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May 07 2024
News
I’m sick of the ‘model minority’ designation, and so are other Asian Americans. It’s time to define our own identities
People who don’t know its history think the model minority myth assigned to Asian Americans has positive connotations. After all, on the surface, it is tied to success and achievement which are usually considered desirable. But, most of us who sit under this given identity don’t see it as beneficial or liberating. We find it a constricting and confining designation put upon first-generation
FortuneMay 02 2024
News
Bates should focus on prosecutions, not politics
Ivan Bates has proven himself to be more than capable in his role as Baltimore State’s Attorney. And his office has remained scandal-free, not always a given for Baltimore public servants. But his latest commentary introducing a new acronym leaves us pining for more prosecutor and less politician (“Bates offers strategic plan for prosecution,” May 1). His “FACTS” policy paper is a veritable
Baltimore SunApr 15 2024
News
Kentucky basketball coach Mark Pope wants program to take on this identity
LEXINGTON — Mark Pope apologized in advance for not knowing the exact numbers, joking that "somebody will verify this" by hopping on Google. But the specifics mattered less than the point he wanted to make. Best he could recall, Pope and his Kentucky teammates were in the middle of an exhibition game against Athletes in Action three decades ago. The Wildcats had jumped to a big lead — Pope
The Courier-JournalMar 18 2024
News
We're identical twins who married another set of identical twins. Our babies are biological siblings
Back when they were single, identical twins sisters Venessa and Kerissa Sealby never dreamed they would marry identical twin brothers. “We didn’t have any interest in dating twins,” Venessa, 28, tells TODAY.com. “The idea kind of creeped us out, like no, that’s weird. And physically we had completely different types.” Then, in June 2020, when Venessa was working as a personal trainer, a client
NBC Today ShowAug 18 2017
Opinion
What Identity Politics Hath Wrought
There's a whiff of Weimar in the air. During the years of the Weimar Republic (1919-33), Germany was threatened by Communist revolutionaries and Nazi uprisings. Foreign Minister Walter Rathenau was assassinated, and violent street fighting was commonplace. Then Adolf Hitler took power in 1933.
Michael BaroneAug 16 2017
Opinion
OPINION: The deadly impact of identity politics
By conflating white supremacists and Trump supporters, the ‘Resistance’ pours hate on hate.
Washington TimesDec 02 2016
News
The battle over identity politics, explained
Identity politics isn’t just a tool of the left. The right has used it again and again.
VoxMay 02 2024
News
Jazz Fest artist Lionel Milton vows never to lose his edge exploring Black identity and culture
Some of the paintings that Lionel Milton plans to show at the second weekend of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival might make you squirm a little. His take on Black identity is complicated. He doesn’t mind toying with the sort of wrongful stereotypes applied to African Americans over the years. He just turns them inside-out. In his “Melanated Menace” series, he starts with ominous
The Times-PicayuneApr 18 2024
News
Trump trial juror excused after fearing identity would be revealed publicly
Former President Trump attends his criminal trial as jury selection continues at Manhattan Criminal Court on April 18 in New York City. Photo: Timothy A. Clary-Pool/Getty Images The judge in former President Trump's New York criminal trial excused a juror on Thursday after she expressed concerns about being identified publicly, as well as her ability to be impartial. Why it matters: The juror'
AxiosApr 21 2024
News
Conservatives prep lawsuits as Biden’s Title IX rewrite to include gender identity condemned
‘This is an abuse of federal power that is anti-women, anti-science, and anti-logic. See you in court, @POTUS’ Arguing the Biden administration’s decision to include gender identity in Title IX will harm women, conservative groups have vowed to work to reverse the “administrative fiat” in the courts. Many argue Biden’s Education Department lacks the authority to rewrite the 52-year-old federal
The College Fix