AAS 345 OL - Contemporary Asian American Issues

UNIT OBJECTIVES

1. Examine youth issues
2. Think about AA youth and the media
3. Challenges some of the stereotypes
   

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1. Moving beyond simple model minority stereotypes that they are all good students, what is happening today among Asian American youth?
   
   

TASKS FOR THIS WEEK

• Using readings from this week or from Unit 1, find and discuss a news item or story that addresses some aspect of Asian American Youth. By youth, I mean children, teenagers, college-age and young adult. You have a tremendous amount of leeway here but the main task, collectively, is to develop a broad picture of some of the challenges and experiences of Asian American youth.
• Wednesday, April 16th -  Post response to the reading questions in the discussion forum - Asian American Youth by 5pm
• Respond to at least two other postings by 10:00pm
• Although not required, I highly recommend that you rent Better Luck Tomorrow and read the controversy (see Ebert review below) about the film's portrayal of AA youth at the 2002 Sundance Festival. On a lighter note, you might check out Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) for a less serious look at stereotypes.
  

READINGS

REQUIRED

• Review of BLT by Roger Ebert
• 'BLT' gets people talking about stereotypes - mtv.com
  

OPTIONAL

• Watch video - Better Luck Tomorrow
• Better Luck Tomorrow, Today : An Interview with Justin Lin
• Import Car Racing and Asian American Youth
• Asian American Youth Book
• Asian Youth Gangs

Comments (1)

	1. 04-15-2008 22:32
	Link Broken The link for Asian Youth Gangs does not work. Registered Report

Robert Koshak

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