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Asian American jab at Oscars reveals deeper diversity woes

March 12, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Lynn Elber Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — TV’s “Fresh Off the Boat” creator Nahnatchka Khan was reveling in Oscar host Chris Rock’s deft comedic assault on white-fixated Hollywood. Then three Asian American kids were brought onstage for a gag mocking them as ethnic stereotypes. “It’s like going on a road trip with your […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2016, Allison Ng, Angry Asian Man, Asian Americans, Asian Pacific American Media Coalition, Biola University, Black Americans, Chris Rock, Constance Yu, Daniel Mayeda, Emma Stone, Jason Lew, Nahnatchka Khan, Nancy Wang Yuen, Presenter Sacha Baron Cohen, Sundance Film Festival, TV, Vol 35 No 11 | March 12 - March 18

A-POP! So over you, Academy Awards. (And Asian American newcomers on the big and small screens!)

March 11, 2016 By Vivian Nguyen

With February coming to a close, we’ve finally reached the holiest of award shows: the Oscars. Read on to see what the Academy Awards meant to Asians and other news in Hollywood this past month.

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2016, Academy Awards, Ali Wong, Asian American, Asif Kapadia, Bao Ling, Chris Rock, Chris Smith, David Moskowitz, Dev Patel, Elizabeth Ho, Famous Black, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Kelly Marie Tran, Lee Byung-hun, Matt Hubbard, Ming Zhu, NBC, Parks Recreation, Priyanka Chopra, Southern California, Star Wars, Vol 35 No 11 | March 12 - March 18, WNPA2016

EDITORIAL: Oscars proves it’s #sowhite with child labor joke

March 4, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The 88th Academy Awards took place last Sunday and, as usual, a bunch of really rich white people dressed up nicely and gave each other statues made of gold. It’s been obvious that the Academy has a diversity problem. Yet, even when Oscar nominations were announced on Jan. 14, we were struck by certain glaring […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2016, Academy Awards, Asian Americans, Chris Rock, East Asian, Jeremy Lin, Phil Angry Asian Man Yu, Sharon Tomiko Santos, Southeast Asia, Straight Outta Compton, United States, Vol 30 No 10 | March 5 - March 11, editorial, poverty

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