… and how the lack of representation may have skewed their self-image.
Growing up wishing you were white so you could be characters in stories #whitewashedOUT
Meanwhile, all the APIA women my age have the same 3-4 cultural touchstones from childhood. #whitewashedOUT
There are a ton of reasons for my kids to one day ID solely with their white half, and representation is one of them. #whitewashedOUT
#whitewashedOUT meant it took years for me to realize writing Asian protags was possible. I cast myself as the sidekick in my own stories.
In the time since the hashtag protest earned prominence, Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson has responded to the Swinton backlash to his upcoming film.
Raw anger/hurt from Asian-Americans over Hollywood whitewashing, stereotyping & erasure of Asians in cInema.
I am listening and learning.
Swinton has not specifically addressed #whitewashedOUT; however, as previously reported, she told The Hollywood Reporter, “I wasn’t asked to play an Asian character, you can be very well assured of that.” Likewise, Ghost in the Shell director Rupert Sanders nor Johansson, have responded in public.
However, Chow remains hopeful that there will be change. He said that though “these voices have been shouting for a long time,” there seems to be a larger audience for the issue, now that they’ve created a hashtag to help unify their voices.
“If the people who are making decisions are listening to what’s going on on the ground, then the proof will be in the pudding when things start to change,” he said. “We’re not doing this to just complain. We’re doing this to affect change … We want things to get better.”
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