I told myself that there were good white people, white people with money and sensitive feelings. ... However, this physical punishment cannot deter Richard because of his immense hunger, and eventually only the family's moving in with Richard's aunt and her husband save Richard. Thus alcohol, a great evil to the politics of respectability, saved Richard twice. ...
Although Asians and Asian Americans have been present on American television screens for decades, [1] few television series have featured Asian or Asian Americans in starring roles. Kung Fu (Warner Bros, ABC, 1972-1975), starring David Carradine as Kwai-Chang Caine, featured a white American actor as a bi-racial Shaolin priest in the Old West. Originally conceived as a vehicle for martial arts adept Bruce Lee, the series went to an actor with little physical ability, but with a knack for embodying a Hippie pacifism along with a reluctant, but devastating aggression On the lam from the la...
