{"id":5614,"date":"2016-05-13T12:52:12","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T17:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=5614"},"modified":"2025-02-28T10:48:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T15:48:34","slug":"where-are-you-really-from-exploring-ideas-about-asian-american-identities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=5614","title":{"rendered":"Where Are You Really From?: Exploring Ideas About Asian-American Identities"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wu, Frank H., Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White,<\/em>\u00a0Booknotes 2002-03-31, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.<\/p><\/div>\n

Frank H. Wu, associate professor at the Howard University School of Law, wrote Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White.<\/em>\u00a0In this book, he\u00a0<\/em>discussed stereotypes towards Asian-Americans, racial identity, and experiences of Asian-Americans in the United States. Through his analysis of race, he demonstrated how ideas about race\u00a0are\u00a0used to separate groups of people, damaging community relationships. He argued\u00a0that racial profiling takes away an individual’s liberty to define who they are.<\/p>\n

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\"Barnouw,<\/a>

Barnouw, Erik, Radio Drama in Action: 25 Plays of a Changing World<\/em>, PN6120.R2 B35 C.3, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.<\/p><\/div>\n

Erik Barnouw’s\u00a0Radio Drama in Action: 25 Plays of a Changing World,\u00a0<\/em>features a play called “Japanese-Americans” written by Harry Kleiner during\u00a0World War II. This play was part of a series for the Armed Forces Radio Service Education Unit. The series dealt with contributions of different cultural groups in United States history and during the war. The scripts aimed to tell the story of an American in the armed forces. It first aired in the summer of 1944 and avoided the use of stereotypical dialects to prevent the separation of groups within this play and instead, demonstrated\u00a0their common interests and war efforts. At this time, there was a lot of American propaganda negatively depicting the Japanese, therefore this program was especially important to understanding how Japanese-Americans have contributed to the welfare of the United States.<\/p>\n

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\"R0135B28P003_013\"<\/a>

Chan, Irene, Asian American ? project<\/em>, N7433.4.C415 .A85 2009, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.<\/p><\/div>\n

Asian American ? project <\/em>by Irene Chan features 35 cards with topics pertaining to the Asian-American experience in the United States\u00a0such as\u00a0Asian stereotyping\u00a0regarding\u00a0gender, class,\u00a0and race. A few cards review the question, “Where are you really from?” which is a common question asked to many Asian Americans and other minority groups. As many, including Frank H. Wu, has pointed out, this question represents the idea that individuals who do not “look American”\u00a0or white, are automatically placed in a category of being a foreigner.<\/p>\n

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For more information:<\/p>\n

C-SPAN interview with Frank H. Wu<\/a>, author of\u00a0Yellow: Race in American Beyond Black and White.<\/em><\/p>\n

Catalog records for:<\/p>\n

Yellow: Race in American Beyond Black and White<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Radio Drama in Action: 25 Plays of a Changing World<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Asian American ? Project<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

If you have any questions or wish to schedule an appointment with Special Collections Research Center<\/a> at George Mason University, contact us at speccoll@gmu.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Frank H. Wu, associate professor at the Howard University School of Law, wrote Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White.\u00a0In this book, he\u00a0discussed stereotypes towards Asian-Americans, racial identity, and experiences of Asian-Americans in the United States. 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