WATCH THIS VIDEO AND READ THE TEXT BELOW AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/in-moving-speech-about-anti-asian-hate-local-official-bares-scars/vi-BB1f2euK Placed between demands that Japanese-Americans swear loyalty to a nation that was imprisoning them and next week’s story of an African-American couple having to “perform whiteness” in order to be accepted by their neighbors, we can continue to consider the price and permanency of inclusion. Read the attached article, watch the video, and answer the questions. Summarize Lee Wong’s life story and explain why he is speaking out now. How does this event relate to the themes of the course? It often seems that excluded groups have to “perform” whiteness, have to constantly prove their loyalty or their worthiness, in order to be included. What does Mr. Wong advocate as a solution to that? What would you add?
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