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A Korean American woman (Cindy Im, at right) makes fun of a more traditional Korean (Katie Chan, left) in Young Jean Lee's
George Heymont: Today's Pride and Prejudice: Racism All Around Us George Heymont 2011
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S.J. would be the first Korean American on the City Council, and a local paper even compared his campaign to "Obama's surprise inroad during last year's presidential election ..."
Dan Cantor: The Next Obama? Help Send Community Organizers to City Hall 2010
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"SONGS OF THE DRAGONS FLYING TO HEAVEN" New York playwright Young Jean Lee's play is about a young Korean American woman who rants about her place in American society until a white couple interrupt her.
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Failure of “cultural competence” as applied to Rhee, who is Korean American, is thinly veiled code for perceived race/racism.
Rhee, Ackerman and 'cultural competence' in urban reform Valerie Strauss 2010
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Gym discusses cultural sensitivities in urban educational leadership, an issue faced by former Washington D.C. Chancellor Michelle Rhee, a Korean American, as she led the public schools in the predominantly African-American city.
Rhee, Ackerman and 'cultural competence' in urban reform Valerie Strauss 2010
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“I did play very well, but that man can go out there and shoot 60,” the Korean American said.
Unplayable Robert Lusetich 2010
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She's never joked about being Indian American, much less made it central to her comedy in the manner of Margaret Cho's take on her Korean American family or George Lopez's riffs on Latino culture.
One-joke town: Can comics hit the big time in Washington? Christina Ianzito 2010
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Elsewhere, there's a distinctly lighter profile of actor John Cho (Harold & Kumar, ABC's new Flash Forward), who opines on the casting of Asians (he's Korean American).
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S.J. would be the first Korean American on the City Council, and a local paper even compared his campaign to "Obama's surprise inroad during last year's presidential election ..."
Dan Cantor: The Next Obama? Help Send Community Organizers to City Hall 2009
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Mr. Cho said his background as a Korean American and his 13 years covering M&A in North Asia would work to his advantage as cash-rich Korean, Chinese and Indian companies compete to acquire overseas assets.
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