Yaw.. His full name is Shane Manua (I dunno if i spelt it right) Yaw. He changed it to Dawson when he auditioned for Dawson's creek so the producers wouldn't think he was Asian.
yaw.he changed it cuz it sounds asian and hes an actor and he zei on ustream"no one wanted a asian person of a white person role"so hes agent persuaded him to change it to dawson he hated the name anyway
