Wayne Wang, the director of The Joy Luck Club
Is it true that you're named after your father's favorite actor, John Wayne?
Terry Ramsdell
, Ann Arbor, Mich.
He was interested in finding a word that sounded like Wayne. He found a word,
ying
, which means the bud of a tree. But that word, as a name, is quite feminine. So because he wanted to name me after John Wayne, he ended up with a very feminine name for me.
How do Chinese-Americans differ from other American minorities?
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