The Conversation
- Scapegoating our own (13)
- King: ^Yeah, but so did Obama 4 years ago. It’s inconsistent to think that Obama can have an arch of decision...
- Frank Chow: @King He definitely said he opposed “same-sex marriage”, that didn’t change....
- King: @ Frank But Manny didn’t even say what he’s been accused of.
- Facebook co-founder renounces U.S. citizenship prior to IPO (13)
- Raguel: This is a storm in a tea cup, a new five minutes of hate. This is because despite the outrage, people will...
- Frank Chow: “The country is not over-taxed; in fact, tax rates are near 60 year lows.” -source,...
- bigWOWO: Linda, Mark Cuban is rich (richer than me anyway), and he’s just as horrified as I am. I don’t...
- The Perversity of Human Biodiversity, a.k.a. “Scientific” Racism (428)
- LadyBlack: Hello, you who believe that some races are inferior and that some are superior. As a Black (in particular...
- bigWOWO: Thanks, Grover!
- Grover Porquel: Excellent roundup. I have taken on these “biodiversity” types myself over the years and...
- Higher education: the next subprime bubble (5)
- bigWOWO: Let’s think hypothetically. Let’s say they had quotas, such as a company of X number of...
- kobukson: In the past, a high school diploma was sufficient for getting a job. Things changed and a HS diploma...
- bigWOWO: I do agree with you, Ei, to a certain point. I have heard that some lawyers and engineers are having...
- Americans Eat the World’s Cheapest Food (36)
- bigWOWO: A week in, and: I liked the mock chicken, but the family didn’t like it. I don’t know if...
- King: ^ But isn’t Anthony Bourdain the same guy who recently called Paula Deen the “Worst Unhealthy Cook” for...
- kobukson: I like Anthony Bourdain’s take on vegetarians and vegans: “Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like...
- Why Do Asian People Have Bad Eyesight? (37)
- Suing the Bachelor for racial discrimination (34)
- George: The problem with the entertainment industry is that they have already stated that blacks are not on the show...
- George: “Oh and prediction, you know the first female non white bachelorette will be Asian, and it will be...
- Chen: i’ve been reading about BFOQ cases, and it seems as if the entertainment industry wins unless they do...
- Reasons to eliminate black studies (23)
- Asian Men, Black Men, and the Competition for White Women (569)
- Raguel: Actually, white people may laugh at him even more, and that may be why they like him so much.
- Raguel: How does this nihilistic dog so filled with ressentiment and love of the slave morality even dare to mention...
- ChineseMom: (continued) Criticism of contemporary Chinese literature and Marxism Q: After the publication of your...
- Immigration records of Asian immigrants to be made available to public (2)
- American woman becomes hero to abused women in China (39)
- Chen: thats it. This woman got beat up, and that is wrong. I’m sure some assholes are going to use that and run...
- Eurasian Sensation: Patriarchal practices are incredibly ingrained in some countries and are extremely hard to shift....
- Raguel: Wasn’t it reported in one of the major american magazines like life, time etc that travelling ulamas...
- San Diego student left alone in cell for five days (3)
- bigWOWO: Haha…I know, Zach! This is the absolute worse kind of invisibility that there is!
- Zach Katagiri: Man — talk about asian american males being invisible!!
- Linda: this will be the next episode of “I survived….” I am surprised they don’t have video...
- Adventures of the Karaoke King by Harold Taw (Review and Question) (4)
- bigWOWO: Alpha, Glad that you see the precious metals rather than the ranking! Although I guess I should consider...
- Raguel: Why not make contact with other blogs and Asian American websites to feature your reviews? This way,...
- Alpha Asian: B, I know what you mean. A lot of reviewers just give very bland reviews and they don’t really...
- Asian women fetch high prices for egg donation (5)
- Dman: I don’t get the article Asian women in demand for donating her eggs. I did not see anything mentioned...
- bigWOWO: I think that buying an egg is financially easier these days than adoption from China. I know people trying...
- Linda: Also regarding about adoption. I think a lot of Americanized Asians are open to adoption in the US. (unlike...
- Re-Programming Your Mind (74)
- Chr..: I’m not making this up! I saw this guy in front of a Trader Joe’s here in NYC not too long ago as...
- Asian Women and the Invisible Chain (187)
- Chr..: @ King Yes, and what can the general masses do to stop with what’s going on right now? Not much I would...
- King: @ Chr Because the money, more than anything else, is ‘the system’ that affects everything else.
- Chr..: “The whole thing looks like a very twisted version of musical chairs, doesn’t it?” Why does this...
- Creative Monopolists (3)
- Asian husband-wife team on Shark Tank (3)
- Artists Who Refuse to Work for Free (5)
- Courtney: I have been drawing for 22 years. I think it’s really inconsiderate to ask an artist to sit down for...
- More Asian Americans Marrying Within Their Race (106)
- Chr..: “Look at some of the fatcats on Wall Street–a guy who can drop $800 on a single night out isn’t...
- The Richer Sex by Liza Mundy (Review) (12)
- Chr..: “dystopian mating marketplace where, like income inequality, the rewards of female sexuality will go...
- Whiteness and American TV (9)
- Linda: @hadoken – I don’t know why korean dramas are like crack. I go thru phases. since it’s a...
- Scapegoating our own (13)
Category Archives: Education
Podcast with ChineseMom on American culture, education, and raising kids
After six months of no podcasts, we finally put one together. I had the opportunity to speak with ChineseMom last night. ChineseMom is a graduate of Beijing University （北大） undergrad and UCLA grad school, and we had the opportunity to discuss immigration, culture, education, and raising kids. It’s a 52 minute podcast at 24 megs. Download it here, or listen to it here:
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Affirmative Action, and How We Hurt Our Children
Thanks to Francis for sending this article: High-achieving Asian-Americans are being shut out of top schools.
It’s the same old (educational) institutional racism that everyone is aware of but few people do anything about–Asian Americans have a MUCH higher bar in gaining admissions to selective colleges, and people justify it by showing how we’re supposedly over-represented. The article is free, so check it out. The stats are really sad:
Dissuading Chinese Women from Marrying For Money
Thanks, MLC, for sending this one: Girls to learn sour side of relying on ‘sugar daddies’. The article begins:
Girls in South China’s Guangdong province will get a crash course on how to resist the sweet talk of “sugar daddies” when schools start teaching them about self-respect.
The pilot project is aimed at telling girls at middle and elementary schools how to avoid falling into the clutches of older, richer men and stand on their own two feet.
“The education will focus on self-esteem, self-confidence, self-reliance and self-improvement,” said Lei Yulan, vice-governor of Guangdong and director of the Working Committee on Children and Women of Guangdong province.
Are Elite Educations Worth It?
I’ve been meaning to blog about this article since the week before Amy Chua: The Disadvantage of an Elite Education. When M first posted it on another site (thanks, M), I said that I agreed with the article. Immediately a Columbia grad on the site started getting in my face, saying that only people who couldn’t make it into Ivy League colleges would agree with it. He got real mad. Yikes!
Martin Jacques: Understanding the Rise of China
Thanks to the Alpha Asian, who posted the TED talk above in which Martin Jacques talks about the rise of China. From my own perspective as a Chinese American dude, this TED talk was among the most interesting I’ve heard. The thesis of the talk is that Americans fail to understand China for three reasons:
1. The Civilization State vs. The Nation-State
2. The Chinese Perception of Race
3. The Chinese Relationship with Government
I don’t know what the commenters on this blog think, but I highly recommend this talk.
China’s College Educated: The Ant Tribe
The NY Times has a great article on China and its new graduates: China’s Army of Graduates is Struggling. In the article, the author writes about how there exists a glut of college graduates whom the economy doesn’t yet support. People with degrees in accounting, computer programming, and finance are having trouble finding work. Factory blue collar jobs are booming, but the white collar sector is falling. The article says:
Between 2003 and 2009, the average starting salary for migrant laborers grew by nearly 80 percent; during the same period, starting pay for college graduates stayed the same, although their wages actually decreased if inflation is taken into account.
Chinese Students Coming to U.S. in Large Numbers
Great article from the NY Times: The China Boom. It’s about Chinese young people who are coming to the U.S. for college. Man, the U.S. is in trouble. China has all these students itching to learn and ready to change the world. What ever happened to our confidence? Where did we go wrong? I fear that we’re becoming the next Japan.
In any case, it’s refreshing to hear about these young brave souls making the trip across the Pacific. Read the entire article; you’ll be glad you did. Here are some of my observations and commentary:
Maine high school scouts for students in China
Saw this article in the Times today. China’s status as an emerging superpower is attracting all kinds of ideas for business. In the latest news, a Maine high school with a dropping student population is proposing that Chinese students attend their school for the low, low price of $27,000 a year. The school enrollment is only 200, dropping from 700 during the 70′s, and the school is facing some budget shortfalls. The author of the article asked some hard questions:
Malaysia’s Brain Drain
Someone sent this (NYTimes).
Malaysia has lots of talent, but there aren’t work or educational opportunities for everyone, so much of their talent leaves the country. The woman in the picture above, for example, left Malaysia for Singapore to pursue an education. She’s unlikely to go back. There are many reasons for this mass exodus of talent, including lack of educational opportunities and lower wages, but at the forefront of this trend is Malaysia’s racial policies. Malaysia is hostile to its Chinese and Indian minorities.
