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They Call Us Charlie Chan: Asian American Hollywood Then and Now with Jeff Yang and Phil Yu

  • National Conference on Race and Ethnicity (NCORE) 1801 Kalākaua Avenue Honolulu, HI, 96815 United States (map)

Jeff Yang and Phil Yu, cohosts of the podcast THEY CALL US BRUCE and coauthors of the NY Times bestselling RISE, return to NCORE for a talk with Katie Gee Salisbury, author of NOT YOUR CHINA DOLL. In a session recorded live for their podcast, Yang, Yu and Gee will discuss the legacy of early Asian American Hollywood - particularly that of "oriental detective" Charlie Chan, inspired by real-life Chinese Hawaiian detective Chang Apana, but mostly depicted by white men in "yellowface" makeup.

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