Class Notes: week 2

A-POP Eboard

ABC: American Born Chinese

FOB: Fresh off the boat

UCLA: University of Caucasians Living amongst Asians

I write because…

I write because I always have something to say. I write because it is one of the only things I am good at in life, the only thing I’ve been praised for.

My America (…Or Honk if You Love Buddha) 

Film released in 1997.

Directed by Renee Tajima-Pena.

The search fir Asian America.

What is an Asian American?

Deep rooted racism against Asians.

Connection between the African American and Asian American experience. (Civil Rights)

Disapproval of mixing races. 

“All Asians look the same”

Asian face = “the enemy”

Generational gaps. 

What is America?

What is an American?