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A-pop! White people playing Asian-y roles, and Asians don’t like it! For good reason!

April 21, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Back in 2012, “The Pioneer Woman,” a cooking show on Food Network, quietly aired a real racist segment oriented around chicken wings, and it generally went without a lot of comment

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture, Feature stories Tagged With: 2017, GHOST IN THE SHELL, HENRY GOLDING, Iron Fist, LORAS TYRELL, LUDI LIN, PIONEER WOMAN, REE DRUMMOND, Scarlett Johansson, VOL 36 NO 17 | APRIL 22 - APRIL 28

Another controversial case of whitewashing, Scarlett Johansson cast as lead in “Ghost in the Shell”

April 29, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eric Card Northwest Asian Weekly “Ghost in the Shell,” a popular Japanese manga series following a cyborg policewoman, is getting a live-action adaptation set to release in 2017. However, the film is already receiving a heavy dose of backlash over the casting of Scarlett Johansson as its lead character, Major Motoko Kusanagi. This is […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2016, ABC, Academy Awards, Chinese Hawaiian, Constance Wu, Emma Stone, Eric Card, GHOST IN THE SHELL, Jon Tsuei, M. Night Shyamalan, Major Motoko Kusanagi, New Zealand, Northwest Asian Weekly, Sam Yoshiba, Scarlett Johansson, VOL 35 NO 18 APRIL 30 – MAY 6, culture, japan

A-pop! Hollywood loses an activist — A live-action manga remake and ultra-rich Chinese Canadians

November 21, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly With November officially underway and Daylight Savings in effect, it’s time to hunker down for the winter season and get ready for the holiday festivities. Even though we’ve turned back the clocks, we’re going to jump back briefly to chat about last month’s news! Read on to find out […]

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2014, Asian Americans, Asian Canadian, Chinese Canadian, Daylight Savings, Hermes Birken, Los Angeles, Major Motoko Kusanagi, Northwest Asian Weekly, SAG, Scarlett Johansson, Screen Actors Guild, Sumi Sevilla Haru, Ultra Rich Asian Girls, Vivian Nguyen, Vol 33 No 48 | November 22 - November 28, YSL, culture

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