Submitted by _notsuoh_ t3_y7jgsy in UpliftingNews
IchiThKillr t1_it2xxfx wrote
Reply to comment by Source0fAllThings in Anna May Wong will become the first Asian American to be on U.S. currency by _notsuoh_
That’s a rather misogynistic take on the struggle Asian American women (and Asian women across the world) face. I think it’s dangerous to ignore the actual challenges and countless defeats women as a whole have had to endure to even be allowed in the same room as men. While it’s true some women are elevated as sex symbols, wasn’t Sessue Hayakawa literally just that? And even though he was working film earlier than Wong, I’d still lift her up for the actual fight she put up against the racism and misrepresentation of Asian Americans in media. (And as a Japanese American guy myself, I’d normally be all team-Hayakawa!)
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