it's better than it used to be, and is improving. a relative dearth of characters is worlds better than a population of deliberately hateful caricatures and ra

it's better than it used to be, and is improving. a relative dearth of characters is worlds better than a population of deliberately hateful caricatures and racially venomous dialog. i have white friends who started commenting maybe 10 years ago on how uncomfortable it was for them to watch that kind of shit on tv, because it wasn't just isolated incidents, it was basically a conspiracy to make asian people look absolutely fucking awful on tv/movies. there was some outside pressure but i think society as a whole, including writers in hollywood, just started going "wtf are we doing here?" and is now moving toward neutral characters for asians actors i.e. nothing terrible, nothing amazing. there's an unremarkable asian family sitcom on tv, for example. i think a lot of the young writers probably grew up in a racially diverse group of friends.