Word: hsu
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...Hsu and Han say they found their imperative in the fury with which the Asian American community reacted to Fong’s j’accuse. “We a saw a collective yearning to be understood and heard,” Han said...
...Hsu insists that Asian American X makes stereotyping impossible. “When you pick up this book you realize that there’s no single stereotype or image or phrase that captures what it means to be Asian American,” he said. “That’s why it’s Asian American X. ‘X’ is a variable...
...Hsu explains that the “X” also alludes to The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Generation X, the film American History X and the concept of intersection...
...Hsu and Han grew up together in Cupertino, CA, where they say Asians are in the majority. They agree that, as young Asian Americans coming of age in “a suburban Asian enclave,” it was relatively easy for them to establish strong individual identities outside of their collective Asian American identity...
...Hsu and Han say they began formulating the idea for their book as college sophomores, Hsu at Harvard, Han at Boston College. In March 2001, The Crimson published Justin G. Fong ’03’s op-ed piece entitled “The Invasion.” He accused Asian American Harvard students of reinforcing Asian American stereotypes...