Blog Archive: October 2012
Blog Archive: October 2012
Coming Out and Living As a Double Minority
Today is National Coming Out Day. In this International Examiner feature, Mike Chin shares his experience as a "double minority".
Deliberate Distortions: 'Radiolab' and the Hmong Story
How Orientalism and ethnocentric prejudice hijacked a "scientific quest for the truth" behind yellow rain, with unsettling consequences.
Books: A Re-Telling of 'Antigone'
When
Nizam, a crippled Afghani woman, arrives at an American military base looking
for her brother Yusuf’s body, she sets off a chain of events that tests the
convictions of the soldiers.
Hyphen TV: Whistle-Blowing
I'm an Asian Male and I Refuse to Date Myself
Politics: Does Obama Have Asian Americans in the Bag?
A new opinion survey released last week showed that President Barack Obama has nearly double the support of the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community over challenger Mitt Romney. But surprisingly, a huge chunk of AAPIs, 32 percent, remain undecided.
Alien Alias
Law-abiding Americans are supposed to have a fixed name, a fixed date and birthplace, so goes the thinking behind Voter ID laws. But asking immigrants these questions can lead to more than one answer.
Hyphen TV: Missing the Spank
The premieres of The Mindy Project and Elementary, plus friend groups on The New Normal and tough breaks on The Voice and The X Factor.