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...Panelist Dong Suh, a member of the Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum gave an example of the diversity of Asians in America. "Asians have the highest percentage of college degrees of any minority and the highest percentage of people with [only] five years of education," he said...
...think Mather House is a pretty lively house and very humorous, and this is a good way to channel those ele- ments into a collective effort," said Dong Qie'96 a contributor...
...writing in response to Tehshik P. Yoon's article, "Long Duck Dong's Damage" (December 14, 1993). The author argued that the Harvard Foundation and Asian American Association have failed to empower Asian Americans through political activism and the establishment of an "agenda." Decrying the proliferance of positive stereotypes about the "Model Minority," he cited as an example of Harvard's supposed insensitivity to Asian needs the choice of Martin Yan as a speaker for Asian Cultural Month...
When I was growing up, popular culture didn't give me much a choice of role models. Which could you look up to: (a) Bruce Lee, a violent martial artist with a bad accent, (b) Mr. Miyagi, an exotic martial artist with a bad accent, or (c) Long Duck Dong from the movie Sixteen Candles, a socially inept math/science nerd with a bad accent...
Thankfully, the number of Asian American writers in the artistic community is growing constantly, and the media is finally beginning to produce more positive images of Asians. Nevertheless, Long Duck Dong's damage has been done; The image of Asian Americans as math/science types has been etched into the popular psyche. Even at Harvard, Sensitivity Central, my teachers and classmates still find it impossible to believe I'm not a premed...