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TEDTalk – Redefining “Model Minority”

Posted onDecember 11, 2012Leave a comment

I was tired of being the exception to the rule. So I decided to flip the rule on its head. Video here. Alas, my speech was cut short by two minutes due to the usual extenuating circumstances (sorry person of Read More …

CategoriesEthnic Studies, Immigration, VideosTagsAsian American, immigrant, model minority, TEDTalk

Coming out in the New York Times

Posted onApril 22, 2009Leave a comment

“Get in line!” I am told. This is quite ironic since “getting in line” is precisely what made me an “illegal alien.” I was brought here legally on an F-2 student visa from Fiji when I was 14 and was Read More …

CategoriesImmigrationTagsDREAM Act, immigrant students, model minority

B-I-T-C-H – A Personal Statement on International Women's Day

Posted onMarch 7, 2009Leave a comment

“You are an AAPI. But you are not a model minority. You talk back. And, you are queer.” And I am also a womyn, which matters a whole lot. Lets set aside those dry, boring intellectual blog posts for a Read More …

CategoriesPolitics, RacismTagscoalition-building, model minority, Queer, United We DREAM

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