Tag: desi
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Attending Tonight: Das Racist at Sons of Hermann Hall
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc__3nsfxwA] As a South Asian in a non-traditional career track. I always try and represent and share examples of Desis in the cultural spotlight other than Dr. Sanjay Gupta or inane and offensive tech support caricatures. New York alternative hip-hop group Das Racist successfully mixes comedy and erudite cultural critique from a minority […]
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The Wall Street Journal Explains “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” | Racialicious – the intersection of race and pop culture
The Wall Street Journal Explains “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” | Racialicious – the intersection of race and pop culture.
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…when good people do nothing — On Slackistan and “Sanity”
I learned a few things from my coverage of the 2009 Tax Day Tea Party rally. Along with providing a preview of the white, middle-class anxiety that was molded by GOP charaltans and corporate funders into a reactionary movement, I also experienced the mood a young observer who ironically derided the motivated-yet-misguided crowd in front […]
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links for 2010-03-06
Housing discrimination near Dallas? – Sepia Mutiny (tags: desi texas dallas social politics via:racialicious)
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Saare Jahan Se Achchha
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgNJmfWDjcQ&hl=en&fs=1&] [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9xf62PKC5M&hl=en&fs=1&]
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Parag Khanna –“You are Not an Indian”
via The Making of “Desi” Culture on MTV | In Media Res. In this video titled, “You are not an Indian,” a young male addresses viewers who like him are neither just American nor Indian but desi. Wearing a t-shirt with the word “desi” written prominently in Hindi across it, the young man points out […]
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Taqliya! Meh tivi dekhun ga
I’m discovering television once again after a few years of online-only interaction with television. One of the disadvantages of current online delivery is that you can’t just click a button to switch to something new and undiscovered. Chittod ki Rani Padmini ka Johur Looks like a desi Xena. I’m hoping the production values keep up […]
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Azadi Mubarak