
Guest Contributor: Miguel Santos, General Manager of Myx TV
It’s on Asian Americans to break the so-called bamboo ceiling.
George Takei and Margaret Cho have been making headlines recently for taking on issues like whitewashing in Hollywood.
Prior to shows like Fresh Off the Boat and The Mindy Project, Asian Americans in entertainment were virtually nonexistent with the exception of a handful of Lucy Lius. The landscape has improved, but if we want to truly elevate and celebrate Asian American stories, we have to start from the ground up. We must change the Asian mindset that a job in entertainment isn’t a viable career path, we must speak up to create a space for our people in the industry and we must lend a hand to pull other Asian Americans up.
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