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  Rethinking the Hyphenated Identity in U.S Politics: The Case of Jungle Asians VS Fancy Asians

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  Harifa Siregar Georgia State University

  March 02, 2020

  Rethinking the Hyphenated Identity in U.S Politics: The Case of Jungle Asians VS Fancy Asians ... citizenship Asian-American stereotyping Curator's Note We are facing with the common knowledge on how the ... own group. One intriguing case is the term of Jungle Asians versus Fancy Asians that have been ...
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  Reproducing the Nation: Invading Maternity, Race, Gender and Citizenship

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  KarinaCespedes

  March 04, 2020

  citizenship. Asian American feminist scholar Mimi Nguyen has described 'the gift of freedom' as an ... Mexican and Chinese women has long been the focus of Asian American and Chicana/Latina feminist scholars ... As such, blogger Jenn Fang has reminded readers on the Asian-American blog Reappropriate  that, Since ...
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  Voting for Super Bullshit on Super Tuesday

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  Jonathan Gray University of Wisconsin - Madison

  February 05, 2008

  button is still on. Here, though, and especially on a day such as today, I’m interested in how this clip ...
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  The Inadequately Violent State?

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  Samir Dayal Bentley University

  May 17, 2010

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  Asians, groups such as SAHMAT, and many in the film community (Preity Zinta apparently tweeted that SRK was ... character, possibly a conceit borrowed from Rain Man (Barry Levinson, 1988), and the "stupidity" of ...
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  The Politics of the "Same Level Playing Field": Race, Citizenship, and Net Neutrality

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  Allison Perlman University of California-Irvine

  August 26, 2010

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  itself; I’m inclined to be more generous, and to view it as a sincere gesture for inclusion. Even so, ...
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  What Role for Government TV in Community Life?

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  Jeffrey P. Jones Old Dominion University

  February 29, 2008

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  seems ever more pressing—is it possible for citizens to know their local community through television? ...
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  A New Reconstruction Narrative: Race and BSG

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  Ellen Rigsby Saint Mary’s College of California

  July 10, 2007

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  A New Reconstruction Narrative: Race and BSG narrative race Sci-fi Battlestar Galactica citizenship African American captivity Curator's Note Scarred from the civil war on New Caprica, Col. Tigh has effectively abandoned his position as Executive Off ...
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  Of Niggas and Citizens: Mobilizing Strategies on The Boondocks and the Rhetoric of Blame

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  Avi Santo Old Dominion University

  July 27, 2007

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  itself. One possible explanation follows Kobena Mercer's argument that people of color experience ...
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  Using Critical Media Literacy to Empower Inclusive and Active Voices in Daily Civic Life

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  Paul Mihailidis Emerson College

  April 15, 2013

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  Using Critical Media Literacy to Empower Inclusive and Active Voices in Daily Civic Life Media Literacy critical media literacy civic engagement citizenship Curator's Note In 2008, scholar Lance W. Bennett posited a new dichotomy for thinking about c ...
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  YouTube, Presidential Debates, & YouRhetoric

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  Dave Parry University of Texas at Dallas

  October 10, 2007

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  YouTube, Presidential Debates, & YouRhetoric Youtube politics President participation digital citizenship debates Kennedy/Nixon rhetoric election Curator's Note Mass Media has often played a crucial role in how we elect our politicians, and speci ...