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Presenting a Free Public Talk and Book Signing by
Author Frank H. Wu
Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White
Date : Monday, January 21, 2002
Time: 1:30 to 3:00 p.m.
Location: UD Law School (Joseph E. Keller Hall)
Talk: Mathias H. Heck Courtroom
Reception/Book-signing: J. Keller Hall Atrium
Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Yellow by Frank H. Wu…recasts the United States' ongoing debate about racial identity in all forms… Wu prefers to suggest, not posit; muse, not shout; and ask questions, not necessarily answer them. --H. O'Billovich
From Publishers Weekly
His sobering, astute, compelling investigation locates the particulars of Asian-American experience with racism in this country's spectrum of ethnic and cultural prejudice. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
In the tradition of W. E. B. Du Bois, Cornel West, and other public intellectuals who confronted the "color line" of the twentieth century, journalist, law professor, and activist Frank H. Wu offers a unique perspective on how changing ideas of racial identity will affect race relations in the new century.
Often provocative and always thoughtful, this book addresses some of the most controversial contemporary issues: discrimination, immigration, diversity, globalization, and the mixed-race movement, introducing the example of Asian Americans to shed new light on the current debates. Combining personal anecdotes, social-science research, legal cases, history, and original journalistic reporting, Wu discusses damaging Asian American stereotypes such as "the model minority" and "the perpetual foreigner." By offering new ways of thinking about race in American society, Wu's work challenges us to make good on our great democratic experiment.
About the Author:
Frank H. Wu is the first Asian American to serve as a law professor at Howard University Law School in Washington, D.C. Prof. Wu has authored over 200 articles, contributing to a range of publications including the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Chronicle of Higher Education, National Law Journal, Legal Times, and The Nation. He also writes a regular column for A. Magazine. Wu debated Dinesh D'Souza on C-Span and was the host of the "Asian America" series on PBS. He has also appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show, Lehrer Newshour, CNN, MS-NBC, Fox, BET, BBC Radio, and Voice of America.
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