this is legitimately the most represented i’ve ever felt as an asian man
it is really wild seeing people call yang “king” and stuff in the comments, part of me is like “wait, you... *like* this asian man? really? are you sure?
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lack of asian male representation only matched by lack of asian male willingness to be seen caring about it tbh we kinda had bruce lee and jackie chan - very reductive - now we kinda have john cho - not exactly a figure of strength - and... i dunno, ken jeong??? who else?
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Replying to @QiaochuYuan
growing up, almost all the asian men I saw in media either: - made me feel more trapped by 'positive' stereotypes (kung-fu master, math whiz, wise sensei) - actively made me more ashamed to be asian or both:pic.twitter.com/YIVwp5dgBU
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Replying to @choosy_mom @QiaochuYuan
I distinctly remember watching the bit on the office where Jim switched places with his asian friend—this felt like a rare case where the asian guy was 'in on the joke'pic.twitter.com/OxImgeyIi9
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Replying to @choosy_mom @QiaochuYuan
I think this is why I think Andrew Yang is a net positive for asian representation in 2019; he's in on the joke
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chad donkey from shrek 2 Retweeted Wesley Yang
While he does lean pretty heavily on some tired stereotypes (I remember making math jokes in school to cope w/ identity conversations), I think it's really powerful that asian kids today can see mainstream, unironic support for an asian man in politicshttps://twitter.com/wesyang/status/1198616416699736064?s=20 …
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