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392 “How did it happen that an Asian-American woman was permitted”: Franklin Ng, “Maya Lin and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial,” in Chinese America: History and Perspectives 1994, p. 214.
392 “There are Americans in it”: Howard Chua-Eoan, “Profiles in Outrage: America Is Home, but Asian Americans Feel Treated as Outlanders with Unproven Loyalties,” Time, September 25, 2000, p. 40; A magazine, summer 1994, p. 24.
392 “American beats Kwan”: Joanne Lee, “Mistaken Headline Underscores Racial Assumptions,” Editor & Publisher, April 25, 1998, p. 64.
393 “American outshines Kwan”: Seattle Times, February 22, 2002; ESPN The Magazine, May 1, 2002.
393 which country he would support: Los Angeles Times, March 2, 2000; Time, September 25, 2000, p. 40.
393 “There is a subtle stereotyping”: Time, September 25, 2000.
393 “Most strikingly I was asked a couple of times”: Al Kamen, “DOE Trips on Security Blanket,” Washington Post, May 25, 2001; Sam Chu Lin, “Rep. Wu Refused Entry to Energy Department,” article provided by Lin during correspondence with author. (“I just find that incredibly ironic,” David Wu said of the incident, “because I was going down there at their invitation to try to help them with their Asian Pacific American Heritage celebration.”)
393 “subtle racism”: Roxanne Roberts, “An Asian American Gala, with the Emphasis on American,” Washington Post, May 11, 2001.
395 “the ability to threaten our homes with long-range nuclear warheads”: Leslie Wayne, “Infamous Political Commercial Is Turned on Gore,” New York Times, October 27, 2000.
395 Patrick Oliphant: Cartoon on April 9, 2001, syndicated by Andrews McMeel Universal. Letter of complaint from Victor Panichkul, national president of Asian American Journalists Association, to John P. McMeel, chairman of Andrews McMeel Universal, April 11, 2001.
395 “put MSG in everything”: Jonah Goldberg, “Back to Realpolitik; Out with Hysterics,” National Review, April 4, 2001.
395 “Why don’t you go to China”: Correspondence from Theresa Ma to author, September 22, 2001.
396 In Springfield, Illinois: William Wong, “A Great Wall of Unease; In Spy Plane’s Wake, Crude Jokes and Racist Stereotypes Make Chinese Americans Queasy,” San Francisco Chronicle, April 18, 2001.
396 Fox News host: Statement by George M. Ong, president of the Organization of Chinese Americans, April 11, 2001.
396 interned by the federal government: Statement by Larry Golden, professor of Political Studies and Legal Studies, University of Illinois at Springfield.
396 “The official sported a black wig”: Amy Leang, “Walk, Not Just Talk the Talk,” ASNE Reporter, April 2001; Lloyd Grove, “Regrets, No Apology,” Washington Post, April 13, 2001.
396 80 percent of Americans viewed the PRC as “dangerous”: Business Week, April 16, 2001.
396 national telephone survey: Sonya Hepinstall, “Survey: Chinese Americans Still Have a Long Way to Go,” Reuters, April 25, 2001. (The study, commissioned by the Committee of One Hundred in collaboration with the Anti-Defamation League, was conducted by Marttila Communications Group and Yankelovich in 2001.)
398 David Ho’s quote: Time, September 25, 2000, p. 40.
400 Information about Cy Wong: Author interview with Cy Wong.
400 “From time to time”: Cy Wong, “East Meets South: Cy Wong, the Great-Grandson of a Chinese Immigrant, Traveled to Louisiana to Research His Colorful History,” Los Angeles Times, September 26, 1993.
400 “Many of the Chinese people I interviewed”: Lisa See, On Gold Mountain (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1995; Vintage, 1996), p. xx.
401 number of children born to Chinese-Caucasian couples more than tripled: Joyce Nishioka, “U.C. Berkeley Hosts Hapa Conference,” Asian Week, May 26, 1999, p. 8.
401 some 750,000 to 1 million multiracial Asian Americans in the United States: Janet Dang and Jason Ma, “HAPAmerica: The Coming of Age of Hapas Sets the Stage for a New Agenda,” Asian Week, April 19, 2000.
401 Information on Hapa