Fay Hing Lee Wong recited her proverbs to her children, giving them, and us, a lifetime of loving wisdom. Many are funny, more are wry, and a few are very earthy.
The model minority concept of Asian Americans being racially superior to other non-white ethnic groups is not a compliment, nor a framework to empower Chinese Americans.
Exclusionists barred Chinese laborers but the pro-China lobby won an immigration gateway for intellectuals, businessmen and students -- the studious, hard-working, successful who became the models for the "model minority."
This article was submitted by Joshua Tam, a student at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Joshua is majoring in aerospace and mechanical engineering. He is the grandson of…