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Day: January 12, 2014

We All Make Our Own Paper Tigers: Amy Chua and Why ‘Culture’ Doesn’t Displace ‘Race’ the Way You Think It Does IFRL-NaPP-Asia-rawpixel-id-426280

We All Make Our Own Paper Tigers: Amy Chua and Why ‘Culture’ Doesn’t Displace ‘Race’ the Way You Think It Does

Tod Kelly January 12, 2014
Too often when we talk about ethnic "culture" in America, we’re really just talking about race and...
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What Amy Chua is actually guilty of IFRL-NaPP-Space-17504602910_a939b425ba_k

What Amy Chua is actually guilty of

Vikram Bath January 12, 2014
It's not racist when white people do it.
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Sunday!

Jaybird January 12, 2014
Orange is, apparently, the new black. (Warning: we veer into politics.)
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