#crazy rich asians quotes

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Leo: Mikey, everything okay? Mikey: Does something have to be wrong for me to call? Leo: Yeah, usually.

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Kate: Hey, Mom, everything okay?

Eleanor: Does something have to be wrong for me to call?

Kate: Yeah, usually.

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Corran Horn: So your family is like, rich? Erisi D'Larit: We're comfortable. Corran Horn: That is exactly what a super-rich person would say.

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Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

Rachel Chu

[emmieedwards]

"Às vezes não fazer nada pode ser a forma mais eficaz de ação."

— Asiáticos Podres de Ricos, de Kevin Kwan

[dorythinks]

well said, Astrid

Astrid Leong-Teo: You’re right. I shouldn’t have kept things from you. Hidden my shoes, turned down jobs, charity work, worrying that it might make you feel lesser than. But let’s be clear. The problem with our marriage isn’t my family’s money. It’s that you’re a coward. You gave up on us. But I’ve just realized, it’s not my job to make you feel like a man. I can’t make you something you’re not.

[heysarsii]

astrid :)

Movie night's over. First time hosting a watch party with friends cause they wanted me to pick the movie this time. Just glad that they liked the movie... and Astrid too.

This scene had left a mark in me ever since I saw the film. So just a gentle reminder to never dim your light for anyone. Never try to fit yourself into someone else's mold. As long as you are not stepping on anyone else's liberty, just be yourself. Radiate love always and let them fall in love with the overflow. :)

Good night and good morning.x

[ramyeongif]

Twenty Ways You Can Tell You Have Asian Parents." Number one on the list: Your parents never, ever call you "just to say hello.

#Kevin Kwan (Crazy Rich Asians)

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“I always imagined what me proposing to you would be like. You know what? I had it all planned out. I’d bring you to my favorite spot on the island. There’s a hidden trail that I used to go to as a child. Now there’s a cove there that opens up to this beautiful lake. When the sun hits the horizon, I’d get down on one knee. And the rest of the world would fall away. Because it would just be you… because it’s just you… I know this is a far throw from a hidden paradise. But wherever you are in the world, that’s where I belong. Rachel Chu, will you marry me? And make me the happiest man in this world?”

[desdasiwrites]

Emiko Jean, Tokyo Ever After 

[grouchydairy]

Twenty Ways You Can Tell You Have Asian Parents." Number one on the list: Your parents never, ever call you "just to say hello.

#Kevin Kwan (Crazy Rich Asians)

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Bastila Shan: Hey Mum, everything okay? Helena Shan: Does something have to be wrong for me to call? Bastila Shan: Yeah, usually.

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Twenty Ways You Can Tell You Have Asian Parents." Number one on the list: Your parents never, ever call you "just to say hello.

#Kevin Kwan (Crazy Rich Asians)

[outragedtortilla]

Twenty Ways You Can Tell You Have Asian Parents." Number one on the list: Your parents never, ever call you "just to say hello.

#Kevin Kwan (Crazy Rich Asians)

[eggwhiteswithspinach]

Twenty Ways You Can Tell You Have Asian Parents." Number one on the list: Your parents never, ever call you "just to say hello.

#Kevin Kwan (Crazy Rich Asians)

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Diversity Win: Is "Crazy Rich" POC Representation Necessarily Empowering?

sodapopsculptor asked:

I’m writing a story with two sets of protagonists: A trio with a Black girl, a Latino, and a Vietnamese-American boy who all come from middle-upper class to ridiculously rich families, and a pair of white working-middle class sisters. They’re all heroes of this story. I’ve seen way too many rich white people and poor poc people in fiction, and I’m kinda getting sick of it, but I’m worried that by having the poc kids be rich and the white girls not so much, I’ll be reinforcing the idea that poc somehow rule the world. The only time the rich kids use their status as leverage is when the Asian threatens to sic his cop dad on a bully (race unstated but I imagined him as white) picking on a freshman, and during the Black girl’s birthday party, when she pays the biggest jock there fifty bucks (And later says offhandedly that it was just what she had in her pocket) to chase off a creep hitting on her.

OP, have you ever seen the “diversity win!” meme before?

I understand that your motivation for these narrative choices is to give POC a chance, if you will, to be the rich characters. But it is evident from this ask that you have not asked yourself what this entails. I want to ask you to critically examine the race and class intersections you’re creating here, as well as these kids’ roles in oppressive systems.

You explain that these rich POC are heroes and only have righteous reasons for leveraging their power.

But is your Black girl character aware of the potential disciplinary and/or legal consequences her jock accomplice might face while she has the resources to keep her hands clean? Are you?

Is your Asian character aware of how much of an abuse of power it is to “sic” a cop on someone, and the sheer amount of harm a criminal record or incarceration does to a juvenile with behavior issues? Are you?

So you want to put POC in positions of power for #representation.

Does it resonate with the group you’re representing?

Do you research and portray the unique ways race, ethnicity, class, and majority vs. minority status come together?

Or are you putting these characters in oppressive hegemonic roles for the sake of a power fantasy, on behalf of a group you're not even in?

To your question, you're not reinforcing the idea that "POC rule the world" because such a generalized belief does not exist. Instead, you're reinforcing:

The idea that society has “winners” and “losers.”

The idea that the problem with disproportionately powerful people is the lack of “equal opportunity” as opposed to the power imbalance to begin with.

The idea that those in oppressive positions of power need only have the right intentions to justify their use of it.

To be clear: that is not to say that you can't have jerk aristocrat billionaire millionaire crazy rich POC. Evil or mean rich characters are fun! I have some myself! You can even have rich characters who are gentle-hearted and well-intentioned, but you have to know the ways in which they’re privileged and decide how aware of that your characters are. That’s no problem.

But if you think that wealthy and powerful POC would have the same values and priorities as their poorer counterparts, you’re deluding yourself. There’s a reason why the quote “power corrupts” exists. There’s a reason why no matter where you look on the globe, there are historical dictators and tyrants.

If you want bratty rich POC who lack regard for the consequences of their actions, because you want bratty rich characters, great! If you want them because it would be uplifting or empowering representation? You’re doing it for the wrong reason.

~ Rina

I fully agree with Rina, and truly want to emphasize the last paragraph.

If you want bratty rich POC who lack regard for the consequences of their actions, because you want bratty rich characters, great! If you want them because it would be uplifting or empowering representation? You’re doing it for the wrong reason.

I don't think you need to aim to subvert or purposely make all the BIPOC rich and powerful and the white people poor and suffering. Add diversity and include upper class rich and class privileged BIPOC, sure thing! And you can avoid your fears of intentional subversion message by including rich and powerful white characters as well, even if they're not the focus of your story. Just their existence helps. You could also include middle-class characters of Color as well.

More reading: Black in upper-class society

~Mod Colette