The theme song headlines like, “Wax on wax off, get your rickshaw ready”—stuff straight out of The Karate Kid. It had nothing to do with the reality of Asian culture. It showed images of little white girls in kimonos with chopsticks in their hair. Some activity suggestions are to have kids dress up in inflatable sumo outfits and wrestle each other. The stereotypes and caricatures are without shame. And this was not 1955 or 1971. It was 2004. If you’re a socially conscious, young Asian-American, why
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