Exploring the State of Asian American: Interview with Dr. Paul Ong, UCLA

“Too Fat to Graduate”?
As far as sensationalist headlines are concerned, this one ranks pretty high. But it’s not altogether an inappropriate one to use in describing this story, although I do find it a little ironic that I chose to write about this after Thanksgiving holidays — a time specifically set aside for gastronomic excess. This morning, CNN’s website featured

First National Asian American Civil Rights Conference
I kind of wish I could go to this: The first national Asian American civil rights conference to be in L.A. The 2009 Advancing Justice Conference: Asian American and Pacific Islanders Building New Foundations for Civil Rights is an inaugural national civil rights and social justice conference expected to draw community and government leaders and legal professionals from across the country.  The conference will be held in Los Angeles. It wil

Lazy Link-Blogging #1
I don’t know if the #1 is an implication that there are more lazy link-blogs to come, but here are a couple of good reads I found today: California Non-Profits Are Not As Diverse as State California may be a beacon of diversity, with Asians, Latinos and African Americans comprising the majority. But when it comes to its nonprofit sector, that racial and ethnic diversity is not reflected, and Latinos are especially underrepresented, according to a recent study. Although Latinos are more than one third of California resi

Affirmative Action Revisited
I saw this short post on Time’s Detroit Blog today: Still Getting It Wrong on Affirmative Action. In it, blogger Darrell Dawsey comments about the recent news that civil rights groups in Michigan have brought an appeals case challenging the constitutionality of a rcent ballot measure banning the practice of affirmative action in Michigan state schools.  Dawsey doesn’t get into the constitutionality

Whew…
The last couple of weeks have felt like a marathon. I’ve been preparing for a rather critical conference in D.C. for the last several days, and last Tuesday, I attended a conference that had attendees scheduled from the crack of dawn through to 10pm at night. Nonetheless, the conference went well and I got some great feedback on my research. Which means that now that I’ve had a chance to recuperate and take a breather, I’m ready to blog again. Thanks for sticking around!