An Auckland real estate agent of Asian descent has been formally warned by her employer for posting a TikTok video in which she used a fake Asian accent and offered domestic services to potential homebuyers. Linh Yee, an award-winning agent for Australasia real estate group Ray White, posted a video of herself marketing a property while using an exaggerated Asian accent and offering to clean and cook. The video circulated for over a week before a complaint that it perpetuated harmful stereotypes of Asian women led to its removal, reported NZ Herald.
A 16-year-old male has been arrested in connection with last month’s disturbance on a Massachusetts Red Line subway train that involved the racist harassment of an Asian woman. Background: Vivian Dang, 25, was heading to Ashmont at around 10 p.m. on Sept. 21 when a group of teens boarded the train and threatened to rob passengers.
Constance Wu recently shared her views on acting with an Asian accent during an appearance on "The Kelly Clarkson Show." Authentic representation: The interview, uploaded on the show's YouTube channel on July 27, starts with host Kelly Clarkson asking the "Crazy Rich Asians" star her thoughts on how media representation has changed for Asian Americans. In response, Wu explains that while it has improved over the years, there is still a need to provide more authentic representations of Asian Americans in pop culture.
A Twitter user shares some videos of the Joe Rogan Experience podcast host making racist, sexist and transphobic comments because the individual wants to remind people that he hasn t changed.
The Paul Thomas Anderson-directed film, which is set in Los Angeles San Fernando Valley in the 1970s, stars Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Bradley Cooper among others.