The 2001 National Conference Plenary Panel Discussion

 

Coming Out of the Box (Stereotypes in Asian Culture)

By Whilma Williams
Photographs by Carlos Mariveles

Key learnings -- we heard that:

  • The Asian/Pacific People have to be ready to move into non-traditional roles.
  • Minority children have to be taught how to be "thick skinned."
  • Each individual must set goals and stop at nothing to attain them.
  • "If you don't know where you are going, any road can lead you there."

Panelists Stephanie Mehta, writer, Fortune Magazine (left); Piyush Dinker Pandya, writer/director (right)