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Jenni Young

Walking Dead: No More Asian-American Male Stereotypes - 0 views

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Mass communication Part 2 Asian-American Stereotypes TV Race

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    Walking Dead's Glenn Rhee, played by Korean-American actor Steven Yeun, is not the stereotypical Asian-American male in most Western mainstream media. He is just a former pizza delivery guy from Mi...
  • Jenni Young on 26 Apr 14
     
    Walking Dead's Glenn Rhee, played by Korean-American actor Steven Yeun, is not the stereotypical Asian-American male in most Western mainstream media. He is just a former pizza delivery guy from Mi...
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Notes of a Native Speaker by Eric Liu - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Race Culture Identity Asian-American Assimilation Chinese

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    Eric Liu is an Asian American: "I never asked to be white. I am not literally white. That is, I do not have white skin or white ancestors. I have yellow skin and yellow ancestors, hundreds of generations of them. But like so many other Asian Americans of the second generation, I find myself now the bearer of a strange new status: white, by acclamation."
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  • Jenni Young on 23 Aug 14
     
    Eric Liu is an Asian American: "I never asked to be white. I am not literally white. That is, I do not have white skin or white ancestors. I have yellow skin and yellow ancestors, hundreds of generations of them. But like so many other Asian Americans of the second generation, I find myself now the bearer of a strange new status: white, by acclamation."
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    Eric Liu is an Asian American: "I never asked to be white. I am not literally white. That is, I do not have white skin or white ancestors. I have yellow skin and yellow ancestors, hundreds of generations of them. But like so many other Asian Americans of the second generation, I find myself now the bearer of a strange new status: white, by acclamation."
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    Eric Liu's essay examines the meaning of assimilation, and what it means to be a "banana", an Asian American who identifies as white.
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Don't Hire People With "Black Sounding Names" --The Jesse Lee Peterson Radio Show - You... - 1 views

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Language Part 1 Names Black names Race Racism Bias African-American

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    Jesse Lee Peterson is founder of The Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny, an American religious nonprofit organization dedicated to a conservative agenda among African Americans.
  • Jenni Young on 22 Aug 14
     
    Jesse Lee Peterson is founder of The Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny, an American religious nonprofit organization dedicated to a conservative agenda among African Americans.
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Separated by a common language - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Identity UK USA Usage Culture Varieties of English

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    Observations on British and American English by an American linguist in the UK. "England and America are two countries separated by a common language." - George Bernard Shaw (Blog)
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    Observations on British and American English by an American linguist in the UK. "England and America are two countries separated by a common language." - George Bernard Shaw (Blog)
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Opinion: Why I don't hyphenate Chinese American - CNN.com - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Identity Chinese American Labels

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    Eric Liu is the founder of Citizen University and the author of several books. He was a White House speechwriter and policy adviser for President Bill Clinton. He explains why he calls himself a Chinese American - without a hyphen.
  • Jenni Young on 13 Aug 14
     
    Eric Liu is the founder of Citizen University and the author of several books. He was a White House speechwriter and policy adviser for President Bill Clinton. He explains why he calls himself a Chinese American - without a hyphen.
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Betty Brown, Texas Republican, asks Asian Americans to simplify names - 0 views

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Language Race Identity

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    report of Texas Republican who asked Asian Americans to make their names "easier for Americans to deal with".
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WTF Spoken Word on Asian-American names - 1 views

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Language Culture Race

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    Spoken word performance by Fong Tran in response to a Texas state representative, Betty Brown, who suggested that Asian Americans should make their names "easier for Americans to deal with".
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Racist Radio - Sasheer Zamata - Official Comedy Stand Up - YouTube - 0 views

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Mass communication Part 2 Language Part 1 Advertising Identity Black speech Race African-American

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    Racist Radio - voiceovers for advertisements targeted at "urban" black Americans
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    Racist Radio - voiceovers for advertisements targeted at "urban" black Americans
  • Jenni Young on 18 Jun 14
     
    Racist Radio - voiceovers for advertisements targeted at "urban" black Americans
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Republican wants Asians to change their names - 1 views

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Language Race Identity

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    Response to Texas state representative's suggestion that Asian-Americans change their names to make it "easier for Americans to deal with".
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A Blooming Teacup - American Apparel's unisex styles - 1 views

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Mass communication Gender Sexism Advertising

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  • Jenni Young on 21 May 13
     
    Swedish blog about how American Apparel's 'unisex' plaid shirts are depicted
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Star Types and Stereotypes: Asian-Americans as Leading Ladies - 0 views

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Mass communication Part 2 Asian Stereotypes TV Gender

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    Beyond Lucy Liu and Maggie Q's success as female leads on television, Asian-American actresses often play characters shaped to reflect longstanding stereotypes.
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Text Messaging and IM: Linguistic Comparison of American College Data - 0 views

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    An American University study of college students' texting and instant messaging habits
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Like, Degrading the Language? No Way - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Culture Language change Usage USA

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    Casual American speech is becoming more polite and more subtle.
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    Casual American speech is becoming more polite and more subtle.
  • Jenni Young on 06 Apr 14
     
    Casual American speech is becoming more polite and more subtle (Opinion from NY Times)
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'Yes we can' - Barack Obama's lesson in American rhetoric - 0 views

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Mass communication Part 2 Obama Speeches Persuasion

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    On the fifth anniversary of Barack Obama's acceptance address, David Edgar explores what unites - and divides - the great American speeches of the last 150 years (Guardian)
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Texas State: Asian-Americans Need Simple Names To Help ID them? - 1 views

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Language Race Identity

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    video of Texas state representative Betty Brown suggestion that Asian-Americans simplify their names
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American Apparel catalogue - plaid shirt - 0 views

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'Mass communication Gender Sexism

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  • Jenni Young on 21 May 13
     
    American Apparel's unisex clothing is more about 'sex' - click on link to 'view a woman in this unisex style
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My Asian Americana - 1 views

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Language Culture Identity Cambodia Asian-American

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  • Jenni Young on 15 May 13
     
    Exiles and ex-pats unite as a community to present images of an Americana they left behind. One half live outside the US by choice while the other half has been forcibly returned. All are Americans. Each raised with the memories, mannerisms, and a distinct cultural identity of growing up Asian in America.
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Did You Know That Schools Used To Rename Mexican Children More American Names? - YouTube - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Identity Non-English names

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  • Jenni Young on 10 Mar 14
     
    The Great Facundo - teachers try to work out how to "Americanize" a Mexican boy's name.
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