Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Hollywood Must Do More to Combat Asian Stereotypes
Courtesy of HBO; BBC; Netflix; Leon Bennett/WireImage Ah Sahm in 'Warrior,' Sandra Oh in 'Killing Eve' and Thaddea Graham in 'The Irregulars' are strong depictions of Asians onscreen. The THR columnist notes that while progress in the portrayal of Asians is real, it has been maddeningly slow: "Hollywood likes to sit back and congratulate itself. But prejudice doesn't relax." Back in the late '60s when I was a student at UCLA studying martial arts under Bruce Lee, he spoke often and passionately about the harmful way Asian Americans were portrayed on television shows and in movies. How having ...
Source: hollywoodreporter.com