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https://www.vox.com/world/2019/8/18/20810872/hong-kong-protests-beijing-military-police-violence-airport-demonstration-extradition-bill-11-week  I think it’s only fitting that for my last RCL post I talk about something that is important to my identity and my heritage. From March of 2019 to November of 2020, Hong Kongers protested the Extradition Law Amendment… Continue Reading →

In Freakonomics by Stephen J. Dubner and Steven Levitt, a major point that they argued was that the unexpected drop in the crime rate in the 1990s was attributed to the new abortion rights granted by Roe v. Wade in… Continue Reading →

TED Talk:  https://www.ted.com/talks/niro_sivanathan_the_counterintuitive_way_to_be_more_persuasive     “The counterintuitive way to be more persuasive” by Niro Sivanathan analyzes how people’s minds digest information with the dilution effect. Sivanathan talks about the dilution effect in both positive and negative light and how it can… Continue Reading →

This bumper sticker is saying a lot without saying much at all. I can see the possible comedic intent, but I’m more horrified by it than amused.  The sticker says “All Lives Splatter,” a play-on-words with the Black Lives Matter… Continue Reading →

There is a lot to unpack with this ad. After filtering through the shock of what it is trying to accomplish and the means to do so, I think it is somewhat hilarious to look at.  My most pressing concern… Continue Reading →

  My first artifact is a political cartoon created by Clay Jones during the height of the Stop Asian-Hate movement. Asian Americans faced a significant amount of unwarranted hate and blame for the COVID pandemic since the beginning of 2020,… Continue Reading →

Why do we attach stereotypes to people? Is it because it’s the easiest way to characterize a person without saying a word to them? Or because stereotypes are generally true half of the time? Stereotypes are the basis of several… Continue Reading →