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Asian culture brought to light
BY EMILY BATCHELDER
STAFF WRITER
Despite a seeming lack of Asian
presence in North Carolina, Dan
Duffy sees no reason to overlook
this diverse and growing group.
“Not that much is known about
Asians here,” Duffy said. “It’s small
and it’s dispersed, but they are here
and they are interesting.”
Duffy, a UNC graduate student
specializing in Vietnamese litera
ture, noticed that the curriculums
of the other classes he worked
with included very little Asian cul
ture.
That factor, along with encour
agement from his peers and col
leagues, gave him the idea to devel
op an “Asia in North Carolina”
class to increase the visibility of
Asian culture in the state.
Duffy met with students
researching individual projects
about Asians in the state. Students
examined the census, looked at
texts and formed focus groups
comprising other campus organi
zations.
“We were doing all this stuff,
which was great, but kind of dif
fuse,” Duffy said. “So this year I
thought it would be good to come
up with a definite public project.”
Duffy decided to focus class
efforts on a research project that
would review the Asian population
in the state and profile Asian arts
and businesses.
“We blend race and ethnicity a
lot,” said Christopher Liang, a sen
ior from Winston-Salem who is in
Duffys class. “We often confuse the
two terms, and I feel that we aren’t
at a point in which all Asian-
Americans feel united but are just
starting to realize that we can have
our voices heard if we band togeth
er.”
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Duffy divides students systemati
cally to get different perspectives
on all aspects of Asian art, business
and populations.
“We wanted to get really differ
ent things,” Duffy said. “Not just six
Indian restaurants and five Korean
groceries.”
The result was the 36-page first
issue of “Asia in North Carolina,” a
magazine that will be published
annually, documenting the public
life of Asians in the state.
“The publication is a way for
students and the University to
make (Asians) more visible to the
community and themselves,” Duffy
said. “It’s about highly individual
ized research and it’s also about
creating knowledge.”
Duffy and his students thought
it was critical to demonstrate the
range of ethnic identity within the
Asian community.
“The publication makes others
more aware of how Asians are
making a living in North Carolina
and helps redefine what the word
Asian’ means,” said class member
Stephanie Bernabe, a sophomore
from Raleigh.
The arts section looks at the
availability of Asian art in the state
and at Asian performance groups
and artists, while the business sec
tion examines individuals in dif
ferent sectors of the economy. The
third component of the publication
gives an overview of the Asian pop
ulation in North Carolina and
looks at Chinese immigration.
“This type of research needed to
be done,” said Chris Tonog, a soph
omore class member from
Fayetteville. “When you think of
Asian-Americans, you think
California and New York, but you
don’t normally think of North
Carolina or the South, for that
matter.”
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“We wanted to get really different things.
Not just six Indian restaurants andjive
Korean groceries ”
DAN DUFFY, UNC GRADUATE STUDENT
Aside from highlighting the
Asian community, Duffy hoped the
project would give students an
opportunity to conduct research in
a way they normally might not.
“I thought that they would gain
experience in doing really individ
ualized research,” Duffy said. “They
get to learn about whatever it is
they wanted to look into, to gain
some relationships and make con
tacts and they get to learn from
each other.”
Duffy hopes the success of the
publication will be instrumental to
continuing the class in the future.
Other students also hope the mag
azine is a starting point for an
Asian-American studies major or
minor, in addition to the Asian
studies minor the University
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“I really want this to be done
regularly, and I want this to be
publicly available,” Duffy said. “I
think this is an opportunity where
student work can serve a purpose.”
Duffy’s students agree.
“I hope that future students of
the course will be able to tap into
the rich Asian-American culture
here in North Carolina,” Tonog
said.
“I learned that Asian-Americans
play a bigger role in North
Carolina than one would normal
ly think. There is a definite Asian
culture here, though research now
is just skimming the surface.”
Contact the Features Editor
atfeatures@unc.edu.
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COURTESY OF ASIA IN NORTH CAROLINA
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document the public life of Asian-Americans living in North Carolina.
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