After resuming his academic career, he succeeded Sir Sarvepalli Radakrishnan as Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics at the University of Oxford (1952), enduring criticism at the time because the chair was considered reserved for Asians.
President Reagan has decided to increase the number of Soviet refugees who can come to the United States this year by 39percentto to a total of 25,000, and will offset the change by reducing the number of places reserved for Southeast Asian refugees, Administration officials said today.
Once I was sent to a small room in Tokyo reserved for anyone of South Asian ancestry (where bejewelled women in saris loudly complained in exaggerated Oxbridge accents about being taken for common criminals).
"But my wife won't lie on it". Fifty years ago, Lee, of Korean descent, could dive at the old Brookside Park plunge, site of the new aquatic complex, only on Wednesdays, since Wednesday had been dubbed "International Day". On that day, the pool was reserved for male blacks, Latinos, Asians and other minorities.
Syria's attempt to join the United Nations' main human rights body will very likely be thwarted by Kuwait, which is planning to seek the Asian seat traditionally reserved for an Arab country, Western diplomats said Tuesday.
Ms. Cho's most damning humor is reserved for racism and the insidious stereotyping of Asian-Americans as passive, agreeable servants.
As an editor, Professor de Bary presented thinkers from various Asian cultures in their own words in dozens of books that became standards in the field, elevating Asian studies far beyond Columbia to a prominence once reserved for European scholarship.
On his watch some superb collections came into the museum, and permanent Asian galleries gradually materialized, many carved out of space once reserved for blockbuster shows.
