Oh absolutely, and holy shit I forgot about that Zoe Saldana / Nina Simone mess 0_O How did anyone think that was a good idea
Even in Crazy Rich Asians, which is one of maybe three asian-centric movies Hollywood’s ever made, had a lot of half-white actors. Like no one's trying to deny multiracial Asian identities but so much of anti-Asian racism comes from westerners thinking we're weird-looking, and filling our very few visible media representations with too many Caucasian-ish faces reinforces that clusterfuck of a discourse. I'm so thankful, if that's even the right word, that To All the Boys actually cast a full-Asian actress even though that character was ALSO half-white in the book -_- I mean, things are getting better but they've got a looong-ass way to go
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Even in Crazy Rich Asians, which is one of maybe three asian-centric movies Hollywood’s ever made, had a lot of half-white actors. Like no one's trying to deny multiracial Asian identities but so much of anti-Asian racism comes from westerners thinking we're weird-looking, and filling our very few visible media representations with too many Caucasian-ish faces reinforces that clusterfuck of a discourse. I'm so thankful, if that's even the right word, that To All the Boys actually cast a full-Asian actress even though that character was ALSO half-white in the book -_- I mean, things are getting better but they've got a looong-ass way to go