![]() ![]() "His parents are non-English-speaking and sent him to America to have a better life.” Gene Luen Yang is also the 5th National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. “One of the guys who was involved with 'Secret Identities,' Jeff Yang, a columnist for the Wall Street Journal, he used to talk about how Superman is an Asian American: He has black hair, he wears glasses, he has two different names - an American name, Clark Kent, and a foreign name, Kal-El, with a hyphen in it," Yang said. For Yang, the child of Chinese and Taiwanese immigrants, writing "Superman" was an opportunity to dig into the immigrant experience, which he’d also done for the comic anthology "Secret Identities." Yang explored the duality of Superman when he was tapped by DC last year to write 10 issues of the main Superman title. Yang’s previous works, including "American Born Chinese" and his recent "The Shadow Hero," have dealt with stereotyping of Asian Americans and the resulting identity struggle many Asian Americans face. RELATED: Editorial: The 'Asian Superhero' Is Not An Oxymoron Once he gets this piece of Superman in him, it will change who he is.” "When he starts off, he’s kind of a jerk. ![]() ![]() “Getting those powers, it changes his body obviously, but it also changes his heart," Yand said. ![]()
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