Re: Re: Re: My Letter to 3 Asian American Schoolchildren
Dear Rush and Virginia: The Holicong schoolgirls were pretty much ignorant of the whole thing. I believe they were astounded when I told them about the Chinese exclusion policies of the late 19th/early 20th centurys. They did not know of Charlie at all and so listened politely as I told of houseboys, laundrymen and Fu Manchu. I toyed with the idea of giving them those extra Chan dvds I received for Christmas, but feared the proprity of it. They are 2 Toler films included the Chanthogy. How is this for an idea: I send them to their teacher along with a letter explaining about Charlie Chan's positive message and suggest he show them to his class as an example of the first true Asian American literay/film hero. But then I was thinking I should select the VERY best of the series to introduce them to Charlie and these latter films would not be up to the job?
