8 ▁in ▁British ▁politics ▁Category : The ▁Mu ppets ▁songs ▁Category : Rich ard ▁Thompson ▁( mus ician ) ▁songs <0x0A> </s> ▁Betty ▁Lee ▁S ung ▁( born ▁October ▁ 3 , ▁ 1 9 2 4 ) ▁is ▁an ▁activ ist , ▁author , ▁and ▁professor ▁emer it us ▁of ▁City ▁University ▁of ▁New ▁York ▁( C UN Y ). ▁As ▁a ▁scholar ▁of ▁Asian ▁American ▁studies , ▁her ▁several ▁publications ▁on ▁Asian ▁American ▁race ▁issues ▁have ▁been ▁recognized ▁as ▁an ▁influ ential ▁force ▁in ▁adv ancing ▁the ▁rights ▁of ▁Asian ▁Americans ▁and ▁imm igr ants ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁S ung ▁holds ▁an ▁honor ary ▁doctor ate ▁from ▁the ▁State ▁University ▁of ▁New ▁York ▁Old ▁West bury . ▁ ▁Biography ▁▁ ▁Born ▁in ▁Baltimore , ▁Maryland , ▁S ung ' s ▁interest ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁Chinese ▁Americans ▁is ▁sh aped ▁by ▁her ▁own ▁experience ▁as ▁a ▁child ▁of ▁Chinese ▁imm igr ant ▁parents . ▁When ▁S ung ▁was ▁nine , ▁her ▁father ▁briefly ▁took ▁the ▁family ▁back ▁to ▁their ▁h omet own , ▁Ta ish an , ▁but ▁the ▁family ▁returned ▁to ▁Washington ▁D . C . ▁before ▁Gu ang d ong ▁was ▁captured ▁by ▁the ▁Japanese ▁during ▁World ▁War ▁II . ▁While ▁growing ▁up ▁in ▁Washington ▁D . C ., ▁S ung ▁and ▁her ▁family ▁faced ▁disc rim ination ▁as ▁Chinese ▁imm igr ants . ▁The ▁treatment ▁towards ▁Chinese ▁people ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁was ▁so ▁severe ▁that ▁S ung ▁rec alls ▁how ▁her ▁family ▁largely ▁avoided ▁public