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1 online resource (xvi, 272 pages) |
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Mapping racisms |
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Mapping racisms.
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Series Foreword, by Darrell Y. Hamamoto; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Hometown: In the Shadow of San Francisco; American Dream, Chinatown Branch; A "Manong" with Magical Hands; 2. Family: From Agrarianism to Cyberspace; Finding Sacred Ground; Traditions: Old and New; "Rock On, Mr. President"; 3. History: From Exclusion to Confusion; Conquering Frontiers and Barriers; Wong Is an American Name; The "Forgotten Holocaust"; Healing Wounds, or Opening Them?; The Price of Memories; 4. Immigration: Huddled Masses; Still Searching for Gold Mountain; Second-Class Citizenship |
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Downsize Your SUVSe Habla English; 5. Identity and Acculturation: Visibly Invisible; A State of Mind; So That's Why I Can't Lose Weight; Yellow Chic; A Tumultuous World in Transition; "We Lost a Country"; Who's a Bonehead Now?; Paradise Lost; Minnesota Chow Mein; Best Friend or Best Meal?; Violating the Crustacean Creed; Parenting, Chinese Style; The American Nightmare; 6. Anti-Asian Racism: Forever Foreigners; "The Boat People Own Everything"; Learning from the Vincent Chin Case; Escaping Racism: No Way Out; The Golden State of Bigotry; Swastikas in the Sunset; Un-American Christians |
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I Am a Gook7. Class: Yin and Yang; Picking on the Most Vulnerable; New Global Capitalists; An Obnoxious Status Quest; The Rich Can Be Nice Too; Exploiting Our Own; 8. Affirmative Action: The Myth of Meritocracy; Between a Rock and a Hard Place; Calling for Magician Administrators; The Selfish Versus the Altruists; When Values Collide; 9. Gender: He Said, She Said; The "Hottest" Dating Trend; Special Assets; Hiding Behind a Cultural Defense; The Hero of Asian Men; 10. Race Relations: Why Can't We All Get Along?; Just Who Is the Victim Here?; Playing Together; Plenty of Blame to Go Around |
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Middleman MyopiaYellow Pride Versus Multiculturalism; Beyond Black and White; 11. Politics: A Seat at the Table; Right Man, Wrong Time; Race and Ideology: Bumping into Each Other; An Asian American "Mr. Fixit"; Riding a Yellow Wave; A Common Human Affliction; A Question of Loyalty; Trolling for the Big Fish; Scientific Scapegoat; 12. Crime: Bang, Bang, You're Dead; "It Makes You Feel Special"; The Model Minority Criminal; Born to Kill; Boyish Appeal; 13. Stars: I AM Somebody; Colorblind Casting; Forbidden in More Ways Than One; The Connie Chung Syndrome; Kowtowing to the Queen |
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Disposable CommoditiesMercenaries; The Politics of a Bond Film; Money Talks; The News Media: Only Getting Part of It; Everybody's Child; Publication Credits; Index |
| Summary |
"For three decades, William Wong has been America's most energetic and entertaining chronicler of the Asian diaspora and its effects on politics, culture, business, sports, dress, diet, and language. Like other great humorists, he exposes the painful absurdities that plague each new wave of immigrant families as they enrich the national character, from Wong's own adventurous parents to Tiger Woods. Some of these pieces offer surprising insights on geopolitics and others explore the legal and social consequences of racial discrimination, but my favorites are the playful essays, including th |
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Print version record |
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Wong, William Gee, 1941 July 7-
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Wong, William, 1941 July 7-
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Wong, William, 1941 July 7- fast |
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Asian Americans -- Biography
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Asian Americans -- Cultural assimilation
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Asian Americans -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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Journalists -- United States -- Biography
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Asian American Studies.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Asian Americans
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Asian Americans -- Cultural assimilation
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Asian Americans -- Social conditions
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Ethnic relations
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Journalists
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Race relations
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United States -- Race relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494
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United States -- Ethnic relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140043
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Oakland (Calif.) -- Biography
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California -- Oakland
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United States
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Biographies
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781439903599 |
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143990359X |
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