This lesson covers the many challenges that Tyrus and his father endured along his journey to becoming one of America’s pre-eminent artists, impacting animation history and American culture for generations to come. From a “Paper Boy” who had to be separated from his only family member, his father, for many years, Tyrus Wong’s story of immigration through Angel Island is a good case study of how racism and bias affected not only the unfair practices during immigration processing, but also later during Tyrus’ career.

Themes include immigration, bias and stereotypes and Asian American history.