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  Re: (Asian American?) Hip Hop: Cool Calm Pete’s “Black Friday”

  These are some provacative

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  LeiLani Nishime Sonoma State University

  Wednesday, April 30, 2008 — 7:43 pm

  These are some provacative questions you pose, Jane. The video you present here does make me think about how Euro-American texts are read as "not about race" while Asian American texts must be "only about race." On the other hand the i ...
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  Re: Asians Can Dance ~ Check out: JabbaWockeeZ, Kaba Modern, and Planet B-Boy

  Hi L.S: I also followed the

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  LeiLani Nishime Sonoma State University

  Tuesday, April 29, 2008 — 8:18 pm

  Hi L.S: I also followed the finals of American's Best Dance crew and couldn't help feel emotionally involved-- rooting for both Kaba Modern and JabbaWockeeZ. Like Jane, the performances invoked both_Flower Drum Song_ for me and the Dong document ...
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  Re: “Barack OBollywood”: Afro-Asian Connections on the Viral Video Trail

  Hello Shalini -- I can

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  LeiLani Nishime Sonoma State University

  Friday, May 2, 2008 — 7:54 am

  Hello Shalini-- I can certainly see why this video went viral. The lip-syncing parts are particularly striking, and I kept backing the video up to watch them again._The Guru_ was a flop at the box office so I don't know how far I can stretch the conn ...
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  Re: From Lovebot to War Bride: Race, Family and Citizenship in Battlestar Galactica

  Hi All -- Thanks for your

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  LeiLani Nishime Sonoma State University

  Tuesday, May 6, 2008 — 8:05 pm

  Hi All-- Thanks for your comments and sorry for my slow reply. I think the fact that these are the only two women who have children on the show is quite significant. This is especially true since there is so much emphasis on family. The sense that the fam ...
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  Re: “Speaking American: Cultural Expressions of Race and Nationality in Harold and Kumar”

  I am really looking forward

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  LeiLani Nishime Sonoma State University

  Wednesday, April 30, 2008 — 7:59 pm

  I am really looking forward to seeing this film, Shilpa. And I'm also enjoying this conversation as it stretches across the week. I realized that for both L.S. and Jane's piece the theme of audience reception keeps coming up- the extent to which ...