Kato
Bruce Lee’s low-key political statements throughout his career were genius. You would not know that his anti-imperialistic, anti-globalization politics were present in kung-fu films unless …
Author Archives: Julaya
Cibo Matto
I found the reading (both of text and music videos) of Cibo Matto to be fascinating. If we were looking specifically for Asian cross-currents, this …
cars
I have been thinking a lot about Korean car culture vs. Japanese Domestic Market. I am not sure that there has been a whole lot …
Pilipino vernacular, Apu’s inflection
Ch. 5 of this week’s reading was most interesting to me because of the exploration of the term ‘pappy’. Coded language with many correct / …
Fusion Cuisine / Wedding Banquet
Asian fusion cooking as a tool of gentrification and assimilation is an interesting theory I had not considered before the assigned reading for this week. …
Orientals, Slaying the Dragon
A woman in Slaying the Dragon said that (in summary) passivity is the dragon that all Asian American women must learn to slay. I am not sure …
Pilipino experience, race relations, dance off
I have never seen a film about Pilipino people or culture. This movie made me emotional simply because of the inherent importance of visibility and …
Gran Torino
The white savior complex is prevalent in most of the films we watch (especially those directed by white people) but it is overwhelming in Gran Torino. …
Takaki 10 – 13
The model minority myth has really truly honestly fricked up my life. I can not count the number of times someone has said something like …
How I Met Your Mother & Astronauts
The Hawai’in on the Challenger when it exploded was of Japanese descent. Ellison Onizuka was a Buddhist and the first Asian American to reach space. …