My jaw dropped when this ad appeared on the German technology magazine c’t. The top caption reads: “Lexware reigns.” The bottom one says: “When the bookkeeping is in order, the whole business is in order. All you need is a proper piece of software.” Lexware is a German software company specialized in personal/business finance software, [...]
Carl Bell was waiting his turn to check in at his hotel. A well-regarded psychiatrist and academic, he was traveling for a television appearance. The TV station had flown him first-class and sent a chauffeur-driven car to pick him up at the airport. But just before he stepped up to speak with the hotel clerk, [...]
Have a look at this ad from Intel. I followed some of the discussions in the blog community and tried hard to believe this is not racist. I can’t. Responses claiming this is not racist: If you think this is racist, you are a racist because you are not color blind. There are no women [...]
I just finished reading the wonderful American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang. The graphic novel opens with Monkey King attending a dinner party in heaven with the gods. Monkey King is a fictional character from the Chinese Classic novel Journey to the West written in the 1590s. The wildly imaginative fantasy story chronicles a [...]
The phrase “fresh off the boat” has been around for years. If you forget for a minute the derogatory way in which it’s used and focus on the words literally, the expression actually conjures up vivid imagery of undaunted immigrants who left everything behind, venturing to a new world looking for a better life at [...]
Jian Li immigrated from China to the United States at the age of four. Now a freshman at Yale, he is taking legal action against Princeton university for rejecting his application last summer, claiming the elite university favors other minority groups and discriminates against Asian-Americans in admissions. Is Li racializing his individual setback for personal [...]
Evening at the Clapham Junction railway station, the clock hanging above indicates 5 minutes past seven. Cell phone vibrates. ME: Hello? HIM: Hey it’s me. I’m really sorry but my train just got canceled. I’m catching the next one but it’ll take another 15 minutes to get there. ME: No biggies. I am inside the [...]
