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Ah Sahm in Warrior, Sandra Oh in Killing Eve and Thaddea Graham in The Irregulars are strong depictions of Asians onscreen.
The THR columnist notes that while progress in the portrayal of Asians is real, it has been maddeningly slow: Hollywood likes to sit back and congratulate itself. But prejudice doesn t relax.
Back in the late 60s when I was a student at UCLA studying martial arts under Bruce Lee, he spoke often and passionately about the harmful way Asian Americans were portrayed on television shows and in movies. How having characters like Hop Sing (
From colonialism to Covid: Viet Thanh Nguyen on the rise of anti-Asian violence
Anti-Asian racism is on the rise around the world. The Pulitzer-winning author reflects on his own experiences as a Vietnamese American – and the dark history that continues to fuel the current hate
Viet Thanh Nguyen won a Pulitzer prize for his 2015 debut novel The Sympathizer. Photograph: AP
Viet Thanh Nguyen won a Pulitzer prize for his 2015 debut novel The Sympathizer. Photograph: AP
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On 16 March eight people were killed in Atlanta, Georgia, by a 21-year-old white man: all but one were women, and six were Asian. The shootings take their place in a much longer story of anti-Asian violence. The Covid pandemic has given us a particular insight into this phenomenon: verbal and physical assaults against Asians have accelerated in the US over the last year, with 3,800 documented incidents involving spitting, knifings, beatings, acid attacks – and murder. The majority of the
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