It’s easy to hate Amy Chua right now. If her intention was to garner publicity for her book by writing a controversial article for the Wall Street Journal, she has succeeded. Her article has spawned several follow up WSJ articles. From “Western mot...
Guest post by Cynthia Liu, originally published at K-12 News NetworkDear Asian America,As so many have pointed out through gut-wrenching personal testimony and the horrible statistics surrounding high suicide rates among young APA women–and a high ra...
[Cross posted at Cranial Gunk] Whenever the subject of Asian parents and discipline comes up, I think of Russell Peters’ skit about his dad and spankings. BigWOWO posted a reaction to Alfie Kohn’s article on “unconditional parenting.” As ...
[Cross posted at Cranial Gunk]When you make fried rice, you use rice that’s been in the fridge overnight (“gwoye faan” in Cantonese). You don’t use fresh rice right out of the cooker. The other thing you don’t do when making fried rice is y...
Listen to this: http://www.wnyc.org/news/articles/128940 He has a point. Why don't we call each other "people, people, and people" or address each other by our names? The question above closes Beth Fertig's report featuring students atte...