- The first paragraph goes into the background information of the gold mine movement in california and the Chinese coming to America. The Chinese were not treated correctly in America and suffered.
- The stereotypes of Chinese people are brought up and how they are seen as too “hardworking”. The mention of media and its influence is brought up.
- Although there are more Chinese Americans on TV, commonly it is full of jokes and stereotypes.
- The problem with Crazy Rich Asians and how it also enforces stereotypes and shows the life of the rich in Malaysia and a common folk in America.
- The movie only focuses on the best aspects of the life of the rich and doesnt really show how life is. It is way too glamorous and people will only see Malaysia as a rich place but it is not perfect.
- This paragraph kind of forces the viewer to believe that Asians and Americans can not work together and there is too much difference to work together. This just pushes stereotypes even further.
- Chau mentions what being Asian came with and the negative stereotypes that were said. It may seem as jokes to children, but it is the stereotypes that allow this to continue.
- Tung shows that Asian Americans are not treated fairly and there is too much separating them from others and they are misrepresented in media.
- Fresh off the boat is a show that just continues to bring up stereotypes and other terrible things that viewers of the show werent expecting. It was thought to be a new show that would show the true life of an Asian American, but it was the opposite
- The main point of media is to get ratings and Fresh of the Boat was achieving this by showing the stereotypes so that the common viewer would be able to enjoy the show.
- The story that the show would tell was great, but the way it was portrayed was the opposite of what Huang envisioned.
- Constance Wu is just mainly focused on how much she probably makes and although It doesnt represent all families, it tells the public this is the asian family is America.
- It is truly a disappointment that this is what media is and Chau has a point that there needs to be more awareness for more serious issues.
Summary
Chau is able to bring up many valid points about the struggle of how being Asian and its influence on media is racist some times. The stereotypes in Crazy Rich Asians only shows the good side of being rich in Malaysia, and there are too many things that are not addressed. Chau also had to deal with many of the stereotypes growing up and it is because of all the jokes that go around that are not taken seriously. Fresh off the boat is also a disappointment for the Asian community and there needs to be more positive representation instead of negative stereotypes. There should be better issues that should be mentioned and Chau does a great job at explaining them.
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I think that Tristen Chau did a great job at explaining what it felt like to grow up in a country where his own culture was mocked for all the country to see on television. Chau was able to bring up examples and reinforce them with his own thoughts which did a great job of allowing at least me as someone who has not thought about these things to really connect to what was being said. There should have been more backlash from these asian actors to try to bring up awareness to not allow directors to have their way in media and to bring awareness to more major issues. It is too easy for these directors to mock a culture just for the benefit of ratings and money and Chau is able to show how in the asian community, there needs to be more positive representation and not just stereotypes.