<p>sci fi? no. soap opera? yes.</p>
<p>they will probably end up at the same college, think saved by the bell, 90210, boy meets world, dawsons creek, the list goes on and on. . .</p>
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It always gets me how there are almost no Asian people on the show...I mean, Orange County seemed to be full of Asians the last time I visited.
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<p>So what's new? </p>
<p>Only in American media-land will you see hospital staffs, universities, New Yorks, and Californias that are the most whitebread and un-Asian places in the world.</p>
<p>Bruce Lee was denied the lead role in what eventually became the TV series "Kung Fu" because producers felt that America was not ready for an Asian as a hero, especially an Asian male (after all, America is quite the patriarchy). Firstly, ponder that thought in your head and savour its idiocy and bigotry. Not ready for what? I mean, if the thought was that America was not ready for a hero who was former child sex offender, or a terrorist, that is understandable. What was Bruce Lee, and the people like him, guilty of? Being Asian. What a *<strong><em>ing crime, an abomination to humanity. Of course, America had absolutely no problems "accepting" Asians as clowns, idiots, monster-fodder, etc: William Hung became perhaps the biggest Asian-American star ever as a nationally and socially acceptable walking-talking racist joke. Even on "enlightened" films like Crash, Asians get the least favourable portrayal. That's the *</em></strong>ing best you can do?</p>
<p>So what's the solution? Take the power back. We honestly expect too much of non-Asian writers to sympathize and innately know what makes an accurate portrayal. They can barely adequately portray white people in the first place; how the hell can they express the feelings and thoughts of a different-but-same people? Asian-Americans have been Americanized enough to stop living the immigrant dream of the "nice job and good house"; that's simply not good enough anymore. Politics, media, entertainment... These are the power-broking areas that need to be taken up by just a few pioneers that have the guts to buck the family trend and pressure.</p>