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Brandon Bui 5th HistoricalFigureResearchandParagraph BruceLeewasknownastheFatherofMartialArtandoneofthegreatestAsian actortothisday.BruceLeedealtwithmanynegativestereotypesforhisChinesebackgroundbut becauseofthisBruceperseveretobecomeagreatman.OneexampleofBrucefacingnegative stereotypesiswhenheHongKongwasoccupiedbytheBritishthisquotesupportsmyexample,Asa teenager,hewastauntedbyBritishstudentsforhisChinesebackground.ThisaffectedBruces academicsbutnotenoughtostophimfromgraduatingcollegebecauseheperseverethroughnegative stereotypes.Brucekeptfacingthesenegativestereotypethatlaterstartedhimtohaveahugenegative outputonhim.ThisquotesupportsmyexampleLeelaterjoinedastreetgangIn1953.Thislater causeBrucetostudykungfuwherehelearndiscipline. AnotherexampleofhowBruceshowedperseverancewithstereotypesiswhenBrucewasasktostarin aleadrolebutthisquotetellswhyBrucewasn'tabletogettherole.DavidCarradinewouldgetthe starringroleinitiallyslatedforLeeduetoexcecsbelievingthatanAsianactorwouldntpullinaudiences asthelead.BrucestillperseverebygoingontocostarintheGreenHornetwitchgainpopularityin America.Thoughtouthiscareerfacingnegativestereotype,Brucestillmanagetoworkhardand produceseveralmoviesshowingperseverancethoughtouthislife.

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CitedLinks BruceLee.2014.TheBiographyChannelwebsite.Mar142014,01:06 http://www.biography.com/people/brucelee9542095[Accessed14Mar20014]

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