Reaching out to diverse audiences is often a discussion heard in the marketing department of large corporations.  For companies who have made a commitment to multicultural marketing, this can serve as a platform to promote team building and employee morale by leveraging your external goals to create internal programming.  Here’s how:

If your company is targeting […]

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 As I was getting onto the Kennedy in downtown Chicago this week a billboard caught my attention.  It was a 10+ story high image of a tall, presumably icy cold, glass of Hoegaarden beer.  Sure, it caught my attention because it was really hot and the beer promised to be very refreshing.  But mostly because […]

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 Thanks to Intercultural Talk reader Cara for sending this Survey opportunity on language and identity (actually, it’s a forwarded email from my sister, but it sounds more important the other way, not to ‘dis’ my sister…speaking of which, where does the word ‘dis’ originate?…enough already, here’s the survey)
Subject: FW: Survey on Language and Identity
You are […]

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Honestly, I don’t see how this could be viewed as anything but offensive.  Now the question, do I do more harm by showing it?  Does the New Yorker feel vindicated because it’s gotten more visibility than any cover in years (can you clearly describe any other cover of any other New Yorker?  Maybe an antique […]

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It was less than two weeks ago that Ka-duc Luong wrote here about his experience fleeing from Cambodia as a baby with his mother, and told of her incredible bravery and perseverance to save her family.  My deepest sympathies now go out to Kai and his family, upon learning that his mom has unexpectedly passed […]

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 Below is a letter I wrote to the Park District in a nearby Village after seeing a racist act by a Village employee on Sunday, and the response from the Village.  I was compelled to write the letter, and I’m satisfied with the response, but I’m surprised and a little annoyed by my biggest concern […]

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 Thank you and welcome to guest blogger Kai-Duc Luong.
Kai has lived in the US for the last 11 years, 10 of them working in corporate America.  He left the corporate side to fully pursue his dream of being a filmmaker a year or so ago, to devote his attention to finishing the feature-length documentary he […]

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