed Asian descent continue
to deny their ethnic heritage. Tom Melesky examines this phenomenon.
Racial
Profiling in American Healthcare
Mandy
Willingham examines why the American healthcare system still relies
on outdated racial classification systems, despite the country’s
burgeoning multiracial and multiethnic population.
Being
a Third Culture Kid
They
grew up moving from country to country. They speak several languages
with native fluency. They can tell you where to find the finest
espresso in Rome and the best doubles stand in Trinidad. But what
is it really like to be a Third Culture Kid?
The
Problem With Terms and Labels
Hapa.
Eurasian. Mulatto. Mixed. Half. Double. You may think that these
are all just harmless words. In this opinion piece, Abbie Miyabi
Modry argues that as an emerging minority group, it is important
for multiracial people to declare which terms and labels they can
and cannot accept.
Indos:
The Last Eurasian Community?
When
the Netherlands relinquished control of Indonesia in 1949, nearly
200,000 Indos (Eurasians of Dutch and Indonesian descent) fled the
country in search of a better life. Dr. Jan Krancher tells the history
of this remarkable Eurasian community, and its attempts to preserve
its unique cultural heritage.
The
Explosion In Mixed Race Studies
A
new generation of academics is pushing the boundaries of ethnic
studies, compelling people to look beyond the traditional minority
groups, to the experiences of mixed race individuals in America.
The
Top 19 Mixed Race Studies Classes
EurasianNation's
guide to the top mixed-race studies college classes in the United
States and Canada.
Abductees
Speak
Transracial Adoptees Take On the Adoption Industry
Stephanie
Cho and Kim So Yung are fighting to expose the unequal power between
the white adoption industry and children of color adoptees. Here,
they reflect on how their childhood experiences made them think
about racism and adoption, and how they became political activists.
Hollywood
and Its Distorted Reality
When
Lucy Liu’s character in “Charlie’s Angels 2: Full
Throttle” turned out to be half white, the Media Action Network
for Asian Americans protested to the director that her biracial
heritage belittled Liu as a positive role model for Asian Americans.
In this scathing opinion piece, The Hollywood Watchdawg says “gimme
a break!”
Letter
to the Editor from MANAA
Jennifer
Kuo, president of the Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA)
responds to The Hollywood Watchdawg's article "Hollywood and
Its Distorted Reality" in our last issue.
"Hey
far out dude, we're like, this train of Hapas!"
or
All People Are Honorary Hapas
In
this scathing opinion piece, Emma Goldman argues that Hapa "culture"
does not and cannot exist, and that the phenomenon is just another
example of America's propensity for naming, packaging and marketing
a group of people—and profiting from it.
How
to Fight Hate Crimes
Experts
estimate that 32 people a day are victims of hate crimes in the
United States. Of course you hope it will never happen to you but
if it does, do you know what to do? How do you protect yourself,
your loved ones, and your community?
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