“Ugh, look who just passed by.” “Who?” “The guy with the Asian fetish.” “Which one?” I wish this weren’t a real exchange I had with my friends. Unfortunately, there are too many white men on campus who share a reputation for exclusively pursuing women of color. I decided to interview
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‘The Right to Look’: A talk with Professor Behdad on Orientalism and the dangers of ‘objective’ photography
Dr. Ali Behdad, UCLA literature professor and director of the Center for Near Eastern Studies, gave a talk titled “The Right to Look: Photography and Colonial Vision” on Nov. 14 at Pomona College’s Rose Hills Theater.