![]() ![]() I would argue, though, that Yang very self-consciously embraces a deeply stereotyped posture that he knew would raise his Q score through the stratosphere. Are we really like that? Most responses have ranged from no, to f-ck no, to f-ck you. ![]() The story, published last month, has sent an Asian American community already on the defensive from accusations of heartless tigerism into a tizzy of even further pawwringing. If you’re Chinese? Well, Yale law professor and author Amy Chua has done pretty well for herself as the “Tiger Mom,” despite her exhortations that the nuances of her memoir have been glossed over by a mainstream media obsessed with stories of denied pee breaks pending commitment of the intricacies of the minuet to muscle memory.Īnd if you’re Korean? Well, you can take Wesley Yang’s very long, very strange, and almost embarrassingly personal account of his life experiences as an Asian American in New York magazine. ![]() If you’re Jewish (as she was), make your mother a Yente and your father Zero Mostel, Mel Brooks and/or Woody Allen. The instructor on the first day divulged her secret to a long career writing columns for a variety of nationwide glossies: Turn yourself into a stereotype. This writer imagines “Paper Tigers” author Wesley Yang is loving every minute of it.Ī FRIEND OF MINE once took a class on the art of magazine writing. Another controversial mainstream piece on Asian Americans-this time in New York magazine (yes, tigers are involved again)-sets off a firestorm of reaction. ![]()
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