“That” Moment of Clarity
Over dinner at a cozy beachfront restaurant in Florida, my dear friend from Costa Rica sadly talked about the devastating Orlando shooting that killed 49 people and wounded…
Over dinner at a cozy beachfront restaurant in Florida, my dear friend from Costa Rica sadly talked about the devastating Orlando shooting that killed 49 people and wounded…
When I was an anthropology graduate student, I often found myself in an ambiguous place as someone who isn’t white. I swallowed my words, one too many times,…
[Continuing from Part 1] Thinking about my experience of teaching race, I feel that I fell short when it came to conveying to my students what “race” has…
Every time I see articles/essays about racial issues on media news, I often read through the comments posted from other readers to see what folks out there are…
You can find Part 1 here. My patients sometimes present me with an opportunity to reflect on anthropological literature through our brief and yet candid conversations. By rule,…
“I’m an anthropologist by training and I work as a medical interpreter.” When I tell this to people from anthropology backgrounds, I often receive sympathetic groans from them,…