Hot on the heels of 2018’s “Asian August,” which showed media executives that Asian-centered stories can be profitable, HBO and Netflix have released reality shows centered on Asian families and social circles. HBO’s House of Ho centers on the Vietnamese-American Ho family in Texas, and Netflix’s Bling Empire covers a group of East Asian socialites…
Q: Where did she grow up? Sandra Oh was born in Nepean, Ontario to Korean parents on July 20, 1971. Her mother, Oh Young-Nam, was a biochemist and her father, Oh Junsu, was a businessman. She began studying dance at the age of 4 and attended Nepean’s Les Petits Ballets throughout her childhood. She also…
In honor of May being Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Pacific Ties and Asian Pacific Coalition (APC) are teaming up to featuring Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Bruins. We’ll be posting one interview per day. If you’d like to share your story, fill out this form here. Devyani Rana is a fourth year majoring…
Margaret Cho’s upcoming comedy tour, “There’s no I in Team, but There is a Cho in Psycho,” focuses on her belief that it is OK to be angry about social injustices like racism and rape culture, and it is OK to talk about it in an unapologetic way.
Diversity on television shows has been scarce for decades. Although many leading networks have been pressured to diversify, leading characters on scripted prime time shows still predominately consist of white, young and prosperous actors. Now, reality television programs are including a wider range of not only race and class, but of age and sexual orientation…