are so many who have felt unseen and unheard. this is notjust the asian community. this is for the asian community, but for anybody who's been identified as a minority. we deserve to be heard. we deserve to be seen. we deserve to have the equal opportunity so we can have a seat at the table. nothing can stop the momentum of everything everywhere all at once tonight. they made a clean sweep of nearly all the major categories, including, of course, the all—important best picture. but will everything everywhere's oscar night victory be tra nsformative? will it lead to more asian narratives? i chose to raise a family. for me, it was a privilege. but for you, you may think it's old fashioned. 2018's crazy rich asians is often the movie cited as being the catalyst for change when it comes to telling asian stories. the clutch of oscars for everything everywhere at the most high—profile entertainment ceremony in the world is significant.