<P> Chin - Kee: Chin - Kee is a startling caricature of negative Chinese stereotypes . He is Danny's larger - than - life Chinese cousin who, to Danny's embarrassment, comes to visit every year . Chin - Kee wears antiquated Chinese clothing, the traditional queue hairstyle, and literally has yellow skin, buck teeth, and eyes squinting so tightly that the pupils cannot be seen . He loudly speaks extraordinary "Chinglish" at all times, likes to play tricks on people, and possesses a frightening sexual appetite . Chin - Kee is really the Monkey King in disguise . Chin - Kee's name sounds like the ethnic insult "chinky" when said aloud . </P> <P> According to Min Hyoung Song, American Born Chinese possesses strong themes of racial stereotypes, particularly American stereotypes of the Chinese and other East Asian ethnicities . The primary example of these stereotypes is Chin - Kee, who is the embodiment of the term "coolie," a nineteenth - century racial slur for unskilled Chinese workers . According to Chaney, he is "an incarnation of the' Yellow Peril' era of racism" which Song defines as "slant - eyes, short stature, sallow skin, predictably Chinese clothing, claw - like fingertips, and long menacing queue". In addition, Chin - Kee continually switches his "L's" for "R's" and vice versa during speech . The American roots of Chin - Kee's stereotypes are emphasized by the style of the illustrations, which are drawn to simulate an American television show . Song mentions that "(t) o emphasize further that this is an image originally formalized in newspapers and popular entertainment and later largely disseminated through the growth of popular mass media, the words "clap clap clap" line the entire bottom of the panel...This, and the words "ha ha ha," are likewise repeated in other panels, replicating the canned laughter and applause of television sit - coms ." Just as the media that have enforced these stereotypes have changed, so have some of the stereotypes themselves . Chin - Kee does not only represent a version of nineteenth - century racial stereotypes, but also of the more contemporary stereotype that all Asians make exceptional students . During class with Danny, Chin - Kee knows the answer to every question, no matter if the subject is U.S. Government, History, Anatomy, Algebra, or Spanish . </P> <P> Chin - Kee's academic ability brings to light what Cheryl Gnomes describes as a misguided distinction between "good" stereotypes and "bad" stereotypes . Gnomes mentions that a seemingly "good stereotype" such as Chin - Kee's stellar academic performance is still a negative stereotype overall, because if an Asian student is struggling with a particular academic subject and is believed (and / or expected) to be naturally gifted in the subject, the stereotyped student will feel pressured to perform and fear asking for help . </P> <P> Chaney argues that the Monkey King serves as a metaphor for minority races and / or ethnicities, particularly those who shun their racial or ethnic backgrounds in order to assimilate into the majority culture . The Monkey King is not allowed into the celestial dinner party because he is a monkey, and therefore inherently inferior in the eyes of the other deities . When he is rejected, he is determined to prove to the world that he is more than just a Monkey, and masters the "four disciplines of invulnerability" in order to become "The Great Sage ." </P>

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