Showing posts with label Asians. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Asians. Show all posts
September 12, 2016

Whitewashing in Doctor Strange

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Not Your Asian Ninja: How the Marvel Cinematic Universe Keeps Failing Asian-Americans White isn’t a neutral color: “Doctor Strange,” Tilda...
July 07, 2016

Whitewashing in Ghost in the Shell

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A typical movie in which Hollywood changes a nonwhite character to white: Exclusive: ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Producers Reportedly Tested Visu...
May 25, 2016

Why won't Hollywood cast Asians?

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Hollywood's practice of whitewashing characters is in the news again. This time, several major Asian characters have been turned white....
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March 03, 2016

Diversity lacking at 2016 Oscars

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Chris Rock’s Oscars didn’t “fight the power”: A night of crude jokes and cynical deflection is a poor way to show progress Rock's big ...
February 29, 2016

Asian jokes at 2016 Oscars

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If the Oscars were all about diversity, why the crude Asian joke? By Jessica Contrera Chris Rock opened his monologue by saying he’d never...
January 05, 2016

Slants vs. Redskins

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A court recently ruled that the government couldn't deny a trademark to The Slants, an Asian band. As many have noted, this ruling has o...
August 11, 2015

My take on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

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The Unraceable 'Kimmy Schmidt': Does Tina Fey's New Show Have a Race Problem? With Jane Krakowski playing Native American and ...
August 06, 2015

No apologies for nuking "savages"

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The 70th anniversary of Hiroshima is a good time to discuss the greatest single instance of mass murder ever. The indefensible Hiroshima r...
March 28, 2015

Ratings belie anti-diversity argument

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Another response to the Deadline Hollywood article points out that diversity isn't just good morally. It's good financially, leadi...
March 24, 2015

TV starts to reflect America

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So, So Fresh: US TV Is Starting to Reflect the US By Eisa Nefertari Ulen Buoyed by the success of ABC's "Modern Family," tel...
May 29, 2014

Rodger's half-white male entitlement

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Many pundits have called the Santa Barbara shootings an act of white male entitlement and hyper-masculine rage against women. It's a bit...
April 04, 2014

#CancelColbert stymied "Redskins" protest?

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Snyder Wins: How 'CancelColbert' Drowned Out the Native Voice Twitter activist Suey Park, who became known for her hashtag #NotYourA...
April 03, 2014

Debating #CancelColbert

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#CancelColbert turns ugly: Why does it make white people so angry to talk about race? People can disagree about #CancelColbert. But why...

Suey Park's activism

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The person and the motivation behind the #CancelColbert hashtag : The Campaign to "Cancel" Colbert By Jay Caspian Kang At its ...
March 30, 2014

Debating Colbert's "ching-chong" joke

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In the controversy over Colbert "ching-chong" joke , some people took the #CancelColbert campaign (too) seriously: No, we should...