Once I was clearing up plates of fellow students, and a white guy at the table next to me started going on and on about having an Asian fetish. I was right behind him the entire time.
Hrm. I can't say about South Asian women on TV or in movies, but for Chinese ones, the only women who are allowed to get angry seem to be the "dominatrix/dragon lady" (see: Lucy Liu) and old women, who are allowed to be querulous and complaining. And neither is a good representation of true rage; it's rage channeled through filters to make it more acceptable and easier to brush off.
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Once I was clearing up plates of fellow students, and a white guy at the table next to me started going on and on about having an Asian fetish. I was right behind him the entire time.
Hrm. I can't say about South Asian women on TV or in movies, but for Chinese ones, the only women who are allowed to get angry seem to be the "dominatrix/dragon lady" (see: Lucy Liu) and old women, who are allowed to be querulous and complaining. And neither is a good representation of true rage; it's rage channeled through filters to make it more acceptable and easier to brush off.