Jeffery Paul Chan
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Jeffery Paul Chan is a Chinese American
author. He is a professor of Asian American studies
and English
at San Francisco State University
, where he also received his masters degree and has taught for 38 years until his retirement.
Chan was a co-founder of the Asian American studies department at SFSU, and has twice served as first chair of the department. With Frank Chin
, Lawson Fusao Inada
, and Shawn Wong
, Chan edited two editions of the groundbreaking anthology of Asian American literature, Aiiieeee!, which helped introduce Asian American authors as worthy of serious study. He also coined the term racist love
(with Chin) to express the ways Asians are stereotyped in overly-positive ways that are just as damaging as the negative stereotypes used against blacks, Latinos and Native Americans.
Chinese American
Chinese Americans represent Americans of Chinese descent. Chinese Americans constitute one group of overseas Chinese and also a subgroup of East Asian Americans, which is further a subgroup of Asian Americans...
author. He is a professor of Asian American studies
Asian American Studies
Asian American Studies is an academic discipline which studies the experience of people of Asian ancestry in America. Closely related to other Ethnic Studies disciplines such as African American Studies, Latino/a Studies, and Native American Studies, Asian American Studies critically examines the...
and English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
at San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University is a public university located in San Francisco, California. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers over 100 areas of study from nine academic colleges...
, where he also received his masters degree and has taught for 38 years until his retirement.
Chan was a co-founder of the Asian American studies department at SFSU, and has twice served as first chair of the department. With Frank Chin
Frank Chin
Frank Chin is an American author and playwright.- Life and career :Frank Chin was born in Berkeley, California, but was raised to the age of six by a retired Vaudeville couple in Placerville, California. At six his mother brought him back to the San Francisco Bay Area to live in Oakland Chinatown...
, Lawson Fusao Inada
Lawson Fusao Inada
Lawson Fusao Inada is an American poet and was the fifth poet laureate of the U.S. state of Oregon.-Early life:Inada is a third-generation Japanese American...
, and Shawn Wong
Shawn Wong
Shawn Hsu Wong is an author and Professor of English and former Director of the University Honors Program , Chair of the Department of English , and Director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Washington where he has been on the faculty since 1984...
, Chan edited two editions of the groundbreaking anthology of Asian American literature, Aiiieeee!, which helped introduce Asian American authors as worthy of serious study. He also coined the term racist love
Racist love
Racist love is a term used by some Asian American social activists to describe a form of racism.-Origin and concept:The term was coined by Frank Chin and Jeffery Paul Chan in a 1972 article entitled "Racist Love." Chin and Chan differentiate between the terms racist hate and racist love...
(with Chin) to express the ways Asians are stereotyped in overly-positive ways that are just as damaging as the negative stereotypes used against blacks, Latinos and Native Americans.