What Happens to all the Asian-American overachievers when the test-taking ends?
By Wesley Yang
http://nymag.com/news/features/asian-americans-2011-5/
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[/caption]“I’ve realized that food is one of the only places in America where we are the top dogs,” he says. “Guys like David Chang or me—we can hang... There’s a younger generation that grew up eating Chinese fast food. They respect our food. They may not respect anything else, but they respect our food.” Rather than strive to make himself acceptable to the world, Huang has chosen to buy his way back in, on his own terms. “What I’ve learned is that America is about money, and if you can make your culture commodifiable, then you’re relevant,” he says. “I don’t believe anybody agrees with what I say or supports what I do because they truly want to love Asian people. They like my fucking pork buns, and I don’t get it twisted.”
- Eddie Huang of NY's Lower East Side's BaoHaus
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