When Two ‘Little Rascals’ Crossed the Color Line

The Friendship Between These Young Hollywood Actors—One Black, One White—Was Ahead of Its Time, but Also an Illusion

When I was a kid, I used to watch episodes of The Little Rascals on TV in our living room in Los Angeles. My parents were Korean immigrants who had moved to the city in the 1970s, the first in a wave of Korean immigrants who would transform the city’s racial makeup. I had no idea the series had been filmed 50 years earlier, that most of the stars were dead, and that it was once unusual for black and white kids to play together. By watching The Little Rascals, …

They Called Me ‘Coffee with Milk’ as a Kid

Peace Educator Maya Soetoro-Ng Wants America to Make Room for Complexity

Maya Soetoro-Ng is the director of community outreach and global learning for the Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. For many years, …

Daniel Dae Kim Was Too Loud in Class

The Star of Lost Is a Fan of Fenway Park and Senator Daniel K. Inouye

Daniel Dae Kim is an actor best known for his roles in the TV series Lost and Hawaii Five-O. Born in Busan, South Korea, and raised in New York and …