Category Archives: Diversity & Multiculturalism
The Empty Center and the International Style – Part 2
This is Part 2 of a talk I gave in Scottsdale, Arizona, for the Asian Studies Development Programs’ 9th Annual National Conference in 2003. It deals with the efforts of “Third World” writers to develop a “national culture.” READ PART … Continue reading
The “White Man’s Burden” in Toons
I had forgotten that Rudyard Kipling wrote his remarkably racist and smug poem to encourage Americans as they took over my homeland, the Philippines. The “burden” white men take up is the burden of civilizing the world. “Take up the … Continue reading
Filipinos in the Land of the Hyper-Real
Note: The following is part of a talk delivered at the Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference, DePaul University, November 2014. It may be my favorite piece of music ever on TV. Below, watch a VIDEO of the “Filipino Concert … Continue reading