This is particularly apparent in the final installment of his three-part story, where Jin has transformed himself into a typical 'all-American' white boy named Danny who must contend with the annual visits of his stereotypical Chinese cousin Chin-Kee. Gene Luen Yang's comic explores issues of race and identity, and combats Chinese stereotypes from the present and past, dating back to the nineteenth century. However, that appears to have more to do with his being the son of the powerful deity known as The Monkey King than with his ethnicity. Wei-Chen, by contrast, appears to be adept at both. He's also not versed in martial arts, and while it's clear that he appreciates his mother's cooking, he's definitely creeped out by the presence of a chicken foot in his dinner. As previously mentioned, it appears that Jin isn't particularly good at math. It's clear from the trailer that American Born Chinese will showcase the existence of Asian stereotypes, but it won't pass up opportunities to subvert them or show the harm that they do. This same administrator takes on a condescending tone when she points out the huge difference in their mathematical ability, as if Jin should be ashamed as a Chinese-American to be so far behind in math. In fact, the rather quiet way that he attempts to correct her implies he's been down this road before and his expectations are quite low. This is, unfortunately, not an uncommon occurrence for Asian-Americans growing up, and judging by Jin's reaction, it's not the first time it's happened to him. Only 12 seconds into the trailer for American Born Chinese, protagonist Jin Wang is introduced to new student Wei-Chen by a school administrator who not only mispronounces both of their names, but makes no attempt to fix her mistake when she's corrected.

American born chinese by gene luen yang