Trying to be Outspoken

Sharon Hong

In the article “Secret Asian Man” by Tak Toyoshima, I read some of the Asian stereotypes that were shown throughout movies and society. In the screen, Asian Americans are never portrayed the way they are in real life. Usually, Asian Americans are shown for humor and to ridicule how white people see them as. These stereotypes will constantly keep going at the rate these movies keep showing these stereotypical images. Even though we, as Asian Americans, try to oppress this attitude, there is nothing that can be done when people with power keep striving to put Asian American down. My question is how long will it take for Asian Americans to be in power? How can people stop stereotypes? These stereotypes that media keeps portraying are the reasons why people judge us Asian Americans before getting to know us. There are so many discrimination and racial assault that there must be something done now. I hope people will be more understanding of Asian Americans later on and stop having the mindset of some people being minorities. Everyone deserves their rights and hope that the Secret Asian Man will become more outspoken about how Asian Americans actually feel, and how wrong the media portrays them as. As Asian Americans, we should not be as passive as we were taught to, but gain our rights through speaking out and saying what is wrong and not.