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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,...
Dr. Chi
Jun 4, 20241 min read
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...
Dr. Chi
May 17, 20243 min read


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....
Dr. Chi
May 13, 20242 min read


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...
Dr. Chi
May 9, 20242 min read
Diaspora-naming
In my conversations with Americans as well as people around the world, I have noticed that people often confuse racism, ethnocentrism,...
Dr. Chi
Apr 24, 20243 min read
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...
Dr. Chi
Apr 23, 20243 min read
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...
Dr. Chi
Mar 4, 20244 min read


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...
Dr. Chi
Feb 26, 20243 min read


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.
Dr. Chi
Feb 19, 20243 min read
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...
Dr. Chi
Feb 12, 20244 min read


Politics of Language
I recently watched a Tik Toker defend the Chinese government instilling instruction in Mandarin in Cantonese speaking areas of the country.
Dr. Chi
Feb 4, 20246 min read
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...
Dr. Chi
Feb 3, 20242 min read
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...
Dr. Chi
Dec 13, 20232 min read


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...
Dr. Chi
Jun 8, 20236 min read
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...
Dr. Chi
Sep 14, 20224 min read


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...
Dr. Chi
Feb 10, 20225 min read


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...
Dr. Chi
Jan 21, 20223 min read


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...
Dr. Chi
Dec 8, 20213 min read
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...
Dr. Chi
Nov 29, 20211 min read


Squid Game: Why It Resonates around the Globe
As a new Kdrama lover, I feel vindicated seeing that Squid Game was the most-watched show of all time on Netflix. But as a sociologist, I...
Dr. Chi
Oct 9, 20215 min read
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