Running from the law, Jian-Wa, like Lo and Caine, represents a fundamental dissatisfaction with the American justice system and frustration with the ineptness of police procedure, while, at the same time, fulfilling the role of "illegal alien- connected with the Chinese in America since the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. ... By being persona non grata in both countries, Jian-Wa need have loyalty to neither, and he, as Aihwa Ong might say, becomes a "flexible citizen- [3] able to negotiate transnational culture in a way a rooted, law-abiding, character with a legal visa or green card may not. ...

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He is likewise renowned for his eagerness to compose on any subject essential and near to him, and never being hesitant to go to bat for what he believed to be right. ... At that point the landlord will advise the police and get the man apprehended, saying that the man is testing the law. ...

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Key to the understanding of racial separation, as exemplified by segregation and Jim Crow laws in America and the system of apartheid in South Africa, is the understanding of race itself and the effects of categorizing people by skin color as to provide a benefit to one of the parties involved, usually the minority party. ... This unification was evident in the creation of Jim Crow laws that allowed all white superior lining conditions despite their northern or southern affiliations. ...

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Near the end of the 1990's, rap became associated more and more with its negative manifestations, specifically "gangsta rap," but also very misogynistic, materialistic, violent, and over-sexualized lyrics and images. ...

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