Erasure of Asian-Americans in Hollywood

EXECUTIVE ESSAY
From films like The
Farewell, Crazy Rich Asians,
Searching, The Big Sick, and
more, there is a renaissance
in Asian-American films.
These films are not the
norm, instead, they are far
and few in Asian-Americans’
presence in Hollywood. What
sets them apart is they have
love, action, drama, tragedy,
and Asian-Americans writing
and directing them. This
provides relief for Asians
who have spent decades
seeing rude caricatures
of themselves on screen.
However, even with new
Asian-Americans entering
Hollywood, it is not enough.
Hollywood needs more
Asian-Americans representation
in an effort against
stereotypical characters,
white-washing, and the lack
of authentic Asian-American
representation in film.
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