Issue #44 | Jun 01, 2016

What If?

IN THE LATE 1970s Marvel Comics began publishing their "What If?" series with this simple premise: Take significant events in the Marvel Universe and explore what might have happened if there were different outcomes.
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Cover Illustration by Ruth Sze
As Arbitrary as Apple Pie
What if Asian Americans were considered white?
By KENJI KURAMITSU

IT IS 1968 and I am 24 years old. My name is Sam Kayama. I was born in the American South in Greenville, Mississippi, and studied U.S. history in college, focusing on the events of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

International Relations: An Exchange of Letters
What if Overseas Filipino Workers were recalled back to the Philippines?
By gabriel J. catanus

Happy 18th birthday! I wish I could celebrate with you — can you believe that it's been an entire decade since I've last seen you?

Orphaned Adults
What if Asian churches no longer ministered to English-speaking adults?
By Johnson Chiu

I LOVE MY CHURCH. This church is perfect. I don't know why anyone would want to leave.

“Asians Only” Not Allowed
What if ethnic-specific college fellowships were banned?
by Sue Han

I WAS ALONE in my dorm near the beginning of senior year when I found out. My friend called me while I was working on a paper.

Organically Grown and Non-M.Div
What if the government stopped issuing loans to seminary students?
BY SARAH D. PARK WITH DEBORAH H.C. GIN

I AM A 29-YEAR-OLD KOREAN FEMALE ALONG SEEKING A PASTORAL POSITION, PREFERABLY AT A SEMI-CHARISMATIC CHURCH WITH A FOCUS ON SOCIAL INJUSTICE AND DISCIPLESHIP. I should mention — I don't have an M.Div degree.

Chinese Evangelical Vincent Chin Pronounced Dead
What if Vincent Chin had been an evangelical Christian?
BY TIM TSENG

"Why was he in a place like that?" Mom nearly shouted into the phone. Mom hung up the phone and returned to the dinner table. "That was your Aunt Lily. Cousin Vincent is in the hospital now. Very badly beaten. In a coma. Two men were arrested. They were white."

No More Teachers, Still Some Books
What if schools didn’t use grades anymore?
by Uriah Lee with Jason Chong

I HAVEN'T RECEIVED AN A SINCE I WAS 13 YEARS OLD.

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