KUCHING (April 15): Ronnie Teo from The Borneo Post has been re-elected as the president of the Kuching Division Journalists Association (KDJA) for the term 2023 to 2025 during its annual general meeting (AGM) here today.
Zulazhar Sheblee from The Star was retained as vice-president and as well s
Tue, 01/19/2021
LAWRENCE Growing up in a Korean household after immigrating to New York City as a young child, Kelly Chong was raised with the tacit understanding that she would eventually marry someone of her own race.
“The tension-ridden issue of boundary-crossing in dating and marriage whether or not to do it is at the front and center within every immigrant family and community,” said Chong, professor and chair of the Department of Sociology at the University of Kansas.
“I was always keenly aware and conscious of the power dynamics surrounding the assimilation process since I myself was undergoing it. Sometimes, it’s like an out-of-body experience, watching myself in the third person going through it, especially as I intellectually try to make sense of this very subjective experience. I think that’s why I became a sociologist.”