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U. of T. Too Asian?
on my way
to another interview
maple leaves swirling
I stop at traffic lights, and see a Filipino nanny pushing a baby carriage. A second woman, walking in the opposite direction, pushes an old man in a wheelchair who is staring into space.
"Move, Chinaman. Get out of my way," a native English speaker yells at me.
Note: U. of T. stands for University of Toronto.
Here is the link, http://rabble.ca/books/reviews/2012/09/too-asian, to Cara Ng's review of Too Asian?: Racism, Privilege, and Post-Secondary Education, a new anthology that takes Maclean's magazine to task and explores race and representation in Canadian universities.
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