Justin Lin had to fight to keep Han as an Asian character in Fast & Furious

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Justin Lin had to fight to keep Han as an Asian character in Fast & Furious

Published on Nov 12, 2015
This clip is from the documentary “The Slanted Screen: Asian Men in Film and Television” (2006) by Jeff Adachi and Alex Yeung

How come he had to FIGHT just to have a normal Asian male character?

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@bugoutfever Anti-Asian racism has been a thing ever since the creation of Hollywood.

anti-Asian hollywood | http://www.zakkeith.com/articles,blogs,forums/hollywood-asian-stereotypes.htm

Look at how they stereotype and desexualize the SAME Asian man who is normally plays a leading man in Asia.

Now, look at how they portray Asian women:

Even kpop isn’t safe from their anti-Asian racism.