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The Bamboo Ceiling

Getting Down to The S-Pacifics, WeekliesBy Katherine LyBy Shune KawaotoBy Jodie ChenFebruary 9, 2022Leave a comment

The term “bamboo ceiling” refers to the barriers set to exclude Asian Americans from reaching positions of power in business and cultural enterprises. “Bamboo ceiling” is an extension of the term “glass ceiling” which was created and placed on women to prevent them from moving up the hierarchy of businesses. It gives the APIDA community…

Eurocentrism

Getting Down to The S-Pacifics, WeekliesBy Amber PhungBy Yusra AkhundzadahNovember 2, 2021Leave a comment

Eurocentrism is a worldview that favors European and Western values over all other beliefs and traditions. This perspective first became normalized in the Age of Discovery in the 15th century when European countries began venturing into the Americas. During this time, countries such as Britain, France, and Spain wielded their wealth and prosperity not as…

Yellow Peril

Getting Down to The S-Pacifics, WeekliesBy Rachael KohBy Jonas YeeMarch 2, 2021Leave a comment

Yellow Peril (n.): a metaphor representative of the danger and threat to Western civilization East Asian peoples hold from an expansion of power and influence Although “threat” and “danger” are common words associated with the term “Yellow Peril,” the above definition does not fully expand on the often racist connotations that accompany this term. In…

Pride and Prejudice

Bruin Bare Neccesities, WeekliesBy Navdha SharmaJanuary 28, 2021Leave a comment

It was a cloudy day and there was a hint of rain in the air. But a ray of sunlight piercing the clouds made me hopeful that my first trip to Disneyland would not be ruined. And before you ask, no, I wasn’t five! I was seventeen, and it was my first time in the…

Who’s The Fairest of Them All?

MonthliesBy Abita VenkateshDecember 27, 2020Leave a comment

Every time I go to visit my hometown, I have to hear, “You have gotten darker.” When I laugh and ask, “Why does the fairness of my skin matter?” I am being “rude” by not agreeing with the elders. Every time I go to visit my relatives, I am asked, “What is your height?” When…

Internment

Getting Down to The S-Pacifics, WeekliesBy Lorraine LeeDecember 1, 2020Leave a comment

Internment (n.): the imprisonment of people, usually for political reasons and targeted towards a certain group of people.  On February 19, 1942, following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, an order that allowed for the evacuation of anyone considered a threat to national security, to desolate places…

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