RG ST 71 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Hiro Nakamura, Model Minority
Hiro Nakamura as “Model Minority”
➔Starts out in the show as a FOB who doesn’t speak good English → suave Samurai
character who speaks perfect English
➔Travels the path of the model minority
➔Model minority is in place in this character
➔Oriental monk saving America from disaster
Pokemonization of American religion ??
➔Asian quality of spirituality of seeking is like a game of pokemon
◆Continuously searching for better and newer stuff
➔Pokemon go
◆Continual search
Asian American Tarot Card Deck ??
➔For Asian Americans to ponder about the meaning of each card and what it means in
relation to being Asian American
◆The ancestor card
● Person reads the back of the card about what the ancestor means
● Think about
➔A way that this deck of cards (meant to spur reflection and healing) is part of a
psychological therapeutic tool
◆Reflect on the predicaments of Asian Americans
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Document Summary
Starts out in the show as a fob who doesn"t speak good english suave samurai character who speaks perfect english. Travels the path of the model minority. Model minority is in place in this character. Asian quality of spirituality of seeking is like a game of pokemon. Continuously searching for better and newer stuff. For asian americans to ponder about the meaning of each card and what it means in relation to being asian american. Person reads the back of the card about what the ancestor means. A way that this deck of cards (meant to spur reflection and healing) is part of a psychological therapeutic tool.
