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Andrew Boni doesn't sound like an East Asian name to many people, though it certainly could be. A quick google search indicates he also looks less East Asian th
by aatharuv 5y ago
Andrew Boni doesn't sound like an East Asian name to many people, though it certainly could be. A quick google search indicates he also looks less East Asian than Justin Zhu.
Edit: Since someone seemed to be irritated with my comment enough to downvote, people just with East Asian names have been known to suddenly face less discrimination once they started using non-East Asian names, or be characterized as non-East Asian after changing their names to something non-Asian.
Some notable biracial (White/East Asian) Hollywood actresses with ambiguous racial characteristics have had to change their East Asian sounding name to a white name to get roles, or non-typecast roles. For example Sandrine Ho (of House of Cards) changed her name to Sandrine Holt and suddenly got more callbacks.