Stereotypes of East Asians in the United States forms of racial discrimination or social issues in American society at large, and that their community is thriving, having "gained" socioeconomic success through their own merit. Fu Manchu and Charlie Chan are two important and well-known fictional East Asian characters in America's cultural history. Created by Sax Rohmer and Earl Derr Biggers in the early part of the 20th century, Fu Manchu is the embodiment of America's imagination of a threatening mysterious East Asian people while Charlie Chan is an apologetic submissive Chinese-Hawaiian detective who represents America's archetypal "good" East Asian. Both characters found widespread popularity in numerous novels and
Charlie Williams (British writer) are the novel "Stairway to Hell" (2009), the novella "Graven Image" (2011) and the screenplay for the short film "Ark". Williams lives outside Worcester with his family. Charlie Williams (British writer) Charlie Williams (born 1971) is an English writer who has published six novels and a number of shorter works. Williams grew up in the town of Worcester on the borders of Western England, and was educated at Swansea University. Five of Williams' novels comprise "The Mangel Series", about nightclub doorman Royston Blake and set in the fictional town of Mangel, which is based loosely on Worcester itself. "Deadfolk" was