In Children of Invention by Tze Chun there is specific emphasis put on Chinese-American immigrant stereotypes. In one of the earliest scenes they have the single mother Elaine in a beat-up old toyota with a chinese symbol hanging from the rearview mirror. Elaine then goes on to become victim of "get-rich" schemes that end up getting her into not only financial trouble but also legal trouble and puts her children at risk. The new housing Elaine moves her daughter Tina and son Raymond isn't officially zoned yet and they need to keep the blinds drawn and voices down.
In another scene where Elaine is dragging her children around to meetings because she can't afford daycare or babysitting the theme of Chinese-American stereotypes continues. The American business woman wants to hire Elaine to , "tap into the foreign market". This same woman annunciates and speaks ridiculously slow to the children and they laugh at her as they were American born and speak fluent english as their first language.
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