Yellow Journalist
Dispatches from Asian America

Comments from Back Cover

"One of the advantages of having a writer of Bill Wong's talent around is that we don't have to depend upon intermediaries and go-betweens to give us insights about issues affecting Asian-Americans. He is often entertaining, and ironic, but underneath it all is a serious mind devoted to shattering myths about one of our fastest growing minorities."
- Ishmael Reed, author of The Reed Reader

"It is about time that America meet William Wong-an icon in journalism whose experience as a second generation Chinese-American has given him a unique lens through which life in America can be examined. For almost two decades, his columns in the Oakland Tribune and other San Francisco bay area newspapers have captured a different kind of reality about some of our most important social, cultural, and political moments. Wong's readiness to share his family, his com-munity, and his conscience allows readers to cross a bridge into the world of Asian America. Whether it is an analysis of the 1996 campaign finance scandals or a perspective on how parent pressures and bi-cultural conflicts can play out in a young Asian American teen's life, Wong's skill-ful weaving of humor, irony, and poignant portrayals of the circumstances make each story linger long past the final sentence of his essay."
- Angela E. Oh, Lecturer/Former Advisory Board Member, President's Initiative on Race

Background on William Wong