About Wesley Yang
Wesley Yang was an American writer.
Wesley Yang is an American social-media personality and political commentator. He hosts a blog and podcast called Year Zero.
Yang was born to Korean-American parents who were refugees from the Korean War and was raised in New Jersey. He studied history at Rutgers University.
Yang attracted mainstream attention in 2008 after publishing an article in n+1 about Seung-Hui Cho, the perpetrator of the Virginia Tech shooting. He has since then written extensively about the experiences of Asian-Americans in American society.
Yang costarred as Wes in the 2008 Alex Karpovsky docufiction film Woodpecker.
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