• Memorial Day

    I don’t know much about the impact of war on my American side - all the men have served at some point (including my dad, who was stationed in Okinawa when he met my mom) but they don’t talk about it.  But I know a lot about the flip side of the Pacific War and [...]

  • Racism in Comedy

    Inspired by this post which revolves around Amy Sedaris’s “quirky” brand of humor.
    As much as I love her work on Strangers with Candy, I have trouble understanding the need for Amy Sedaris to go on with jokes that contain racial stereotypes as part of her “quirky” persona. I think what troubled me the most [...]

  • Bone Marrow Donor Needed

    Roy sent me this article which calls for bone marrow donors whose ideal ethnic background is 3/4 Caucasian and 1/4 Sino-Asian.
    Any person whose ethnic background is a mix of Asian and Caucasian, and is in good health with no history of cancer or major illness, and is between the ages of 18 and 60, is [...]

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