The Conversation
- Asian Racism and the “Asian of Reason” (20)
- Leon: Thank you, Asian Dude, for proving my point. If you are indeed Asian, that is.
- Max: hmmm…I have a hard time believing “Asian Dude” is in fact Asian.
- Asian Dude: So…whats the problem here? AOR has the right to an opinion right? Seems to me like a mountain is...
- Frank Chin debates Yunte Huang on the topic of Charlie Chan (9)
- Nancy: If Earl Derr Biggers made Charlie Chan more like the real Chang Apana (the Chinese detective in Hawaii that...
- Larry: Somebody give Yunte Huang his “Oriental 4 Life” card. Huang’s claim that Charlie Chan is an...
- neaato: goddamn! thank you bigwowo!!!!!! glad you shared w/ us this linkage. here was my comment to the commentators:...
- The Happy Post (21)
- RiceCakeRabbit: I voted! (And hopefully I don’t get spam mails because I was too lazy to create a new e-mail...
- N: @RiceCakeRabbit I voted! (And hopefully I don’t get spam mails because I was too lazy to create a new e-mail...
- RiceCakeRabbit: There is an essence of imprinting when it comes to the IR pairing disparity – and this is why the...
- B.J. Penn disappoints (5)
- jaehwan: Notty, I don’t know if you’ve seen this Bellator submission, but it’s pretty sick:...
- jaehwan: I agree. A point that someone made on one of the forums is that Edgar is really a featherweight, and he did...
- Nottyboy: I don’t want to write off Edgar yet. He has some really good takedowns and great speed. Still,...
- “This is a Bust” by Ed Lin (Review) (2)
- Podcast: URB4N talks about Interracial Relationships (86)
- etain: Yes, I meant that there were 24,000 more marriages involving Asian women than Asian men in 2008. And I still...
- MojoRider: jstele wrote: “Just date who you want. Who cares if there are more Asian women dating outside their...
- uRB4N: Oh, Jesus. Use some deductive reasoning for crying out loud. He obviously means 24,000 more Asian women than...
- Building Subcultures and Accepting Emotions (282)
- King: “How was that King? Enough f-bombs for you? You know certain topics just get me fired up.” Haaa!!!...
- AF/AM couple: N, No, I meant either AFs or AMs I come into contact with (so AF/AM), not an AF/WM couple, but I can...
- N: @AF/AM couple I assume you meant AF/WM in the first line? I got slightly confused reading it. But I do encounter...
- Western Schools in South Korea (10)
- dan: Not sure how I feel about this. If the entire city is more modern, clean, and well funded than any other...
- john: This is a bad idea. It will be like those Indonesian who don’t know Indonesia becuase their parent sent...
- mama nabi: This is interesting – my mom pitched this exact same idea (I remember helping her come up with a...
- A Great Wall (3)
- Dinobot: I heard from somewhere that the construction of Zheng He’s fleet deforested large parts of China,...
- Ngo Bao Chau, First Vietnamese Fields Medal Winner (4)
- Why Am I Doing This? (Review) (14)
- jaehwan: us_Asians, I had a few words to say about David Henry Hwang in the comment section of this post:...
- MojoRider: @us asians, indeed, Eva Cassidy is the best all around female vocalist I’ve ever heard. I...
- us asians: Just some additional thoughts + @Alpha Asian says: I agree with your comment that the “just felt right”...
- White on Rice (Review) (17)
- angrybritishchinese: @simon tsui The audience i saw it with were also rolling in the aisles and shitting bricks. but...
- Simon Tsui: I am disappointed in your review. I watched White on Rice in the movie theatre during the premiere in...
- Tiger Woods and His White Women (22)
- jaehwan: And then it was over. http://www.golf.com/golf/tours _news/article/0,28136,2012613, 00.html?hpt=T2 Sheesh,...
- Chinese economy surpasses Japan (6)
- Asian Racism and the “Asian of Reason” (20)
Tag Archives: Education
America's Real Dream Team
Tom Friedman wrote a pro-immigration column yesterday. He talks about attending an important dinner he recently attended. He reveals the names of the honorees and writes: Linda Zhou, Alice Wei Zhao, Lori Ying, Angela Yu-Yun Yeung, Lynnelle Lin Ye, Kevin … Continue reading
Eli Broad on Education
When you’re a billionaire philanthropist, people listen to what you have to say. bigWOWO is no exception. Check out the video above for Eli Broad’s opinions on the American education. Click here and see the first four videos for his … Continue reading
Getting Schooled by Overpriced Schooling
Thank you, NY Times, for publishing this: In Hard Times, Lured Into Trade School and Debt. Yup, you’ve seen them before–the advertisements for ITT Tech and Western Culinary Institute (apparently now doing business as Le Cordon Bleu). I’d always wondered … Continue reading
China Luring Scientists Back Home
Saw this interesting article in the NY Times: Fighting Trend, China is Luring Scientists Home. Many Chinese scientists, rather than staying in the U.S. to do their research, are heading back home to China. The dude in the picture above … Continue reading
Justice, Episode 12 (Final)
I’m putting this in a day early…here is the very last Justice Harvard lecture episode. This one is about Same Sex Marriage and the Good Life. It’s been a great three months. I will say that this has been the … Continue reading
Justice, Episode 11
My goodness. Only two more episodes left! Everyone chime in so you can get your WOWO-Harvard degrees! This episode is about obligations vs. freedom, Aristotle vs. Kant. Sound off!
Justice, Episode 9
Anyone still there? I’m so far behind on this Justice course that it isn’t even funny. Sigh, this is like real school. I’m halfway through Episode 7 right now, and it’s a shame since Ep 9 is the Affirmative Action … Continue reading
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Arrogant Hate Mail from the Ivory Tower
I got this e-mail from a disgruntled professor in California who is upset at the fact that we’re producing Miss Asian Oregon. I usually don’t post angry hate mail, but this one really got on my nerves because I really … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Asian American, Education, Features
Tagged Education, Miss Asian Oregon, money, recession
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Justice with Michael Sandel: Invitation from bigWOWO
I’ve written a post about “Talent,” an issue that has dogged me for two months. Over the last two months, I’ve written two posts and recorded two podcasts about this real-life issue, and none of it got published because I’m … Continue reading
