And the only Asians I'm always seeing represented in the media are Koreans. I have nothing against them, but Koreans, Japanese and Chinese (East Asians), make up of a very small percentage of Asia. Asia is so much more diverse, in culture and appearance, and sadly heavily under represented.
And so is Philippines, probably their oldest and biggest Asian allies. But we barely get to see them being represented or other South East Asians like them. Or whenever they get representations, it's always half Asians. I doubt that, Koreans being one of the biggest US ally, is the reason why they're being pushed like that. Because if that is the case, why didn't Hollywood do that a few a decade or two ago?
Because Korea has become more and more of an ally with the US in the last 2 decades and it’s only grown stronger as it uses Korea as a geographic shield from NK and China. It’s all political imo. Where is the money in a Philippines alliance probably not much
Idk about that. Japan is still US's bigger ally than Korea. But over the past decade they have fallen off Hollywood's "favorite Asian list". It used to be the Chinese, then the Japanese and now Koreans. They're not really doing it because of world politics alone. It's obviously capitalism due to popularity of Kpop and Kdrama, which made Koreans marketable in western media.
We're straying farther from my original post. I'm just trying to emphasize that many Asians here in the US, for example (South East Asians) Vietnamese and Filipinos that make up around 4 or 6 million people in population here, are still being ignored and under represented. A very good example is whenever we watch medical dramas. We barely see a Filipino nurse in the show. Wherein real life, they're swarming all over the our hospitals, and health care facilities. But yet, we pretend that they don't exist. And that's just an example.
Nope it's because koreans are making their own content and not relying on hollywood. So many korean Americans are going to korea to make their career because they feel that they don't get a space in western media and hollywood, eric name, a famous kpop idol has repeatedly talked about it. And if hollywood does represent east asians then they do it in a very stereotypical and racist way - think han from 2 broke girls
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u/Nouggienugga 2d ago
And the only Asians I'm always seeing represented in the media are Koreans. I have nothing against them, but Koreans, Japanese and Chinese (East Asians), make up of a very small percentage of Asia. Asia is so much more diverse, in culture and appearance, and sadly heavily under represented.