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The final tale is of Danny, the American boy that has a Chinese cousin, named Chin-Kee.
1st Graphic Novel of the Year - American Born Chinese Stephanie 2010
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Chin-Kee is the epitome of a negative Chinese stereotype.
Archive 2010-01-01 Stephanie 2010
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I also really admire Gene Luen Yang for being brave enough to use a character like Chin-Kee, who embodies all the racial stereotypes associated with Chinese people:
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The final tale is of Danny, the American boy that has a Chinese cousin, named Chin-Kee.
Archive 2010-01-01 Stephanie 2010
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The Chin-Kee sections of this made me really, really uncomfortable.
1st Graphic Novel of the Year - American Born Chinese Stephanie 2010
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For example he has a character named Chin-Kee who is a racist sterotype that he brings into everyday life situations to explore social prejudice.
American Born Chinese: Comics Exploring Culture » Fanboy.com 2008
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Danny is an American boy whose social life is constantly ruined by the embarrassing yearly visits of his Chinese cousin Chin-Kee.
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Chin-Kee is the epitome of a negative Chinese stereotype.
1st Graphic Novel of the Year - American Born Chinese Stephanie 2010
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Okay, and having read some of the comments on Amazon, discussing whether the portrayal of Chin-Kee was appropriate/racist/etc.,
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The closest it ever really comes to my understanding of myself is in Danny, the white character whose stereotypified Chinese cousin Chin-Kee makes his life a teenage hell on an annual basis, who actually turns out to be the main character Jin — so Danny represents a truly whitewashed/assimilated Asian American.
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