ASAM EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
According to Nancy Wang Yuen, what are the two ways in which #OscarsSoWhite is "a
symptom of Hollywood's larger race problem" - Answers - Actors of color played only
6.5% of lead roles in broadcast television and 16.7% of lead roles in films
Hollywood tends to view actors of color through a racist lens reducing them to token and
caricatures
Why Yuen says, "although they are largely fictional, on screen images can shape our
views of reality," particularly perceptions of people of color. - Answers - Lack of
representation for third world people
White heroes.. black villians
Racial stereotypes can become real in the minds of the audience
Motion Picture Production Code, or Hays Code - Answers - Black actors were NOT
allowed to star in a relationship with white actor even if the white actor was playing as a
person of color
Banned depictions of interracial relationships
How do actors of color experience discrimination but still display resilience and creativity
(two ways)? - Answers - Develop different justifications for playing stereotypes
Turn to digital media space to create and star in original shows.
While the 2018 film Crazy Rich Asians was hailed for featuring an all Asian cast and
telling an "Asian/Asian American" story in Hollywood, Kristen Han argues that the
"Chineseness" in the film does not portray Singapore accurately.What does the film get
wrong about Singapore and "Chineseness" in Singapore? Why is this important to note?
- Answers - -Transforms Singapore from and island of diverse culture into a Chinese
state.
Strike a false note in the Singaporean context
-Overlooks the reality that chineseness contains multitude.
People can not relate with the experience.
"This, unfortunately, overlooks the reality that Chineseness contains multitudes. The
details might differ, but Chinese Singaporeanness, like Chinese Americanness, has also
been built on a range of immigrant experiences."
Between 1975-1994, about 150,000 Cambodian refugees were resettled in the U.S.
Since 2002, about 700 have been sent "back" to Cambodia and another 1,900 are
subject to orders of removal. Why is Cambodian deportation in particular raising
questions of nationality (Dunst)? - Answers - "...they are criminal nationals of Cambodia
whom the Southeast Asian country is legally obliged to receive"
- Cambodians being perceived as criminals along with other ethnic groups.
- Cambodians being sent back to places "from which they fled or in which they have
never lived"
According to Nancy Wang Yuen, what are the two ways in which #OscarsSoWhite is "a
symptom of Hollywood's larger race problem" - Answers - Actors of color played only
6.5% of lead roles in broadcast television and 16.7% of lead roles in films
Hollywood tends to view actors of color through a racist lens reducing them to token and
caricatures
Why Yuen says, "although they are largely fictional, on screen images can shape our
views of reality," particularly perceptions of people of color. - Answers - Lack of
representation for third world people
White heroes.. black villians
Racial stereotypes can become real in the minds of the audience
Motion Picture Production Code, or Hays Code - Answers - Black actors were NOT
allowed to star in a relationship with white actor even if the white actor was playing as a
person of color
Banned depictions of interracial relationships
How do actors of color experience discrimination but still display resilience and creativity
(two ways)? - Answers - Develop different justifications for playing stereotypes
Turn to digital media space to create and star in original shows.
While the 2018 film Crazy Rich Asians was hailed for featuring an all Asian cast and
telling an "Asian/Asian American" story in Hollywood, Kristen Han argues that the
"Chineseness" in the film does not portray Singapore accurately.What does the film get
wrong about Singapore and "Chineseness" in Singapore? Why is this important to note?
- Answers - -Transforms Singapore from and island of diverse culture into a Chinese
state.
Strike a false note in the Singaporean context
-Overlooks the reality that chineseness contains multitude.
People can not relate with the experience.
"This, unfortunately, overlooks the reality that Chineseness contains multitudes. The
details might differ, but Chinese Singaporeanness, like Chinese Americanness, has also
been built on a range of immigrant experiences."
Between 1975-1994, about 150,000 Cambodian refugees were resettled in the U.S.
Since 2002, about 700 have been sent "back" to Cambodia and another 1,900 are
subject to orders of removal. Why is Cambodian deportation in particular raising
questions of nationality (Dunst)? - Answers - "...they are criminal nationals of Cambodia
whom the Southeast Asian country is legally obliged to receive"
- Cambodians being perceived as criminals along with other ethnic groups.
- Cambodians being sent back to places "from which they fled or in which they have
never lived"
