Welcome to my weekly letter, where I share a few noteworthy articles and my own commentary. Without further ado…
Weekly Read
- How Kids Perceive Racism in the U.S., According to a New Study by Sesame Workshop (Time) – the first step to fix any problem is to be cognitive about it.
- How Roblox Became a Playground for Virtual Fascists (Wired) – it’s a validation to Roblox’s claim of creating a metaverse, but perhaps this also serves as a good reminder to all parents with kids playing Roblox. The games nowadays are different from the games around our childhood/teenage years, and at the end of the day it’s not about parental control, it’s about parent-child communication and relationship. (I learned it the hard way myself ;p)
- The Power of a Non-Stereotypical Asian Character in Gaming (Wired) – Speaking of games from my childhood/teenage years, this article is a great fit to my ‘Nostalgic Game Review‘ column! 🙂 Although I can’t say which game figure inspired me the way ‘Grace Nakimura’ inspired the article’s author. I do wonder sometimes, if any games nowadays actually intend to tell stories in such inspiring/ impactful ways?
- University of California Will No Longer Consider SAT and ACT Scores (New York Times) – while I am never a big fan of entrance exams, I am not sure if I see the whole picture of the new admittance policy without standardized exams. Does it not introduce even more potential bias?
- Tracing the Roots of the Big Apple: The Mysterious Origins of the World’s Most Famous City Moniker (BrainPickings) – the origin story of the NYC’s ‘Big Apple’ moniker, also a good reminder that so much of what built up such great nation of U.S. is from the pursuit of freedom and self-actualization of so many diverse individuals.
That’s it for this week! Have a nice weekend!
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