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Diaspora & Identity

dispersion. people. homeland.

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Gender in South Asian Diaspora Art, Film, and Literature

Gender in South Asian Diaspora Art, Film, and Literature

Course Journal: Diaspora & Identity
Go to the profile of Tanya Rawal-Jindia
Tanya Rawal-Jindia
Oct 3, 2016
Ghost Ship: Oakland Fire
Siblings: My Sense of Community

Siblings: My Sense of Community

Last Friday, December 2, 2016, an artist warehouse known as the “Ghost Ship” in Oakland, CA was engulfed in flames.
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Neal Okano
Dec 13, 2016
A Sari Story
“What if People Think We Are Something We Aren’t”

“What if People Think We Are Something We Aren’t”

On my 21st birthday, mom, Shamik (my twin brother), Ba (Grandma), Dada (grandfather), and I went to our childhood temple for the first time…
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Palak Mistry
Dec 4, 2016
must read!
I Can’t White!

I Can’t White!

Can White Culture be Appropriated?
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Rogelio Gonzalez
Dec 8, 2016
“Notice me, Senpai. I’m a Weeaboo”

“Notice me, Senpai. I’m a Weeaboo”

Today’s society has evolved to the point where learning about a different culture is easy and commonplace. Especially with the use of the…
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Julius Kim
Dec 13, 2016
War on Not So Foreign Lands

War on Not So Foreign Lands

“My mother always told me, ‘Hide your face, people are looking at you.’ I would reply, ‘It does not matter. I am also looking at them.”…
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Dani Nicole
Dec 8, 2016
Cultural Invalidation

Cultural Invalidation

It’s More Than Just “Not Having Permission”
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in bloom
Dec 13, 2016
¡Mochate!

¡Mochate!

The other night, as I was leaving my dad’s house, he noticed the cookies I had in the backseat of my car that were for an upcoming movie…
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Chloe Villanueva
Dec 8, 2016
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