Ep. 30: NYC Specialized High Schools, 'Yappie,' and Asian Baby Names

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has been advocating for the scrapping of the SHSAT, which determines admission to the city's top public schools like Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Tech, and Bronx Science. How much of this is fear and resentment of an Asian takeover? Can the rise of Asian politicians, such as in California, strengthen our community? Teen, Oxford, and Mark discuss this contentious topic, along with the trailer for the new Wong Fu series “Yappie” and bad Asian baby names. Intro/Outro Song: “One Winged Angel” from Final Fantasy VII by Nobuo Uematsu (remade by Enrico Deiana) Intro Voice Track: Alexandra Wallace’s “Asians in the Library” Rant TWITTER: Teen: @mont_jiang Oxford: @oxford_kondo Mark: @snbatman REFERENCED RESOURCES: Was Kevin Cooper Framed For Murder? by Nicholas Kristof: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/17/opinion/sunday/kev ...