Category: Blog
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your face dataset cannot be “racially” diverse
facial diversity cannot be racial diversity, so what are face datasets actually diversifying?
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outside(r)
the best compliment was being warned that i was trespassing disciplinary borders […]
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how survey researchers reinforce racialization
what if research methods are merely (re)producing caricatures of the people that we study as “racial groups”?
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(un)documentation & (dis)identification
where and for whom is the undocumented immigrant*? *here i mostly speak of myself (even if i use plural indicators) and this is not intended to generalize to every other experience, although if it does, great! …
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whiteness in statistics
it infuriates me to imagine my mom or my younger self coming into a room titled “helpful discussions” asking a question only to be mocked for a) coming to ask for help and b) how we asked for it…
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hidden minority
i participated in a campaign that raised awareness for what it means to be a first-generation or underprivileged minority at princeton…
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undocumented and capitalistic?
i have to return to this topic because it keeps coming up: how should/would/could oppressed individuals in the u.s., who need to partake in the economy and system to get ahead, navigate this identity? how should/would/could we participate in the oppressive system we belong in without propagating it? are we “capitalistic” if we choose to do so?
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the double-edged sword of minority success
I find solidarity in Beyonce’s message in Formation. Not just the pride in our Texan roots \m/, but her call to “stay gracious” since “best revenge is your paper”. There has been a lot of backlash, most interesting was the wariness from people who feel Beyonce only represents capitalism. Inherent in these opinions is a stigmatization…
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mixed effect models
mixed effect regression was the first type of regression analysis i learned. here i compiled a collection of papers and link and books that i used to self teach, so you can too…