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StrawberryYogurt

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  1. 1) You are wrong! We make up 5% of the population and we are represented way less than 5% of the time. And just about every damn time we are represented, it's the same old cliched dumb sterotype (nerd, kung fu master, etc) . 2) There are no whites in Asian movies and that is fine b/c Asian countries don't pretend to be bastions of diversity unlike America. 3) Your andecdote doesn't mean squat, that is but one data point. There has been countless research showing that we Asian guys are discriminateed against in dating and other ways of life. 4) I'm just posting this not out of whining or anything since my life is really good, but just as a way to get people educated about reality since people are generally clueless about stuff like this (even fellow Asians are clueless sometimes), but I understand it's not easy for people to understand what it's like to walk in others' shoes.
  2. No, it's not the only reason. It's b/c Hollywood is racist. Either that or the audience is racist, they don't want to see an Asian man as the lead. Jet Li? All he plays is karate master type roles. When has he been the romantic lead? Dean Cain? Dude don't look that Asian. They won't cast a full Asian male lead except for Harold and Kumar. Let's not pretend there isn't racism against us in this society esp in f'ed up Hollywood. There is plenty of it, not that we should use that as an excuse in dating or any other endeavor.
  3. Exactly. When's the last time you saw an Asian dude in a leading man role romantically in Hollywood movies? Doesn't happen very often, if at all. When's the last time you saw an Asian-American (ie, non FOBBY) couple in a movie or TV series produced by Hollywood even though there are many such couples like that out in the real world. That's why I consume very little Hollywood media. Go Korean dramas and TVB dramas all the way!
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