Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Let's Talk About Race: Biological Notions About Race

This FLI series is inspired by Duke University's popular UNI course "Let's Talk About Race," discover the profound impacts of race in today's world in this thought-provoking Forever Learning Institute series. Duke's expert faculty will take you through an engaging course that explores the orgins, evolution, and consequences of racial classifications throughout time. This series allows the greater Duke community to gather in an innovative collection of evidence-based lectures and meaningful conversations that will challenge preconceptions and foster understandign across social divides.

Alumna takes on perpetrators of violence against Asian Americans

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Manjusha Kulkarni ’91, a Los Angeles community activist and attorney, knew she had to act. She met with the family of the injured student, worked with local school district officials on behalf of the family, and held a press conference to take a stand against violence against Asian Americans—a soaring statistic in 2020’s pandemic year.

The boy’s family, weighing the thought of leaving the U.S. in the face of such a personal threat, said they appreciated Kulkarni’s advocacy so much that they changed their minds.

“They felt like they belonged,” she says.

Afghanistan landscape

Reckoning with America's longest war

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FOR THE UNITED STATES, the war in Afghanistan was the most protracted war in history—longer than World War I, World War II, and Vietnam combined. Shortly after the seemingly chaotic withdrawal of U.S. forces in mid-August, the magazine convened a conversation among three individuals with very different perspectives on—and experiences with—the U.S. in Afghanistan.

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