Asian Characters Are Still Minor or Stereotyped in Film, According to New Study
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Asians and Pacific Islanders battle invisibility in media, Hollywood
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Daniel Dae Kim Calls for AAPI Communities to Strive for ‘Allyship’ at Amazon Studios Event Variety 4 hrs ago
Actor-producer Daniel Dae Kim urged those of Asian and Pacific Islander descent to work hard at “allyship” with other underrepresented communities in order to focus on the roots of systemic racism. Kim spoke on May 20 at a half-day virtual seminar hosted by Amazon Studios to examine API representation in film and media as part of Asian American Pacific Islander heritage month.
The rising tide of anti-Asian hate crimes underscores the urgency to act. But Asian Americans in general represent about 6% of the U.S. population, which means that AAPI advocates need to build bridges with Black and brown communities, Kim said during Amazon’s “Voices: API Representation in Film & Media.”
And nearly 40 per cent of the films reviewed had no API representation at all. This means only 3.4 per cent of the top-grossing movies in 13 years featured at least one API protagonist in a prominent role. These characters were portrayed by 22 individual actors, including Dwayne Johnson, who is credited in 14 of the 44 films. Just six of the API lead/co-lead protagonists in these films were women – played by four individual actors – and none were women older than 40.
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Yuh-jung Youn won an Oscar for Minari, with the hopes her high profile win may change casting in Hollywood. Additionally, none of the API lead/co-lead characters was LGBTQ.