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CRES map 3: Asian-American are underrepresented and misrepresented in the…

- - - - Furthermore, a study by multiple universities reports that in a 1 year period, of 242 scripted TV shows just 1/3rd had a series regular who was Asian-American or Pacific Islander. Keeping in mind that these shows are set in cities like San Francisco, New York, and LA (who have significant populations 33 percent, 12 percent, and 24 percent), it is clear that the whitewashing of Media is not representative of the cities or populations.
        This results in the erasure and lack of acknowledgement of these diverse communities.
      - In other media arts such as poets, directors, and visual artists Asian Americans have flourished. Some examples are Vera Wang, Hiro Murai (cinematographer) and Jhumpa Lahiri (writer). This expresses in hiding Asian-Americans are allowed to succeed. The American acceptance only spans so far for ethnic minorities in the United states
        
        For example, Kim Kardashian wore a Vera Wang gown at her first wedding in 2011. In more recent news she has culturally appropriated Asian culture multiple times, and significantly with her line of waist shapers she branded "Kimono." After quite the controversy she finally renamed the brand
- - - - These representations have real ramifications on asian women and the sexual violence that they face in America. 55% of Asian women in the U.S. report experiencing intimate physical and/or sexual violence during their lifetime, based on a compilation of desegregated samples of Asian ethnicities in local communities.
- - - - Dr Strange’s writers were seeking to avoid the tired Orientalist stereotype of the “wise old Eastern geezer” or “Fu Manchu type”. “Wanting to switch up the gender (another diversity department) and not wanting to engage with the old Dragon Lady trope, they chose to write the character as being of (ancient) Celtic origin
        Erasure is not the answer to stereotypes,” says Keith Chow, editor of The Nerds of Color blog, which views pop culture through a non-white lens. “When the excuse is, ‘We were trying to not offend you’, well, denying my existence I find more offensive! It’s basically saying we can’t exist as anything other than stereotypes.”