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MoNa and Her Posse A new trend in Japan has emerged: long white T-shirts and baggy khakis, with the ladies penciling in their eyebrows. The fashion-forward Japanese have embraced a […]
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Are Emojis Racist?
Emojis are Japanese icons adapted in several forms of cyber communication and have become popular in the United States since Apple incorporated them in iPhone keyboards. Emojis tend to represent […]
Arizona’s Solution to Immigration in America: Is it Effective or Prejudice?
As of 2012, 16.9 percent of the U.S. population of Latinos experience racial profiling and oppression in society. The hostility towards Latinos derives from the notion that undocumented immigrants take away […]
The Benefit of a “Disadvantage”
Whether you are on your way to work or just talking with friends, a topic that frequently comes up is immigration. Many people have strong views on what they believe […]
NO TAXES
At a time when changing demographics affect the wages, schools, and environment of people in the United States, we should know the statistics of immigration. Although we have more resources […]
Not So Unusual Implications of Immigrant Backgrounds
An interesting theory arises from the recent trial of two ex-border patrol agents who were sentenced to a minimum of thirty years in prison for smuggling Mexican immigrants over the […]
La Santa Muerte and How She Might Immigrate
A startling new trend in Mexico, our neighboring country, is death worship. While death worship may conjure up images of sacrificial acts or some kind of morbid fascination with the dead, […]
A Curtain of Color: Immigrants on Broadway
I was no older than three years old when I learned that the circle block does not fit into the square hole. I barely knew anything about the world, and […]
Why don’t we talk about other immigrants?
Huntington Local Library in San Marino, CA. As my parents and I were driving down to L.A. to drop me off at Occidental College, we stopped by San Marino because […]
