Question: Why do the children in "American Born Chinese" act as if they've never seen an Asian person before? Do Asian people not exist in that part of America? Why doesn't the teacher try to stop the children or discipline them when they claim that Jin Wang eats dogs?
Comment: When the new foreign exchange student arrives to the elementary school, Jin Wang brushes him off and leaves him feeling uncomfortable. I thought that Jin would be the first child to be understanding of an exchange student and become friends with him immediately. The boy approaches Jin Wang assuming since they are both Chinese, that they would be able to speak to one another in their native language perhaps since the boy has trouble speaking in English. Jin Wang eventually begins to act friendly with the boy but I can't help but to wonder what clicked in his head.
Critique: The point that the author is trying to get across is that Jin Wang is lonely and that he can not find friends. I don't like that he becomes friends with one of the bullies. Since the bullies are constantly picking on him, becoming friends with one of them would make things worse as the author portrays throughout the illustrations in the comics. I think the author is sending a mixed message to the viewers of this comic. He shows the bullies making fun of Jing and then he shows Jin becoming friends with the bully and the bullying basically continues. I think that Jin becoming friends with the bully sends the message to kids reading it that its okay to become friends with the bullies and support the bullies when it actually isn't.
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