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		<description><![CDATA[Always Together: Chinese-Jamaicans in Reggae Music From pioneer soundsystem operator Tom “The Great Sebastian” Wong in the 1940s to contemporary dancehall masters Black Chiney, Chinese-Jamaicans have played an integral part in the music scene on the island since even before &#8230; <a href="http://plaidbag.org/2012/05/24/reggae-food/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plaidbag.org&#038;blog=29360876&#038;post=2253&#038;subd=plaidbag&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 15:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you heard of Wonho Chung? He was born in Saudi Arabia to a Korean father and a Vietnamese mother, and now travels the Middle East as a bilingual English and Arabic comedian. In 2007 he was on the &#8220;Axis &#8230; <a href="http://plaidbag.org/2012/05/22/wonho-chung-korean-vietnamese-arab-comedian/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plaidbag.org&#038;blog=29360876&#038;post=2248&#038;subd=plaidbag&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 00:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Yahoo: Eschewing the optional yearbook one-liner under each of their photos, they divided up two sentences that made fellow students and administrators think twice before making any stereotypical assumptions. Altogether, the words under the Nguyen girls&#8217; eight pictures read: &#8230; <a href="http://plaidbag.org/2012/05/21/for-the-nguyen/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plaidbag.org&#038;blog=29360876&#038;post=2244&#038;subd=plaidbag&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 16:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, who secretly wed on Saturday. They join a long-ish tradition in the US of Asian woman-Jewish man marriages, which Amy Chua (also married to a Jewish man) claims to be a majority in &#8230; <a href="http://plaidbag.org/2012/05/21/mr-and-mrs-facebook/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plaidbag.org&#038;blog=29360876&#038;post=2239&#038;subd=plaidbag&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Okay to be Takei? Not for Manny Pacquiao</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Manny Pacquiao caused quite a stir this week when he said he was against gay marriage and homosexuality in general. BigWowo found the headline on the LA Weekly article unfair, since Pacquiao did not actually say that he wanted gays &#8230; <a href="http://plaidbag.org/2012/05/16/okay-to-be-takei-not-for-manny-pacquiao/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plaidbag.org&#038;blog=29360876&#038;post=2234&#038;subd=plaidbag&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The dishwasher and the garbage disposal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Calvin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every night I spend at least half an hour washing and drying dishes by hand. There&#8217;s a dishwasher in my apartment, but the instinct to wash all of my dishes by hand is too strong. Even though I know I &#8230; <a href="http://plaidbag.org/2012/05/15/the-dishwasher-and-the-garbage-disposal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plaidbag.org&#038;blog=29360876&#038;post=2228&#038;subd=plaidbag&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Taiwanese American Heritage Week links</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 02:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the banner I spotted today reminded me, this week is Taiwanese American Heritage Week, part of May&#8217;s national Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. How might one celebrate Taiwanese American Heritage Week on the Internets? Here are some ideas: Visit &#8230; <a href="http://plaidbag.org/2012/05/14/taiwanese-american-heritage-week-links/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plaidbag.org&#038;blog=29360876&#038;post=2223&#038;subd=plaidbag&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Culturally appropriate Mother&#8217;s Day: an update</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 14:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve gotten some great responses to my post earlier this week about finding a culturally appropriate Mother&#8217;s Day gift. Grace suggests that all that is needed is &#8220;your undying gratitude&#8221;&#8211;definitely something my mother would say. Josie suggested a trip to &#8230; <a href="http://plaidbag.org/2012/05/10/mothers-day-update/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plaidbag.org&#038;blog=29360876&#038;post=2214&#038;subd=plaidbag&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Free e-books by Leow Yangfa</title>
		<link>http://plaidbag.org/2012/05/09/2210/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 14:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Calvin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from Asian Gay &#38; Proud: Leow Yangfa, who we interviewed last year on Out and Successful is giving away 30 free copies of his e book  I Will Survive: Personal gay, lesbian, bisexual &#38; transgender stories in Singapore. See below &#8230; <a href="http://plaidbag.org/2012/05/09/2210/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plaidbag.org&#038;blog=29360876&#038;post=2210&#038;subd=plaidbag&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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