Let's Talk about the Perpetual Foreigner Stereotype
We as Canadians, like to think of ourselves as living in an inclusive society, but how true is that? If we look more closely at the history and treatment of Canadians of non-european descent, what we discover is that equality and equity is still absent for many in our society. In this video, we dive into how the Perpetual Foreigner stereotype problematically separates Asians and other visible minorities as second-class citizens in Canadian society.
Credit List
Producer & Director: Jon Yu
Co-Producer: Karen Cho
Art director & Script: Yang Shi
Script consultant: Viet Tran
Research: Richmond Lam, Yang Shi, Karen Cho
Project management: Serena Gronlund and Danita OT Chow
Casting & coordination: Danita OT Chow
Camera work: Jon Yu and Richmond Lam
Audio recording (Montreal interviews): Brent Li
Audio engineering and mastering: Sarah Shin
Voice-over talent: France Stohner, Viet Tran
Illustrations: Thaila Khampo
Animation & Motion graphics: Olivia Chan
De-rushing: Jon Yu, Richmond Lam, Serena Gronlund, Danita OT Chow
Editing & Motion graphics: Jon Yu
Transcription & Subtitling: Jon Yu
French translation: Yang Shi
Land acknowledgement consultant: Mario Adam Parent
Participants and Interviewees (in order of appearance)
Anne-Marie Pham
Nancy Ng
Tammy – flower lady
Skater #1: Amy Wong
Skater #2: Kevin Chong
Ahalya Satkunaratam
Murielle Chan Chu
Lisa Sim
Alice Leung
Keith Allison
Rachel Cheung
Thaila Khampo
Susil Sharma
Julien Nguyen
Kenji Ohashi
Monica Batac
Young barista
César Cala
Emily Jan
André-Anne Côté
Betty Valenzuela
Chuong Trinh
Teresa Woo-Paw
Angela Ly
Tim Bauer
Sources and References
Archival images + Still images
National Archives of Canada: Railroad workers
Public Archives Canada
Vancouver public library
Canadian War Museum
Wikimedia.org
Pixabay.com
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.: The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)
Karen Cho – Family photo
Globe and Mail
Canadian Illustrated News
The Wasp
The Daily Klondike Nugget
Facebook: Jonathan Mok
Headlines
The Toronto Star
The Vancouver Star
The Calgary Herald
The Red Deer Advocate
The Daily Hive
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CTV News
Global News
Vancouver Sun
The Huffington Post
Video Clips
Tik Tok: @silly.elie
Tik Tok: @mmarocco
YouTube: The Vancouver Police
YouTube: The Mississauga Police
dereksloan.ca
Montreal protest videos
Jon Yu: Justice for Joyce Protest – Montreal
Richmond Lam: March Against Anti-Asian Racism – Montreal
Toronto Chinatown videos
Karen Cho
Special Acknowledgements
Bette Lee & Peter Yu
Hiroshi Iishi & Alexis
Kristin Regan & Justin Orze
Caelie Frampton
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