Diversity - Asian Americans need not apply
In light of good things last week (I passed the Feb 2 interview and now I'm in [Company]'s talent pool, but no projects have been scheduled for March so I have to wait til April) and bad (Chris Rock throwing Asians and Asian Americans under the bus at the Oscars)...let's focus on the bad stuff.
Mainly because the good part, while still good, is very touch and go.
I've said before I don't watch a lot of TV shows. Or movies.
Not when I don't see myself in the western media. Not when I don't see my sister, parents, cousins on TV.
Outside of the Internet, I've never outright stated my reasons for why I don't watch a lot of TV/movies, just only stated that I don't watch a lot of TV/movies. At least with movies I could (and still do, albeit jokingly) blame Mom for not letting me or Tiffany watch whatever new hotness was out in theaters, not when she says, "You could just wait for the movie to come to tape next year."
At this point, I have to wonder just how openly spiteful I have to be to make my point across when it comes to diversity in any field. Do I have to invent my own version of the Bechdel test when it comes to how Asians/Asian American are portrayed in Hollywood?
Diversity, in which Asian Americans need not apply. In tech, Asian Americans do apply, but not in leadership roles.
If there came an apocalypse in which video games no longer existed on any platform - PC, consoles, mobile - I think I would turn to books. At least I can imagine myself in a book's story.
Cross-posted from http://leonia.dreamwidth.org/950127.html.
Mainly because the good part, while still good, is very touch and go.
I've said before I don't watch a lot of TV shows. Or movies.
Not when I don't see myself in the western media. Not when I don't see my sister, parents, cousins on TV.
Outside of the Internet, I've never outright stated my reasons for why I don't watch a lot of TV/movies, just only stated that I don't watch a lot of TV/movies. At least with movies I could (and still do, albeit jokingly) blame Mom for not letting me or Tiffany watch whatever new hotness was out in theaters, not when she says, "You could just wait for the movie to come to tape next year."
At this point, I have to wonder just how openly spiteful I have to be to make my point across when it comes to diversity in any field. Do I have to invent my own version of the Bechdel test when it comes to how Asians/Asian American are portrayed in Hollywood?
Diversity, in which Asian Americans need not apply. In tech, Asian Americans do apply, but not in leadership roles.
If there came an apocalypse in which video games no longer existed on any platform - PC, consoles, mobile - I think I would turn to books. At least I can imagine myself in a book's story.
Cross-posted from http://leonia.dreamwidth.org/950127.html.