Dr. Chi
Disabled While Traveling
I brought my Rollator walker to Rio de Janeiro. It takes a lot for me to walk even two blocks. I'm really slow, but I can do it. I...
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"This is my letter to the world...." E.D.
I have a lot of thoughts and this is where I put them. Thank you for coming to my "TedTalk!"
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Dr. Chi
- Jun 4
- 1 min
Lady Parts and Brazil
I am in Brazil talking about my book about interracial marriage in comparison between the United States and Brazil. Well, specifically,...
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Dr. Chi
- May 17
- 3 min
While You Were Away #1
Dear Christiana, You have lived in France for the last twenty years and so much has changed. I have not gotten tired of explaining all of...
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Dr. Chi
- May 13
- 2 min
MS Sucks
You know what? Life with multiple sclerosis is really hard. Sometimes, I get depressed for no reason. This seems to happen to me a lot....
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Dr. Chi
- May 9
- 2 min
Kdrama Support Group: Kdramaland Social Norms
#1: Bionic Ears/Oídos Biónicos Kdramaland is not South Korea. So all the foreigners moving to Seoul to find an Oppa to fall in love...
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Dr. Chi
- Apr 24
- 3 min
Diaspora-naming
In my conversations with Americans as well as people around the world, I have noticed that people often confuse racism, ethnocentrism,...
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Dr. Chi
- Apr 23
- 3 min
Kdramas and the Reproduction of White Supremacy
Most Nollywood films display the Cinderella story of the village girl starting out with a natural hairstyle, but then finds a rich man...
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Dr. Chi
- Mar 4
- 4 min
Tales of an African Bootscratcher: "Unrequited Love in Pre-school"
I have a dent in my arm. It’s a reminder of a trauma from long ago. There was a daycare center at the bottom of the HUD building where...
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Dr. Chi
- Feb 26
- 3 min
Spanish in the USA
I was on Facebook and someone posted an image of what looks like a movie poster with a large humanoid being with a huge prickly arm...
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Dr. Chi
- Feb 19
- 3 min
Tales of an African Booty-Scratcher: Stockfish
As a consequence, we all smelled like fish, every single day. For me, as a girl, it was a peculiarity that my friends could accept.
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Dr. Chi
- Feb 12
- 4 min
Tales of an African Bootscratcher: African Attire
When I was a little girl, I loved to wear African attire. For special events at school, whether it was my birthday or a school dance or...
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Dr. Chi
- Feb 4
- 6 min
Politics of Language
I recently watched a Tik Toker defend the Chinese government instilling instruction in Mandarin in Cantonese speaking areas of the country.
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Dr. Chi
- Feb 3
- 2 min
Tales of an African Bootyscratcher: The Series
"Tales of an African Booty-scratcher" is a weekly series in which I will share my experiences growing up as an American Nigerian in...
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Dr. Chi
- Dec 13, 2023
- 2 min
Fieldwork Had Me in My Feelings
July 2019, I was in Chicago conducting in-depth interviews with Africans working as registered nurses or in nursing school. I called a...
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Dr. Chi
- Jun 8, 2023
- 6 min
White Dads and Biracial Black Kids: Concerns and Challenges
There are some stories that live in your head rent-free years after hearing them. For my first book Boundaries of Love: Interracial...
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Dr. Chi
- Sep 14, 2022
- 4 min
Black Kdrama Lives Matter
Blacks around the world have become fans of a beguiling foreign media format: the Korean drama. I first started watching them during the...
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Dr. Chi
- Feb 10, 2022
- 5 min
Disney+'s Snowdrop Fail
After many trials and tribulations, Snowdrop has finally come to North America. The series comes from the screenwriter-director team, Yoo...
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Dr. Chi
- Jan 21, 2022
- 3 min
Learning Your Mother Tongue
I love learning new languages. I took French classes all through grammar school and into high school for a total of 7 years. This basis...
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Dr. Chi
- Dec 8, 2021
- 3 min
On Being a ‘Hard Stick’
On multiple occasions, nurses have a difficult time finding my veins and have been called a “hard stick.” As a sociologist who recognizes...
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Dr. Chi
- Nov 30, 2021
- 1 min
Jottings
June 18, 2010 Los Angeles, CA The other day, I was walking with my friend Sergio down the street. A Black man who was sitting on a bench...
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