The criticism ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ has received for its promotion of the model minority myth and moments of anti-blackness are completely valid, but we also need to be realistic about the role pop culture plays in pushing a truly progressive agenda and the timeline in which that agenda unfolds.
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Asians In Asia View Cultural Appropriation Differently Than You Realize
Claims that Asians live in some sort of racially homogenous paradise impose a Western Orientalist view of the ‘Homelands.’ Read more
How ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ Upends The Asian BFF Trope
Jessica Huang’s friendship with a white neighbor centers the Asian-American experience in a way I’d never seen before on TV. Read more