American Born Chinese: By Gene Luan Yang
Drawing on at least 3 of the 6 “concepts and controversies” considerations (below), discuss whether American Born Chinese seems like it’s respectful and authentic toward the ethnicity/culture being presented.
Author and Ownership—who owns the three stories?
Audience—who was it written for? Just the ethnicity, or acceptance of all?
Perspective—whose is it from?
Reclamation—do we see any reclamation of stereotypes or traditional histories?
Authenticity and Accuracy—are the characters well rounded? Do we touch on core values and not just surface qualities? How are the characters universally human?
Artistic freedom and ethical responsibility—has the author ethically produced the culture in this book while maintaining artistic freedom?
