Photo courtesy of CSUDH Campus News Center By Destiny Jackson, Perspectives Editor The South Bay has been shaped by many cultures. Native peoples first settled it, Spanish and Mexican roots plunge deep, Anglo Americans stole it in 1848, and the souls of Black folks are woven into the DNA of the university at its center, […]
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Boba Liberalism: Confession of a Formerly Shallow Boba Liberal
Illustration by Darlene Maes. By Jasmine Nguyen, Editor-in-Chief In the year 2020, there’s a problem within the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. Being Asian or supporting Asian culture seems to be the trend right now. And that’s the problem, AAPI community is only focusing on the trends, which ignores the actual problems that plagues […]
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A Smudged-Up Window
The writer and her grandmother in an áo dài (Vietnamese dress). By Jasmine Nguyen, Editor-in-Chief The United States boasts of being a melting pot, made up of people from all over the globe who come in search for the American Dream and a better life. These immigrants’ cultures spread and are shared among all citizens, […]
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A Different View of Death, Honesty and Family
By Jasmine NguyenStaff Reporter There’s been a lot of attention over Asian American stories in Hollywood over the past two years, with films such as “Crazy Rich Asians” gaining praise for its all-Asian cast. \So when I saw the trailer for “The Farewell,” I was already excited about it. Being Vietnamese and Thai, I don’t […]