Why Born This Way ‘I look nothing like her, nothing’. This was said by a ten-year-old Asian American boy and “her” referred his mother. This young boy’s name is Ken Liu. Now he is a famous science-fiction writer, who won both 2012 Hugo Award and 2011 Nebula Award for Best Short Story. When he was young, he was puzzled by a words-----“chink face”. Because of his face, he had to take a lot of unfair judgments from others and mocks from his peers. Therefore, Ken hated his mother who was born in China
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Kristina Bernadette Cojuangco Aquino (born February 14, 1971), commonly known as Kris Aquino, is a Filipina television and movie personality who gained prominence from her talk shows, game shows, and numerous endorsements. Known as the Queen of All Media, Philippines' Queen of Talk, and Queen of Philippine Game Shows, both of her parents are natives from Tarlac. She is the youngest daughter of former Philippine senator Benigno S. Aquino, Jr. and Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino, who served as the 11th President
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Probably the most famous and most misunderstood aspect of Mosuo culture is their practice of walking marriages, also known as zouhun in Chinese. The coming of age ceremony, also known as the bonfire party, it’s the occasion when boys and girls at around 12-14 years of age get to know about each other. It is one of the most important events in a Mosuo child's life. Before this ceremony, Mosuo children will dress the same, and are restricted from certain aspects of Mosuo life. But once they come of age, girls
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is English. The demographics for Australia are the most commonly nominated ancestry is English (36.1 per cent), followed by Australian (35.4 per cent), Irish (10.4 per cent), Scottish (8.9 per cent), Italian (4.6 percent), German (4.5 per cent), Chinese (4.3 per cent), Indian (2.0 per cent), Greek (1.9 per cent), Dutch (1.7 per cent), Asian Australians make up 12% of the population (Citation). English is the primary language of Australia. Other languages spoken are Australian English, Mandarin,
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include multiple variations of the iPad, iPad Mini, and iPad Air; many configurations of the MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air; the iMac, Mac Pro, and Mac Mini; the Apple TV; and most recently released in April of 2015, the Apple Watch. Creating this venerable suite of products and devices is a globally diversified workforce that continues to grow, sitting today at over 110,000 people strong. As of December 2015, Apple is responsible for creating and supporting over 1.9 million jobs, nearly seventy
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team, we had chosen 2 leaders for this outdoor programme. First day leader named Mah Myn Shuen. Second day and third day leader was Low Kar Yong. First day leader come from Kuala Lumpur headquarters. Second day and third day leader come from Penang. From my point of view, both of our team leaders were good and responsible. On the first Day of the OLDP, the first activity was the team members were required to think a slogan for the team. Because this was our first outdoor gathering
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It was only a few days before receiving this assignment that both my children (seven, and eight years old) came home from school with negative reports informing me about performance delays, behavior concerns, and daily mishaps in the classroom. As a concerned parent, I decided to restrict them to their rooms, take away all forms of entertainment (i.e. games, movies, or tablets) for two weeks, and ordered an earlier bedtime. With tears pouring down their young faces and a plethora of apologetic promises
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On December 2, 1783, the 51 year old first President of the new United States sat down and wrote to the members of the Volunteer Association and other Inhabitants of the Kingdom of Ireland who were rankling under the yoke of British colonialism. In this letter Washington provided advice to buoy their spirits and off handedly provided his thoughts on immigration to the country that he had fought to free: “The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respectable Stranger, but the
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“What kind of Asian are you?” We are the forgotten. We are called the lucky ones; shunned by our fellow people of color. We sometimes do not even realize we are one of them. While the likelihood of an Asian boy being shot down by the police is far less than that of other boys of color – though violence against South Asians is very much an issue –, Asian Americans suffer through the institutionalized, and normalized racism just as black, or latinx do. It is a different kind of discrimination and oppression
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China China is an ancient culture with numerous regional and national traditions and values. While some of the traditions have died out, many are still a very important part of the Chinese society. The role of men and women in China has changed significantly. In China (100 years ago up to a few decades ago), women were treated as inferior in comparison to men, and were restricted to the confines of their homes to raise the children and clean (Live Science, 2013). They would also sew and weave
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