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The Harmful Myth of Asian Superiority Biographical For a detailed biography of Ronald Takaki, read his profile on the Lavin Agency's site. The agency bills him as "America's most influential scholar on multiculturalism."http://www.thelavinagency.com/speaker-ronald-takaki.htmlTakaki has served as a faculty member at the Salzburg Global Seminar. Click here for a brief biography of the professor-author. http://www.salzburgseminar.org/2009/includes/FacultyPopUp.cfm?IDSPECIAL_EVENT=643&IDRecords=22108Cultural Read "Performance Anxiety: The Tragedy of Asian Success," a book review of Frank H. Wu's Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White. How are this author's concerns about the myth of Asian superiority – the danger of going from "invisible to infamous" – similar to Takaki's? http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1568/is_5_34/ai_91475043This New York Times article reports on a study by New York University and the College Board that overturns stereotypes about Asian Americans, such as being gifted in math and science. The study's results suggest that regardless of race, a child's economic situation and his or her parents' amount of education were the greatest factors affecting grades and SAT scores. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/education/10asians.html?ref=opinionBibliographical In this video, Takaki takes part in UT-Arlington's Maverick Speakers Series and discusses his book America in a Different Mirror: Revisioning History. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPlC4gVPfy4Takaki is a professor in Berkeley's Ethnic Studies department. His faculty web page includes this bibliography of his books and other publications. http://ethnicstudies.berkeley.edu/faculty/takaki/In 2006, Takaki gave the commencement address at Whitman College. For a transcript of his speech to graduates, titled "A Different Mirror: Studying the Past for the Sake of the Future," click here. http://www.whitman.edu/content/news/CommencementAddress |