A Beauty Pageant, Tough Skin and Chicago’s Rizza Cadillac (Who buys a Caddy anyway?)

Here I was writing about the 14th Amendment for Constitution Day, shit goes down with the Miss America pageant and today, today I get a press release from CAIR Chicago about a dealership discriminating against Muslim employees: In the lawsuit, the EEOC alleges that Adam Adawy, Medhat Adawy, and Mohammed El-Hajjami were subjected to harassmentContinue reading “A Beauty Pageant, Tough Skin and Chicago’s Rizza Cadillac (Who buys a Caddy anyway?)”

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Mangoes: A Tribute to a Tradition of Asian Solidarity

Kristie Yung  pays tribute to one of the pioneers of music in South Asia, the legendary Alamgir by singing a song in Urdu.  She is a young acoustic-soul singer/songwriter that has effortlessly brings together music and lyrics even when its in a language she doesn’t speak.  Alamgir on the other hand, is an amazing musician from the GoldenContinue reading “Mangoes: A Tribute to a Tradition of Asian Solidarity”

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Taking White Parents Advice- Bad Idea for Immigrant Kids

Taking the advice of White Parents to deal with your immigrant parents is a bad idea.  Its similar to getting advice from your White friends about how to do things.  (See Russell Peters video below)  I learned real quick that while I might be living in America, there is no way that my White friendsContinue reading “Taking White Parents Advice- Bad Idea for Immigrant Kids”

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