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Juub1990 t1_it1j1su wrote

Reply to comment by qb1120 in TIL about Anna May Wong, the first Chinese-American film star. Her career began in silent movies era and continued to her death. One of the first to adopt the flapper style of the 20s, she was voted “world’s best dressed woman” in 1934. She will be featured in the American Women quarter series. by ActuallyCausal

Define "much better". Asian-American movie stars are still extremely rare.

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Kilobotto t1_it1sj5d wrote

I mean the representation isn't that far off 6.5% of roles while being 7.2% of the general population. Hispanics are the real ones getting shafted in film roles (only 5.7% of roles vs 19% of the general population)

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bow_m0nster t1_itb0il6 wrote

Before crazy rich Asians, Hollywood was still straight up white washing and yellow facing Asians and Asian stories.

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