I never wanted to learn Mandarin. It was my school’s first year offering the language and I had no interest in it. As a proud Haitian-American, I wanted to learn French. It would help me with Creole and I could
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To understand why I joined the National Association for Black Engagement with Asia, I will start with what sparked my interest in Asia in general. I grew up in Houston Texas in a southwestern part of town, called Bellaire. Houston
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Sirens pierce the air. Cars screech to a halt. Phones buzz with mass Red Alerts — seek shelter, immediately. This ballistic missile drill is a sobering reminder that the threat of conflict is never far from people’s minds. As a
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When I was 12 years old, I was presented with the opportunity to be one of the first students in my suburban school to begin studying Chinese as part of a brand new county-wide foreign language curriculum. What began as
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Hello! My name is William D. Frazier, and I am the author of “Black American Entrepreneur in China: Connecting Industry and Cultural Differences.” During the summers of 2000 and 2001–as an Urban Studies graduate student at Savannah State University–I left