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Of Asian Americans

Carole J. Lee (Washington): Asian Americans, Positive Stereotyping, and Philosophy. Donald Sterling’s model minority: Hua Hsu and Richard Jean So on what the Clippers owner’s love of Koreans reveals about racism in America. The introduction to The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority by Ellen Wu. Harvard under fire: Does the university impose silent quotas against Asian-Americans? (and more) Amy Uyematsu on how old Asian American poets never die. Stop fetishizing me: Why being an Asian woman in the dating world has never been harder. Elaine Teng on how there’s finally a movie that captures what it's like to be Asian American. All-American Girl at 20: E. Alex Jung on the evolution of Asian Americans on TV. E. Alex Jung on an in-depth cultural analysis of Asian male TV characters getting some action. Elisabeth Donnelly interviews Alex Tizon, author of Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self, on Asian-American masculinity, “post-racial” American, and writing about penis size. Phoenix Tso on how Asian men are angry. Cracking the bamboo ceiling: Can Asian American men learn from Lean In? Following Ferguson: Julianne Hing on how Asian Americans can choose “invisibility, complicity, or resistance”. From The Monkey Cage, did Asian Americans switch parties overnight? Taeku Lee investigates; and Karthick Ramakrishnan on what 2014 does — and does not — tell us about Asian Americans’ voting. Why I just can't become Chinese: Eric Liu on how the contributions of Chinese Americans underscore a great U.S. advantage — and the limits of China's rise. The Kitchen Network: Lauren Hilgers on America’s underground Chinese restaurant workers.