OMG THIS IS PERFECT BLESS YOU.

Whoa, that’s a pretty amazing story. And I totally get it, if it weren’t for the Marcos dictatorship in the Philippines, I wouldn’t be here either (that’s a story for another time, though).

To your aside: I was an English language teacher (in Vietnam) in another life (meaning about 6 or so years ago), and yo, the virtues of learning another language are damn near exponential.

I agree that the relationship between Asian Americans and whiteness (at least, as it pertains to the U.S.) is not really interrogated and is ripe for exploring. I remember reading Dylann Roof’s manifesto and his desire to “ally” with Asians spoke to that strange proximity/affinity.

Welp, you know it’s a hot take when your comparison for why it ain’t that bad is the Holocaust.

Latinos definitely already face some conflict over this (someone who is considered white in Colombia may not be considered that here, and how they choose to identify can be a complicated decision). So do people of mixed race and Native backgrounds. It’s why adding a “Middle Eastern and North African” category to the…

Quite a few countries have restrictive immigration policies, and historically, quite a few have suffered economically for it (if they have developed economies/low birth rates). But a couple things you really gotta be mindful of here if you’re making this point: Asia consists of far more than Japan and Korea, for one.…

You’ve spoken quite a bit on the importance of intersectionality. Why is it necessary for us to view immigration issues through this lens?

You’ve spoken quite a bit on the importance of intersectionality. Why is it important for us to view immigration in 2017 through this lens?

I think you definitely haven an informed point, and I’ll admit being out of my element in this specific argument. Wesley did spend a considerable amount of time breaking down the context of the Pontius Pilate trial in the YouTube sermon linked above, which I *think* addresses some of the points you bring up (if you…

I’ve spent a good portion of my life traveling, through Asia, Europe, America, Latin America, and Canada. So, someone who has traveled internationally at a regular basis for a good part of her 20s: I’ve been never been detained, nor have most of my colleagues. To frame this as a regular thing or a consequence of…

Good catch, and the story has been amended. (As an aside, I used to work at an airport during college, where I picked up learning how to read airport codes like IAH or IAD. In this instance, I read the airport code, IAH, and just wrote it out without double checking first. So the correction is appreciated!)

Not to “well, actually” but I’m going to slide up in here with the “well, actually.” What they were trying to do was see if she was getting paid to play here, which would mean she was working, which would mean she needed a work visa, which would mean she didn’t have the right paperwork to be in the country, which…

From my conversation, it had happened after (Carter had come an hour later than Ahmadi’s scheduled arrival time to allow for her to pass through customs). She had already been waiting over an hour when she began texting/joking with the other women’s national team members.

Oooo. Thanks for sharing this!

I think it’s definitely a divisive issue about what to call it, and even the people we spoke to (as you can see) had very different thoughts about it. Some people in LA prefer the term “uprising,” others “riots,” still others think “rebellion” and “insurrection” captures what happened more accurately. Part of the…

He prob wants to be left the hell alone. But, if you’re curious, the last time he talked about it was in 2002.

Arkansas uses a mixture (“cocktail”) of drugs. The one that expires this month is midazolam, a sedative. But the court rulings delaying the execution have to do with the use of vecuronium bromide, which stops a person’s breathing. Basically, if the courts uphold the ruling on the second drug, Arkansas will be unlikely…

Of course! And wouldn’t reply if I thought you were trolling or being out of pocket, and totally get where you’re coming from.