Mixed Race America

Thoughts, musings, and observations about race in America, particularly the mixing of race--in all the ways you can imagine: people of various races interacting, people of various races not wanting to mix, issues of purity, hybridity, multiplicity, heterogeneity, and any other way you can describe the blending, melding, melting, tossing, turning, churning of race relations in the United States.

Showing posts with label Orientalism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Orientalism. Show all posts
Sunday, November 4, 2012

Cloud Atlas Review Part 2: Yellowface & Orientalism

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So here's part 2 of my 3 part review of Cloud Atlas ( click here for part 1 ).  Today's topic: the film's use of yellowface and...
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Oriental describes rugs not people

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Growing up, I often heard the word "Oriental" used interchangeably with Asian or even Asian American. It wasn't until I went ...
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

My politics stop at body lotion

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I was shopping at Bath and Body Works for some body lotion and found a scent that I really enjoy. But I went back and forth about whether I...
Tuesday, January 29, 2008

The many faces of "Orientalism"

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Before I start writing about "Orientalism" and "Orientalizing" it seems like I should give a definition for people who h...
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Thursday, December 13, 2007

Typical encounter

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SCENE: Contemporary art gallery in downtown Southern city PLAYERS: white female artist, mid to late 60s, Asian American female professor, la...
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007

My Precious

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There is an article in today's NY Times about the proliferation of tea houses and tea purveyors in Portland, OR (it's in the Travel...
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A 40-something professor of contemporary American literature and Asian American literature interested in issues of social justice and specifically how to create spaces to talk comfortably (and sometimes uncomfortably) about race.
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