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Well, I’m crossing off this bucket list wish — my first byline in the NYT, which was truly a labor of love. For the last few years, I’ve been pounding the drum about the fact that Asian Americans have been in Hollywood since its inception (a history many have forgotten).

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New York Times Opinion

Corky Lee and the Work of Seeing | Ken Chen

"I first encountered Ms. Wong when I was a college intern in 2004 and saw a photo of her at the Chinese American Museum of Los Angeles. I was awe-struck: How had I never heard of such a significant figure?" @ksalisbury writes. nyti.ms/3mDlBlU

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"I'm Asian American," Ken recalls Corky saying at a dinner in Chinatown. "So I'm a 100 percent authentic fake." That line never loses its shine. It's so funny, so bitingly true, so like Corky.

I also loved

's tribute to Corky Lee & some of his most memorable photographs in

@nplusonemag

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There is a symmetry between Corky Lee’s passing and the rise of Stop Anti-Asian Hate: the departure of Asian America’s greatest documentarian and its most visible recent efflorescence. Years earlier,...

"I imagine Corky Lee, the self-dubbed "undisputed, unofficial Asian American Photographer Laureate," fitting in among the characters of the Wild West. He has a knack for spinning yarns and wears his camera in a holster like a kind of vigilante . . . "

For those unfamiliar with Corky's work, I wrote about how he convened hundreds of Chinese Americans at the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad at Promontory Summit, Utah, in 2019:

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Corky would have loved this!

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Phil Yu

Barbie introduces Anna May Wong doll

May 5

Today’s (5/5) Google Doodle celebrates the life and work of late photographer, journalist and activist Corky Lee — the unofficial photographer laureate of Asian America. Rest in peace. google.com/doodles/celebr

I was kinda obsessed with Barbies as a little girl, so this announcement makes me squeal with joy.

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“A lot of Asian actors today are where they are because of the things she fought so hard for in Hollywood,” the actress’ niece, Anna Wong, said. “Her legacy is part of history.”

Awesome Mix Vol 1 & 2 · Playlist · 37 songs · 14.9K likes

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Also, Steven Yeun singing Incubus's Drive? The man can sing! 🔥🔥🔥

Did anyone else get all nostalgic hearing the soundtrack to BEEF? If you drove around L.A. listening to the radio in the 90s and aughts, these were the songs KROQ and other local stations were always playing... open.spotify.com/playlist/4eXXm #BEEFNetflix

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Awesome Mix Vol 1 & 2

If you've ever wanted to know whether Anna May Wong inspired the song "These Foolish Things," this is for you: bit.ly/41iXiIV #AnnaMayWong #ClassicHollywood #lovesongs #TheseFoolishThings

Oscar, you’ve finally come around!

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p.s. I loved Dolly de Leon in Triangle of Sadness. She was the star of that film imho.

An enlightening rundown of Filipino American actors and the challenges some of them faced in Hollywood:

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The dream may have come true for Yeoh, but for Dimples the Dream Factory turned into a nightmare.

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I pushed send on submitting the final draft manuscript to my editor. I think I need a nap and a juice box.

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Jamie Ford

@JamieFord

Hollywood wanted to whitewash 'Crazy Rich Asians'

In light of Everything Everywhere's epic sweep of the Oscars, it's worth sharing that 12 years ago my first film agent said: "I can sell the film option on your novel but I guarantee it will never get made--because your main characters are Chinese, Japanese, and Black."

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And props to 94-year-old

@IAmJamesHong

for his standing ovation SAG awards speech: "The producers said that Asians were not good enough, and they are not box office. But look at us now!" youtube.com/watch?v=yijJmE

How about a recent example:

@kevinkwanbooks

shared how one producer suggested he change the lead in Crazy Rich Asians to a white woman.

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Kevin Kwan tells the story of an early producer who wanted to adapt his novel 'Crazy Rich Asians,' but wanted to whitewash the Chinese protagonist, Rachel.

Here's Anna May in her own words about how she got passed over for Asian roles in favor of white actresses in yellowface time after time. "I guess I look too Chinese to play a Chinese," she wrote to friend.

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MGM producer Irving Thalberg didn't think Anna May Wong had the "stature" to play the lead female role in The Good Earth (1937) so he cast a German-born actress who barely spoke English instead.

Lol. Of course they have. Many many many times. I'm with

@pronounced_ing

. And I have the receipts to back it up.

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Aesthetic Distance

@aesthdistance1

Nobody has ever said or thought that.

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*Asian joy* WE DID IT!! 🙀 #Oscars #eeaaosweep

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The only two women of color to win Academy Awards for best actress: Halle Berry & Michelle Yeoh ✌️ #Oscars #eeaaosweep

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Speechless. No one deserves this more than you, Michelle Yeoh. #Oscars #eeaaosweep

Thank you Daniels 🙏🙏

Well done, RRR! 👏👏👏

Nothing is better than this - Stephanie Hsu &

@DBtodomundo

with hotdog fingers 🌭🌭🥯 #Oscars #EEAAO

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I've honestly been waiting to see this moment my entire life. #Oscars

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“Dreams are something you have to believe in” — Ke Huy Quan, Oscar winner 🙌🏆😭

Yasmin Vossoughian Reports

Mar 12

The Daniels snuck up on Michelle Yeoh on the “champagne” carpet #Oscars #Oscars2023 #EEAAO #eeaaosweep

Thank you

for having me on the show today. Now let’s make some history tonight! #Oscars #Oscars2023 #EEAAO #eeaaosweep

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Mar 12

Hollywood historian @ksalisbury discusses critically acclaimed film "Everything Everywhere All at Once,” calling it a “sweet victory” for Asian representation in media.

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I did it all for

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Great plant. Books. Lovely natural lighting. The pops of blue. Oscar worthy. 10/10 @ksalisbury

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Mar 11

Trekked to my local 7-Eleven to get a print copy of the

today. (Apparently, no one else sells newspapers in NYC anymore!)

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You haven't really made it until

tweets you. Wearing this like a badge of honor! 🏅✨

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Katie Gee Salisbury Retweeted

On the eve of possible/presumed Oscar gold for Everything Everywhere All at Once, this is a great piece by @ksalisbury on Anna May Wong and the many racist hurdles for Asian American trailblazers of early Hollywood. nytimes.com/2023/03/10/opi

New York Times Opinion

"The history of Asian Americans in Hollywood should have never been forgotten," writes

Opinion | What I Found When I Looked Into the Fate of Anna May Wong, a Hollywood Star

. "But we’re still here, and we’re now a force to be reckoned with."

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This year the Oscars are celebrating an unprecedented number of Asian artists. The recognition is long overdue.

My dad’s response to the Op Ed hits the nail on the head

Thank you to my editor

@sternbergh

for seeing something in my essay and helping me to crystallize its central argument. Thanks also to the entire