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Name-Calling in America: A Case of Closet Bigotry

2008-02-29T14:14:43Z

The America I look forward to living in is a nation where having “Hussein” as part of one’s name, regardless of whether you are the guy living next door or the guy in contention to be the next President of the United States, becomes a non-issue. No, let me rephrase that. “Non-issue” implies [...]

American Navel-Gazing

2008-02-24T06:03:47Z

For the most part, the United States of America is in a good place…geographically speaking. We’re fortunate to have neighbors to the north and south in the way of Canada and Mexico respectively with whom we have modern peacetime borders. [Feed content from SuddenWorld | copyright chongmal 04240F] Despite the derision that may lurk in [...]

Big Chunk Tuesday, Choosing the Presidential Candidate Who Best Serves Your Interests

2008-02-24T07:43:56Z

I thought I’d try to trump the media-labeled primary/caucus event “Super Tuesday” with my own hokey catch-phrase, “Big Chunk Tuesday.” Why not, since such a large number of delegates for both the Republican and Democratic Presidential nominees are at stake? Mmm…stake…makes me hungry for democracy. [Feed content from SuddenWorld | copyright chongmal [...]

Putting Obama in His Place

2008-02-05T01:34:58Z

Does Senator Barack Obama’s win in the Iowa caucuses represent a historical sea change in American politics regarding the matter of ethnic identity? That incredible speech he gave following his victory, taking first while Senator John Edwards and Senator Hillary Clinton took second and third respectively, was-dare I say-reaching the transcendent. I think [...]

Grassroots Campaigning for Obama in Jackson Heights

2008-01-06T07:53:45Z

Who Is That Guy? [Feed content from SuddenWorld | copyright chongmal 04240F] On an mild afternoon in mid-November, a man stands near the corner of 37th Avenue and 78th Street, across from P.S. 69, in Jackson Heights, NY. It’s a particular block where residents wouldn’t usually see vendors or solicitors set up [...]

Top 10 Online Shopping Sites for Unique Multicultural Gifts

2007-12-05T19:59:13Z

For the upcoming holiday season, if you’re looking for something somewhat different from the usual products sold by the usual national chain stores (because, really, aren’t you suffering from just a wee bit of consumer fatigue from just about every Best Buy or Target or Macy’s around practically every corner?), then perhaps you might consider [...]

Making a New York Movie, Part I: Finding Direction

2007-11-28T14:40:31Z

Making a professional living is tough. Even when you find your calling, the choices you have, while they may come more into focus, don’t necessarily become any easier. Throw into the mix that you happen to be a foreign national trying to get a film made in New York City, and said individual [...]

The King and Eye: Rendering Civil Rights History Through Comics

2007-11-13T18:35:12Z

The Summary Report: King, Volume 1 by writer/illustrator Ho Che Anderson is the first installment of a three-volume comics biopic of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life. Volume 1 covers his life spanning from 1934 to 1963. It touches briefly upon his childhood, but greater attention is given to his courtship of his wife-to-be [...]

A Black CEO and a Korean-American Blogger Walk into a Bar….

2007-12-06T22:51:53Z

Should the above title make you nervously expect a punch line of questionable taste to follow, just bear with me for a wee bit longer and all will be revealed. [Feed content from SuddenWorld | copyright chongmal 04240F] If in our working world, there is a green thumb for the kind of money that [...]

Ninjas, Fairies, and Ghouls, Oh My!

2007-11-18T20:40:01Z

On August 8, 2005, President George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005. So what possible bearing could this have on the 18th Annual Children’s Halloween Parade in Jackson Heights, Queens in 2007? [Feed content from SuddenWorld | copyright chongmal 04240F] Because of this new policy which called for Daylight Saving Time [...]