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Carmen and Manish Viij discuss the way 7-Eleven is turning some of its stores into real-life Kwik-E Marts to promote the new Simpsons movie. In order to do this, however, they have also taken the very stereotypical Indian-American character Apu and brought him into the real world.
Manish Viij co-founded two widely-read South Asian American blogs [...]

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Carmen interviews Laura Martinez about multicultural marketing and the ways in which it can reinforce essentialist notions about racial or ethnic groups. This episode features the song “Something Different” by Z-trip, courtesy of Spectre Entertainment.
Laura Martinez is a New York City-based bilingual writer and editor specialized in marketing and advertising. Since leaving her post as [...]

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by Carmen Van Kerckhove

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Carmen is joined by guest co-host Kai Chang in this episode. Kai is a technology entrepreneur and progressive activist living and working in southwestern Connecticut and New York City. Kai was born in Buffalo, New York, grew up in Montreal, Canada, and Los Angeles, California, and attended college in San Diego, Hong Kong, and the [...]

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Carmen and Jae Ran discuss celebrity adoptions and the book Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption. This episode features the song “Spit It Clearly” by Dilated Peoples, courtesy of Spectre Entertainment Group.
Carmen is joined by guest co-host Jae Ran Kim in this episode. Jae Ran is a writer, teacher and social worker. She was [...]

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