American Born Chinese

American Born Chinese

2006 • 250 pages

Ratings134

Average rating3.9

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I love Gene Yang's art style. It's so simple and evocative. And I liked this story a lot. There's an interview with him on Racebending where he said that his one regret is not exaggerating Chin-Kee enough, because he still will get people telling him that they think that character is cute. Gene Yang, this is not because you didn't exaggerate the character enough. Honestly, I can't even think of how you could have created a worse Chinese stereotype. This is a problem with people who think that racist stereotypes are cute, because they don't see how they hurt people and they really didn't get the message of your book.

December 9, 2014