Like so many in Hawai‘i, Senator Barack Obama is hapa. But that’s not the reason writer Jeff Yang thinks he could be the first Asian American to be President. Like Toni Morrison anointed Bill Clinton the nation’s first Black President on the basis of his early life circumstances and experiences, Yang argues that growing up [...]
Categories: Issues
Tagged: Asian American, Barack Obama, identity
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- August 5, 2008 – 12:50 pm
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On his blog earlier this week, Ian Lind offered interesting background on the mother of presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Barack Obama:
I have been wondering about Barack Obama’s mother ever since I heard that she graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa with a Ph.D. in anthropology…Contrary to the rightwing screeds on the internet, nothing [...]
Categories: Issues
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- July 13, 2008 – 11:06 pm
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The controversy over “Dog, the Bounty Hunter” and his racist remarks provides an appropriate hook for a broader conversation about race and racism in the multi-ethnic society that is Hawai‘i.
That’s of course a major theme in Holding Fast The Dream, now in production (and for which support is still critically needed). We firmly believe that [...]
Categories: Films, Issues
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- November 3, 2007 – 11:45 am
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