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Rod McPhee: Accent prejudice isn't merely unkind it's self-defeating too - 1 views

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    To this day whenever I'm addressed by someone with crisp received pronunciation I still feel the instinctive need to tug my forelock and sink into a deep curtsy (opinion column)
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Opinion: Why I don't hyphenate Chinese American - CNN.com - 0 views

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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.
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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.
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This Story Stinks - 0 views

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    NYT article. Online reader comments have a bigger effect on our understanding than many of us realize.
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Helping Hands? - 0 views

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    article about American Sign Language being used instead of local sign languages
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Please rise for our polyglot anthem - 0 views

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    Iraq to have new multilingual anthem
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Suffolk Country Turns a Page - 0 views

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    New York country to translate official documents into 6 other languages
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Changing Minds After Newtown - 0 views

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    NYT article. Creating a "brand" for gun control.
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The wrong kind of Caucasian - 0 views

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    Despite the Boston bombers having little to do with Chechnya, the media were quick to demonise an entire ethnicity. Article from Aljazeera.
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Wikipedia's Sexism Toward Female Novelists - 0 views

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    When is a novelist not a novelist? When she's a female novelist. Op-ed from NYT.
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E-Books and Democracy - 0 views

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    All of the Big Six publishers have, for the first time, agreed to make e-books available to public library users (NYT article)
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In a Gaudy Theme Park, Jay-Z Meets J-Gatz - 0 views

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    NYT article about the new movie version of The Great Gatsby
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Sexism and the Single Murderess - 0 views

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    NYT op-ed about how double standards and how women are depicted in media coverage of sex scandals and crimes
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No English! - 1 views

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    My expat child doesn't want to speak my native language.(blog)
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Greetings, From Around the World - 0 views

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    Readers' letters in response to the article
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Sex and Candy - 0 views

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    Article about the strange history of women, sensuality and chocolate has links to four old ads for chocolate.
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Panic in the Locker Room! - 0 views

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    Let me get this, um, straight: Some N.F.L. players can withstand crushing tackles but not an openly gay teammate?
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Google, Tell Me. Is My Son a Genius? - 0 views

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    Gender differences seen in Google searches: a study of anonymous, aggregate data from Google searches suggests that contemporary American parents are far more likely to want their boys smart and their girls skinny (NY Times Op-Ed)
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포항공대신문 Mixed Opinions toward Campus Bilingualism - 4 views

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    Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in Korea announced a Bilingual Campus Policy in 2010. This article from the campus newspaper considers the issue.
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Frozen in a niche? (NY Times) - 0 views

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    The percentage of women directing, writing, producing, editing and shooting films has declined since 1998.
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