… it was something I tended to do anyway. Going off of that, I became more attuned to the film industry and the entertainment world. I began to notice that whenever an Asian actor would appear in a film, they would only be playing roles that could …
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In Little Saigon, those who’ve traveled far take the long view on Trump
On the big screen at the Gypsy Cafe, Barron Trump looked both curious and bewildered as he faced a crowd of thousands before his father was sworn in as president. Philip Nguyen, 54, eyed the 10-year-old on TV, and said he reminded him of his own son, 11. “My boy, he goes, ‘Dad, is Trump a good guy or a bad guy?’ I tell him to wait and see,” he said.
Steve Harvey sorry for jokes about Asian men
Harvey mocked a 2002 book titled, “How to Date a White Woman: A Practical Guide for Asian Men” during an episode aired on Jan. 6. He joked that neither white nor black women had any interest in Asian men. In a message posted on Twitter on Tuesday , Harvey offered his “humblest apology for offending anyone, particularly those in the Asian community.”
Fresh Off the Boat’ Author Eddie Huang Responds to Steve…
“Fresh off the Boat” author and restaurateur Eddie Huang has responded to Steve Harvey ‘s controversial Asian men joke from earlier this month. In an essay for the New York Times , Huang wrote about the certain stereotypes Asian men face – “we count good, we bow well our male anatomy is the size of a thumb drive and we could never in a thousand millenniums be a threat to steal your girl.”