A great post by Ellen Oh on the racial problems with YA Book Covers. Timely if you’re also aware of all the racial comments circling around Rue, Thresh, & Cinna in the Hunger Games movie. I wish I could say that I think my future children will be represented in the books I read to … Continue reading »
I wonder if this girl has had her ass kicked on campus yet. Anyways, UCLA’s Asian American Studies Department released an official statement about the whole shenannigan I discussed yesterday, basically calling for punishment by UCLA administration and also calling for UCLA to look at their (lack of) diversity requirement. I was unaware that UCLA … Continue reading »
So, apparently there is a youtube video of a girl complaining about the hoardes of Asians who make a ruckus in the library on their cell phones. Because I’ve been at work all day, I can’t actually hear what she says (and the original video has been taken down), but I read a transcript and … Continue reading »
