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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 30, 20211 min read
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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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This is where I share my musings about the world….
Dr. Chi
Jun 9, 20211 min read
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Faking the Funk: When White Women Play BIPOC
Rachel Dolezal. Then, we learned about Jess “La Bombalera” Krug. Since then, there have been several examples of White women engaging in...
Dr. Chi
Mar 9, 20214 min read
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Christian Americans Need to Worship God not Trump
Trump in a blue suit, white shirt, and blue tie with his arms outstretched in front of a sea of people at a rally in Milwaukee. Taken...
Dr. Chi
Dec 23, 20203 min read
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Holiday Fight for Stimulus
Did you have a Happy Halloween? It seems like many Americans did, judging by the number of Covid-19 cases since the holiday. Over the...
Dr. Chi
Nov 23, 20204 min read
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“The 1619 Project” and Black Resistance in a Time of #BlackLivesMatter
If you ask any American when slavery began in what became the United States, they will tell you 1619. This is thanks to the...
Dr. Chi
Jul 26, 20204 min read
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Americans Need a Bailout, Not Multinationals
Despite our extremely high numbers of infections and deaths, states have been opening up beaches, restaurants, beauty salons, and other...
Dr. Chi
Jun 1, 20203 min read
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