Show Tanner Forum talks about race 3 t-t t 1 l w S SN N Photo by 11 Win in Jensen Dr Frank Wu Vu spoke at Redwood Campus last week as part of the Tanner Forum discussions Adriana Herrera Community Reporter Asian-American Asian stereotypes were discussed Monday to raise awareness for students and faculty at Redwood Campus We all have race and identity on our minds even if we dont don't realize it Dr Frank Wu stated staled when he gave a speech on Asian- Asian Americans stereotypes in America and the effects it has on others Dr Wu Wll is the author of Yellow Race in America Beyond Black and White and co-author co of Race Rights and Reparation Law and the Japanese American Internment He is also the current Dean at Wayne State University Law School in Washington and isa is isa isa a nationally recognized scholar on civil rights and Asian-American Asian issues Dr Wu began by recalling a time when a young boy approached him doing Kung Fu moves and yelling out what he lie might have thought were Chinese words The young boy quickly quickly- ran away from him Dr Wu Vu realized that the young boy who approached him did not have anger towards him he was just acting out things hes he's seen in movies and among others Dr Wu Vu said that moments like these are what eventually compelled him to write his book Yellow He began writing it in college It started as a paper he was supposed to write for a class and as he began doing his research he realized he lie wasn't very happy with some of the things he was finding regarding Asian-American Asian stereotypes and overall race in America Dr Wu was unhappy with what he was finding in the books he lie had gathered From there he lie decided he would write his his' own book on race Dr Wu Vu started gathering information on the topic and started This is not just an issue of race but of gender Dr Wu Vu says He wanted to make two strong points in his book Yellow One race is complex and is constantly changing and two race is ambiguous and goes far beyond black and white Dr Wu gave many examples of how he lie feels he lie has been stereotyped as an Asian-American Asian man that asked where he was from the first time they met When Dr Wu replied that he was from America his roommate laughed it off an and said no no where arc are you really from Frank Crank Wu Continued on Frank Wu visitS visits Redwood Redwood f J F f c Continued from A Al 1 J IV Dr Wu Wit explains that he has been anus stereotyped many times like this before f He says that many people are surprised are surprised when he begins t talking lk ng and they realize that h he doesn't have an accent Peoples People I have questioned why he doesn't sound Chinese Let us pause when we think of race Dr Wu says its not just black and white it is much more ambiguous much more comp complex x Maybe diversity like democracy is a process not an outcome Dr Wu said I dont don't think racism will ever be over it wont won't end not truly p. p I |