On Celebrating 'Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month'
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View Article'Seeking Asian Female' Takes A Close Look At A Fetish
It's hard to watch Seeking Asian Female, Debbie Lum's uncomfortably close look at the phenomenon some call "yellow fever"— when usually non-Asian men fetishize Asian women as romantic or sexual...
View ArticleFormer GOP Hispanic Outreach Director Now A Democrat
The Republican National Committee's former Hispanic Outreach Director in Florida, Pablo Pantoja, announced Monday that he's switching parties.Pantoja explained his decision to become a Democrat in an...
View ArticleWhat's The Most Ridiculous Question You've Been Asked?
AskReddit is a section on the popular website Reddit where folks post pretty philosophical, sometimes abstract questions about things like how not to procrastinate, what surprises Americans about...
View ArticleThe Questions People Get Asked About Their Race
Since Code Switch launched, friends and people on Twitter have been sharing examples of questions they've been asked about their race or culture that they've found interesting, awkward or just plain...
View ArticleHaters Gonna Hate, As Shown On A Map
Note: This post contains strong language, including racial and ethnic slurs.Geography professor Monica Stephens has spent a lot of time putting haters on the map. Over at Humboldt State University in...
View Article@TodayIn1963 Captures Moments From A Historic Summer
You might notice a bit of history peppered throughout your Twitter feed over the next few months.The summer of 1963 was a pivotal one in U.S. history, and we'll be replaying events from all throughout...
View ArticleFor Black Americans, An Even Split In Financial Perceptions
NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health recently polled 1,081 African-Americans about their lives.
View ArticleExperience The Legacy Of The Civil Rights Movement In Song
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View ArticleDueling Stereotypes: Bad Asian Drivers, Good At Everything
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View ArticleDo Racing Snails Drive Racial Stereotypes In 'Turbo'?
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View ArticleYour More/Less Ethnic-Sounding Name
Earlier this week, the Code Switch team got a note from a publicist named Hector Andres Silva who said he had some news to share.Silva was ditching his nickname, "Andy," which he'd been using for two...
View ArticleResearch Says: Actually, Where You Go To College Matters
There are lots of questions for high school grads: Should you go for an associate degree or a bachelor's? A community college or a four-year university? Does it really matter where you go? If we're...
View ArticleThe Wondrous, Melancholy Worlds Of Hayao Miyazaki
The revered Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, 72, announced this weekend at the Venice Film Festival that he's retiring from making full-length feature films. (He previously went into "semi-retirement"...
View ArticleWhy Do We Describe Asian Eyes As 'Almond-Shaped'?
Last week, Julie Chen revealed on The Talkthat she had double eyelid surgery to make her eyes look "less Chinese" in order to advance her TV career."[Her news director] said, 'Let's face it, Julie. How...
View ArticleStudying How The Blind Perceive Race
Law professor Osagie Obasogie walked into a movie theater to see "Ray," a biopic about the musician Ray Charles, and walked out with a question that would drive eight years worth of research."I was...
View ArticleA Photographer Turns Her Lens On Men Who Catcall
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View ArticleAsian-American Band Fights To Trademark Name 'The Slants'
The Slants, a six-member band from Portland, Ore., calls their sound "Chinatown Dance Rock"— a little bit New Order, a little bit Depeche Mode. They describe themselves as one of the first...
View ArticleHalloween And Blackface: Same Story, Different Year
Halloween is — uh, how do you say? — high season for writing about race and culture.
View ArticleAuthor Catherine Chung: 'I Want To Embrace The Things That I Am'
Catherine Chung went from mathematics to writing, though she says words were always her first love. She was named one of Granta's New Voices in 2010, and her first novel, Forgotten Country, received...
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