Throwback Thursday: Mindy Kaling, Margaret Cho & Criticizing our Own
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View ArticleHow to Interact with the “Diverse” People in Your Job
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View ArticleIs Nickelodeon’s Commitment to Diversity “Exploitative and Predatory”?
Last week, Matthew Klickstein, the Continue reading →
View ArticleCliff Curtis (aka the best actor working today) will star in THE WALKING DEAD...
Now this is promising news. Continue reading →
View Article‘Ethnic’ Casting – Too Much of a Good Thing? Really?
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View ArticleHow to Survive the 2015 TV Pilot Season if You’re a Caucasian Actor
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View ArticleThe Best and Worst Female Characters in FLASH and ARROW, by a Dude Who...
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View ArticleThe Daily Buzz at C3: An Interview with Casting Director Leslie Woo
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View ArticleIt’s Great #OscarsSoWhite has Sparked More Talk of Diversity in Hollywood but...
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View ArticleWhy the Backlash Against the Asian Oscars Backlash is Bullshit
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View ArticleSalon Talks to Justin Lin About Diversity in Hollywood
Our friend Paula Young Lee wrote an insightful piece on diversity in Hollywood for Salon with a focus on directors like Ava DuVernay (Selma) and J.J. Abrams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) who are...
View ArticleThe Hit Musical HAMILTON Excluding White Performers?
A casting controversy erupted this week around HAMILTON, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit Broadway musical about America’s founding fathers cast with diverse performers including Black, Latino and Asian actors...
View ArticleRobert Townsend on the state of the HOLLYWOOD SHUFFLE for Artists of Color in...
If you were Asian American growing up in the late 80s/early 90s with aspirations of a career in Hollywood, there’s a good chance you were influenced by the wave of African American filmmakers who...
View ArticleThe 12-and-Under Stars of ABC’s Comedies are All Kids of Color
Vulture has an interview with the 12-and-under child stars of ABC’s prime-time comedy slate and they’re all actors of color. And five out of seven are Asian American. Who would’ve thunk growing up...
View ArticleWhy Aren’t More Asian Americans Talking About THE JUNGLE BOOK?
In a week that saw controversies erupt over the “whitewash” casting of Asian parts in Marvel’s upcoming DR. STRANGE and Paramount’s live-action take on THE GHOST IN THE SHELL, I’m surprised that this...
View ArticleGLAAD Finds LGBT Racial Diversity Dropped Steeply in 2015 Films
Straight non-white characters weren’t the only ones underrepresented in Hollywood’s 2015 film slate, GLAAD’s 2016 Studio Responsibility Index released this morning, found that the racial diversity of...
View ArticleAustralian Media and TV is a White Person’s Game
I will start with this clip, which was really the inspiration to this post – The Minority Box which is a web series highlighting the experiences of actors from minority backgrounds by Asian Australian...
View ArticleAnd now there’s #StarringConstanceWu
#StarringJohnCho is such a big hit on the Interwebs and as a hashtag political movement, it’s actually gained traction and notice in the mainstream (reported in major outlets like The New York Times,...
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