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		<title>&#8220;626&#8243; and the aspirations of second generation San Gabriel Valley youth</title>
		<link>http://plaidbag.org/2012/02/23/626-and-the-aspirations-of-second-generation-san-gabriel-valley-youth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:54:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Calvin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love this new music video about Asian food in the San Gabriel Valley ethnoburbs where I grew up (626 &#8230;<p><a href="http://plaidbag.org/2012/02/23/626-and-the-aspirations-of-second-generation-san-gabriel-valley-youth/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plaidbag.org&amp;blog=29360876&amp;post=1688&amp;subd=plaidbag&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wednesday link roundup: a cure for Jeremy Lin fatigue</title>
		<link>http://plaidbag.org/2012/02/22/wednesday-link-roundup-a-cure-for-jeremy-lin-fatigue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Calvin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wouldn&#8217;t go so far as to call the US Snapple commercial above &#8220;racist,&#8221; but the racial undertones are inescapable &#8230;<p><a href="http://plaidbag.org/2012/02/22/wednesday-link-roundup-a-cure-for-jeremy-lin-fatigue/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plaidbag.org&amp;blog=29360876&amp;post=1677&amp;subd=plaidbag&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Black-Asian solidarity in the wake of today&#8217;s racist events</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 05:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Calvin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After ESPN called Jeremy Lin a &#8220;chink&#8221; in an article headline and KPOP songwriter Jenny Hyun argued for genocide against &#8230;<p><a href="http://plaidbag.org/2012/02/18/black-asian-solidarity-in-the-wake-of-todays-racist-events/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plaidbag.org&amp;blog=29360876&amp;post=1609&amp;subd=plaidbag&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How will Chinese as the &#8220;it&#8221; language of the day affect Asians in the US?</title>
		<link>http://plaidbag.org/2012/02/17/how-will-chinese-as-the-it-language-of-the-day-affect-asians-in-the-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Calvin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I include the trailer for Speaking in Tongues because although the bilingual education debate in the United States is usually &#8230;<p><a href="http://plaidbag.org/2012/02/17/how-will-chinese-as-the-it-language-of-the-day-affect-asians-in-the-us/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plaidbag.org&amp;blog=29360876&amp;post=1594&amp;subd=plaidbag&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jeremy Lin: diplomatic pawn and diasporic subject</title>
		<link>http://plaidbag.org/2012/02/15/jeremy-lin-diplomatic-pawn-and-diasporic-subject/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Calvin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unless you&#8217;ve been living under a rock for the past few weeks, you&#8217;ve probably heard that Asian America, China, and &#8230;<p><a href="http://plaidbag.org/2012/02/15/jeremy-lin-diplomatic-pawn-and-diasporic-subject/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plaidbag.org&amp;blog=29360876&amp;post=1596&amp;subd=plaidbag&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sorry, Nguyens, Xus, and Chakravarthys: having an easy-to-pronounce name might make you more promotable</title>
		<link>http://plaidbag.org/2012/02/11/sorry-nguyens-xus-and-chakravarthys-having-an-easy-to-pronounce-name-might-make-you-more-promotable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Calvin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Telegraph reports that a team of psychologists has found that a name that is difficult to pronounce has serious &#8230;<p><a href="http://plaidbag.org/2012/02/11/sorry-nguyens-xus-and-chakravarthys-having-an-easy-to-pronounce-name-might-make-you-more-promotable/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plaidbag.org&amp;blog=29360876&amp;post=1586&amp;subd=plaidbag&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wednesday link roundup: oh so exotic</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Calvin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found this trailer for Seeking Asian Female through BigWOWO: Seeking Asian Female is an eccentric modern love story about &#8230;<p><a href="http://plaidbag.org/2012/02/08/wednesday-link-roundup-oh-so-exotic/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plaidbag.org&amp;blog=29360876&amp;post=1575&amp;subd=plaidbag&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Off-topic: I am not an academic blogger</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Calvin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I really enjoyed Lynn Murphy&#8217;s post for the LSE Impact of Social Sciences blog about whether an academic who blogs &#8230;<p><a href="http://plaidbag.org/2012/02/07/off-topic-i-am-not-an-academic-blogger/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plaidbag.org&amp;blog=29360876&amp;post=1571&amp;subd=plaidbag&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hoekstra&#8217;s racist Super Bowl ad was not the first or the only</title>
		<link>http://plaidbag.org/2012/02/06/hoekstras-racist-super-bowl-ad-was-not-the-first-or-the-only/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Calvin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The blatantly racist and xenophobic Super Bowl advertisement above for Republican senate candidate Pete Hoekstra of Michigan has made waves &#8230;<p><a href="http://plaidbag.org/2012/02/06/hoekstras-racist-super-bowl-ad-was-not-the-first-or-the-only/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plaidbag.org&amp;blog=29360876&amp;post=1564&amp;subd=plaidbag&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More Asian diasporic photos &#8211; Wing Young Huie and Chinese-Australian Historical Images in Australia</title>
		<link>http://plaidbag.org/2012/02/04/more-asian-diasporic-photos-wing-young-huie-and-chinese-australian-historical-images-in-australia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Calvin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I posted about several photo blogs and repositories yesterday, but here are some more resources that came up. Though contemporary &#8230;<p><a href="http://plaidbag.org/2012/02/04/more-asian-diasporic-photos-wing-young-huie-and-chinese-australian-historical-images-in-australia/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plaidbag.org&amp;blog=29360876&amp;post=1559&amp;subd=plaidbag&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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