SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean pop star and actor Rain has been cast in his first leading role in a Hollywood film, set to begin shooting later this year, his agency said Thursday ( Read more... )

another school shooting, 18 shot, at northern illinois university.  obviously i'm concerned about those who've been hurt, but honestly, i'm also concerned that it's another asian/korean kid. 

Dear Vassar Alumna/us ( Read more... )

While teaching section yesterday, we talked about Korean small business owners in LA, Sa-I-Gu, de-industrialization, and institutional racism, and I asked, "So what should we do?"  And one of my students, Kim, a spunky little Vietnamese American girl, said right away, "Kill white people."  And then she turned around and stared at the one white girl ( Read more... )

I'm giving in.  I'm voting for Obama.  There, I said it.  If Kucinich or Edwards were still in the race, I'd vote for them.  I just don't want the Republicans to win, especially McCain, and Hillary would get killed by them...even though I know things won't be that much different, and perhaps worse in some ways.  This country sucks.  I'm voting for ( Read more... )

http://dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2008/jan/08/former-bruin-shot-police/Former Bruin shot by police

• Edward Truong, Assistant News Editor (Contact)
• Published: Tuesday, January 8, 2008

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Goodbye, Ennis Del Mar.

but the fact that i grew up in white supremacist utah negates ALL of my privileges.  j/k i know i grew up relatively class privileged.  but you gotta add race, gender, and sexuality privileges too, c'mon.

from nha_hang_chay

This meme is from "What Privileges Do You Have?", based on an exercise about class and privilege developed by Will Barratt, ( Read more... )

Noam Chomsky applauds Senator Gravel's past and present accomplishments ( Read more... )

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