Feature Stories: Articles on Racial Profiling, Immigration Today
Current news, events, research, and reporting, covering the full range of racial issues, racism, discrimination, race relations in the contemporary society
December 10th, 2009
Written by Alakananda Mookerjee in Spotlight, Asian, Feature Stories with 0 Comments
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Board the N train at the Canal Street subway station and a 20-minute ride over the Manhattan Bridge (and a maze of underground tunnels) takes one to 8th Avenue in Brooklyn – the gateway to New York City’s lesser-known Chinatown.Territorially speaking, after Manhattan and Queens', it’s the smallest Chinese enclave, but it is by no means, any less Chinese. Locked between 62nd and...
December 4th, 2009
Written by Soumitro Sen in Spotlight, Asian, Feature Stories with 0 Comments
Lopamudra Mukherjee isn’t very different from most middle-class, urban, American women — balancing a family life with a full-time job, teaching English at a high school in Los Angeles. Yet when you see her among people from her native India, — draped in embroidered silk, her wrists radiant with golden bangles and a prominent maroon dot in the middle of her forehead — you see that there are,...
November 30th, 2009
Written by Cassandra Frank... in Cover Stories with 1 Comment
When Jolanda Williams looks in a mirror, she sees a warm peach complexion framed in dark silky hair, high cheekbones beneath almond eyes, and full lips that slip into an easy, radiant smile. It is a face that could belong almost anywhere: Mexico, India, Indonesia. Yet Williams, daughter of a white German mother and a black American father, has spent the better part of her 35 years coming to terms...
November 21st, 2009
Written by Ann Tierney Prochnow in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
Thanksgiving is the oldest American holiday, rooted in the origins of our country. In 1621, the Plymouth colonists shared a harvest celebration meal with the Wampanoag Indians, establishing an informal, annual tradition among the Puritan settlers of giving thanks for their blessings and bounty.Today, we recognize this first feast as the precedent for our Thanksgiving holiday, but at the time, it...
November 16th, 2009
Written by Jennie S. Bev in Spotlight, Asian, Feature Stories with 0 Comments
In today’s mainstream society, Americans illustrate a greater acceptance of Asian influences, values, and culture. Asian pop culture is thriving. From suburban noodle houses to Zen-style spas, Ayurvedic restaurants, Shiatsu massage, kanji tattoos, Yugi-Oh, Ichiro Suzuki baseball cards, Thai diners and anime and manga comics to … the list goes on.Asian cultural influences seem more naturally...