Asian Literature in Schools: Misrepresentation in American Curriculum

"Despite our limiting the Chinese culture to games of mahjongg by acknowledging Amy Tan as the be-all end-all of Asian literature, the world's citizens have a far more generous perception of us. They see us as self-motivated individuals who start from nothing and turn into something."

All's Fair In Love And ...

"Hindi songs sing glorious odes to girls who are 'gori' (fair), matrimonial advertisements always always (yes - I said that twice) look for grooms for beautiful, 'fair' girls, and people from other countries are amazed when they meet real Indians, and find that they are considerably darker than their Bollywood representatives."