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By Lisa Richwine
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Aside from action star Dwayne Johnson’s hit movies, Hollywood’s most popular films have rarely featured Asians or Pacific Islanders in leading roles on the big screen, according to an academic study released on Tuesday.
The findings showed “an epidemic of invisibility” for Asians and Pacific Islanders (API) in movies released from 2007 to 2019, said the study from researchers at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative.
They also said the under-representation and stereotypical portrayals may have contributed to recent incidents of violence and harassment against Asians in the United States.
Study Shows Hollywood Marginalizes Asians, with Less Than 6 Percent of Speaking Roles
18 May 2021
Hollywood elites frequently smear conservatives as racists and bigots, but a new study has found that the entertainment industry continues to marginalize Asians, with Asian and Pacific Islanders accounting for less than 6 percent of speaking roles in Hollywood movies.
The study also concluded that less than 4 percent of Hollywood movies had Asians in a lead role. Major roles for Asian actors are so scarce that the study’s authors counted mixed-race stars including Dwayne Johnson, Keanu Reeves, and Hailee Steinfeld, even though some of them are less than a quarter Asian.
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Study finds Asians largely invisible in Hollywood s top films
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Aside from action star Dwayne Johnson’s hit movies, Hollywood’s most popular films have rarely featured Asians or Pacific Islanders in leading roles on the big screen, according to an academic study released on Tuesday.
The findings showed “an epidemic of invisibility” for Asians and Pacific Islanders (API) in movies released from 2007 to 2019, said the study from researchers at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative.
They also said the under-representation and stereotypical portrayals may have contributed to recent incidents of violence and harassment against Asians in the United States.
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