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Gran Torino star Bee Vang criticizes film's racial slurs amid surge in anti-Asian violence More than a decade after the release of Clint Eastwood's drama Gran Torino, actor Bee Vang is speaking out about the damage caused by the film's racist dialogue. Social Sharing In a new op-ed, Vang writes that he's 'still haunted by the mirth of white audiences' CBC Radio · Posted: Feb 25, 2021 4:50 PM ET | Last Updated: February 25 Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood), left, confronts a group of gang members harassing neighbourhood teenager Thao (Bee Vang) in the film Gran Torino.(©War...

With anti-Asian racism increasingly in the news, a Clint Eastwood movie from 13 years ago might be the next major cultural artifact on the chopping block. 

Jeannie Mai, television host, tells us that the rise in Asian American attacks in the U.S. has her "sickened to my stomach."

Jeannie Mai, television host, tells us that the rise in Asian American attacks in the U.S. has her "sickened to my stomach."

Bee Vang, who starred opposite Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino, says the film “mainstreamed anti-Asian racism” in the United States. Vang says he remains “haunted” by audiences laughing at the racist jokes said by Eastwood’s character in the 2008 film. The American actor played Thao Vang Lor in the film, a teenager who befriends Walt Kowalski (Eastwood), his racist neighbour. Advertisement In a new essay for NBC News, Vang credited the film with leading greater Asian representation on screen, but also a rise in anti-Asian racism in America. In the essay, he discusses the Asian Ame...