The Protagonist Podcast

The Protagonist Podcast #125: Jin Wang in American Born Chinese (Comic 2006) “It’s easy to become anything you wish . . . so long as you’re willing to forfeit your soul.”

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Join Todd and Joe as they tackle the wonderful graphic novel American Born Chinese by McArthur Genius Gene Luen Yang and discuss myth, stereotypes, and the difficulty of navigating identity in adolescence.

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    • Show Notes
    • American Born Chinese – Wikipedia
    • Amazon.com: American Born Chinese (9780312384487): Gene Luen Yang: Books
    • Gene Luen Yang – Wikipedia
    • The End of Identity Liberalism – The New York Times
    • MacArthur Fellows Program – Wikipedia
    • Sun Wukong – Wikipedia
    • Wishbone (TV series) – Wikipedia)
    • Ubuntu (philosophy) – Wikipedia)
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