The U.S. Postal Service will release a Year of the Dragon stamp — the fifth in its Lunar New Year series — at a public event next week.
About the stamp: The new stamp features a yellow dragon with sharp teeth, an orange nose, a pair of green whiskers and ears, and glaring, red eyes. It also has ornaments hanging on the sides of its face that appear attached to blue flower earrings. Camille Chew of Providence, Rhode Island, is listed as its artist, while Antonio Alcalá of Alexandria, Virginia, is listed as designer and art director.
Claudine Cheng, the president of the Asian Pacific American Heritage Foundation, said that while the artist can have their own interpretation of the dragon, it still has to be “culturally sensitive.” Cheng, who had advocated for Lunar New Year stamps in the past, also pointed out that those released so far looked similar to each other.
USPS responds: Addressing the criticism, USPS said they have worked with a “professor of late imperial and…
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