Why Do Asian-Americans Remain Largely Unseen in Film and Television?

Kintaro Hayakawa (June 10, 1886 – November 23, 1973), known professionally as Sessue Hayakawa, was a Japanese actor. He was one of the biggest stars in Hollywood during the silent film era of the 1910s and 1920s. Hayakawa was the first actor of Asian descent to achieve stardom as a leading man in the United States and Europe. His "broodingly handsome"[2] good looks and typecasting as a sexually dominant villain made him a heartthrob among American women during a time of racial discrimination, and he became one of the first male sex symbols of Hollywood.

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tldr--to protect the white women from the sick man of asia. being asian male in anglo parts of the world vs francophone or colombia really opened my eyes .... it taught me a hypocrisy of our society .... its socially okay in vancouver bc to be anti-asian or anti-semetic but god forbid if you make fun of muslims or black. i speak from experience working at a 'diverse and open' startup and witnessing racism homophobia.... from ppl who openly describes themselves on social media as champions of social justice....exclusive of those that perceive to not have it rough....sometimes i wonder what the fuck im still doing here....time to find a place where i feel proud to be a citizen....i certainly do not feel canadian anymore ithought i was canadian....but i was dead wrong. i dont belong here and lot of my asian canadian friends feel the same. some have led violent criminal lives but i no longer feel judgement infact i feel they have far more success than i ever will....its hard not to feel envy...while i toiled through university they were able to use proceeds of criminal opportunities to invest in thee local real estate and are now multi-millionaires ironically investing in startups themselves and crypto. meh, lifes not fair i need to be happy with what i lack. c'est la vie.....