Yellow : race in America beyond Black and white /
Wu, Frank H., 1967-
Yellow : race in America beyond Black and white / Frank H. Wu. - 400 pages ; 20 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
East is East, East is West : Asians as Americans -- The model minority : Asian American "success" as a race relations failure -- The yellow peril in the Pacific century -- Neither black nor white : affirmative action and Asian Americans -- True but wrong : new arguments against new discrimination -- The best "chink" food : dog-eating and the dilemma of diversity -- The changing face of America : intermarriage and the mixed race movement -- The power of coalitions : why I teach at Howard. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
In the tradition of W.E.B. Du Bois, Cornel West, and other public intellectuals who confronted the "color line" of the twentieth century, journalist, law professor, and activist Frank H. Wu offers a unique perspective on how changing ideas of racial identity will affect race relations in the new century. Often provocative and always thoughtful, this book addresses some of the most controversial contemporary issues: discrimination, immigration, diversity, globalization, and the mixed-race movement, introducing the example of Asian Americans to shed new light on the current debates. Combining personal anecdotes, social-science research, legal cases, history, and original journalistic reporting, Wu discusses damaging Asian American stereotypes such as "the model minority" and "the perpetual foreigner." By offering new ways of thinking about race in American society, Wu's work challenges us to make good on our great democratic experiment.-- PUBLISHER DESCRIPTION
A 2002 Kiriyama Prize Notable book.
0465006396 9780465006397 046500640X 9780465006403
2001043266
GBA232845 bnb
Racism against Asians--United States.
Asian Americans--Race identity.
Asian Americans--Social conditions.
Asian Americans--Civil rights.
Asian Americans.
Social history.
Civil rights.
United States--Race relations.
Yellow : race in America beyond Black and white / Frank H. Wu. - 400 pages ; 20 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
East is East, East is West : Asians as Americans -- The model minority : Asian American "success" as a race relations failure -- The yellow peril in the Pacific century -- Neither black nor white : affirmative action and Asian Americans -- True but wrong : new arguments against new discrimination -- The best "chink" food : dog-eating and the dilemma of diversity -- The changing face of America : intermarriage and the mixed race movement -- The power of coalitions : why I teach at Howard. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
In the tradition of W.E.B. Du Bois, Cornel West, and other public intellectuals who confronted the "color line" of the twentieth century, journalist, law professor, and activist Frank H. Wu offers a unique perspective on how changing ideas of racial identity will affect race relations in the new century. Often provocative and always thoughtful, this book addresses some of the most controversial contemporary issues: discrimination, immigration, diversity, globalization, and the mixed-race movement, introducing the example of Asian Americans to shed new light on the current debates. Combining personal anecdotes, social-science research, legal cases, history, and original journalistic reporting, Wu discusses damaging Asian American stereotypes such as "the model minority" and "the perpetual foreigner." By offering new ways of thinking about race in American society, Wu's work challenges us to make good on our great democratic experiment.-- PUBLISHER DESCRIPTION
A 2002 Kiriyama Prize Notable book.
0465006396 9780465006397 046500640X 9780465006403
2001043266
GBA232845 bnb
Racism against Asians--United States.
Asian Americans--Race identity.
Asian Americans--Social conditions.
Asian Americans--Civil rights.
Asian Americans.
Social history.
Civil rights.
United States--Race relations.