Erasure of Asian-Americans in Hollywood

HISTORY OF THE
CRAZY RICH ASIAN
The “model minority” Asian-
American was seen in the
U.S to be middle class, but
in 2020 with more Asian
countries getting richer, the
perceived Asian-American
is richer and flashier.
For example, the GDP per
capita for East Asians grew
from 1162.531 thousand
dollars in 1980 to 11,142.591
thousand dollars in 2018, and
Southeast Asians grew from
262.142 thousand dollars
in 1980 to 1902.851 thousand
dollars in 2000¹⁶. Also,
Asian countries have more
billionaires with nine out of
the twenty-six countries on
Forbes “Countries with the
Most Billionaires”¹⁷. This
paired with Asian immigrants
increased by 37%, Asian-
Americans now have a new
richer group entering¹⁸.
But, the idea of Asians being
rich was not widely known
until Kevin Kwan’s book
series Crazy Rich Asians.
The first book of the series is
about a love story between
the ultra-elite Signaporean
Nick Young and regular New
York native Rachel Chu, and
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