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In this film by Lee Isaac Chung, David and Anne’s grandma plants this to help with the family farm.
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She is the artist behind the performance piece, “Cut/Piece.” She was also popularly known as the wife of John Lennon.
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This aims to discuss deviant sexualities of Asian Americans, ranging from docile femininity and asexual masculinity to promiscuity.
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When Ava spills wine on Caleb in Ex Machina, Caleb and Nathan are eating this.
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On the home front of this war, Executive Order 9066 forcibly relocated and imprisoned Americans of Japanese descent.
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In the film Crazy Rich Asians, Rachel and Eleanor play this game while they engage in a coded discussion of their relationship with Nick.
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He is a Japanese American actor who published a graphic novel based on his experience at a Japanese internment camp.
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This demonstrates the “West”’s anxiety around technology and seeks to define the West based on the deviant technologies of the East (both primitive horde of laborers and high-tech without human qualities)
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In the pilot episode of Fresh Off the Boat, Eddie begs his mother to let him take this to school for lunch.
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In the aftermath of this hot manifestation of the Cold War, a large number of children were adopted by American families, including Adam Crapser.
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In the film Ex Machina, this abstract painter’s art hangs on the wall at Nathan’s house. It represents lack of predetermination and provides a counterpoint to Ava’s series of paintings.
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He is the first person narrator of The Reluctant Fundamentalist.
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This pits minorities in the US against one another in an attempt to shift the burden of assimilation and success onto the individuals rather than the state and its institutions.
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Originating from Kashmir, Shukumar cooks this dish for Shoba.
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In the aftermath of this war, Operation Babylift took children out of the country, at times without documentation.
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In the film Pacific Rim, Hannibal Chau, the kaiju biomatter smuggler, picked his last name from this.
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He was a Palestinian thinker who coined the term Orientalism.
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This refers to multiplicity of identities that results in increased vulnerability based on overlapping identity markers. Legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw established the term.
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When pregnant, Ma in How Much of These Hills Is Gold, eats this even though it’s not edible.
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As a part of this war, the first person speaker of The Reluctant Fundamentalist fell victim to Islamophobia.
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In the film Always Be My Maybe, Marcus goes to this men’s clothing store after hearing about it from Keanu Reeves.
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This Asian American YouTuber was in the show The Amazing Race with his father.
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This refers to crossing of national borders for people and goods. It specifically denotes the presence of capital (money) in understanding these crossings.
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In First Generation, Jenny knocks this out of a classmate's hand when she calls My-Linh’s food “gross” during lunch.
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As a part of this war, Jaegers were deployed by the Pan Pacific Defense Corps. The war was concluded when the Breach was closed.






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