Asian Americans Are Poorly Represented in Hollywood, Study Shows

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are frequently stereotyped in major films and are poorly represented in the industry, according to a recent study.

More than 90% of respondents in the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment survey said representation is inadequate both on-screen and behind the scenes. And for films that feature Asian-American and Pacific-Islander characters in the main cast, 35% of their characters embody at least one common trope or stereotype, such as “Martial Artist” or “Model Minority,” according to an accompanying analysis from the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. The institute analyzed 100 top-grossing U.S. films from 2010 to 2019 and 124 films from studios and streaming services from 2017 to 2020.

In top-grossing U.S. films, female Asian and Pacific Islander characters were verbally and visually objectified at rates that were higher than female characters of other races, the institute found.

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