#nancy yuen

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Meghan with Erin Haines, Nancy Yuen, Brooke Fields, and Katie Couric at the SXSW 2024 conference

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SXSW Conference Keynote speakers

& proud hubby!

[misterjt]

“Asian women having their own desires and expressing them in an open, free way makes people uncomfortable because we should be only the objects of raunchy jokes, the objects of desire. We cannot be the subjects of our own wants.”

—Nancy Wang Yuen on how ‘Joy Ride’ centers Asian women’s desire in a refreshing way

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Current read

[claudia1829things]

"Post 9/11, But Not Post-Racial"

Nancy Wang Yuen and Cassidy J. Ray wrote this essay about the multicultural casts for television shows "LOST" and "HEROES". It's called "Post 9/11, But Not Post-Racial".

[renthony]

Hi, have you written an essay on the history of racism in the academy awards? If not, would you be able to recommend some readings to get a good idea of the subject?

I have not, but here are a couple books you might be interested in checking out!

Black Oscars: From Mammy to Minny, What the Academy Awards Tell Us About African Americans, by Frederick Gooding Jr.

Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism, by Nancy Wang Yuen

[saintmeghanmarkle]

Reasons why the moderator and the non-celebrity panelist were chosen for MM's SXSW panel by u/Hermes_Blanket

Reasons why the moderator and the non-celebrity panelist were chosen for MM's SXSW panel The DM has revealed that moderator Erinn Haines wrote an article for the Independent on the "new fairy tale" when MM married Haz. Here's the linkhttps://https://ift.tt/dit6QrB panelist Nancy Wang Yuen was the guest on an episode of Meghan's Spotify podcast in 2022.  The pair discussed the "Dragon Lady" trope and the "hypersexualization of Asian women in popular culture and beyond".  It was a forgettable episode in a forgettable series, so few have made the connection.So both these ladies can reasonably be expected to give MM a friendly reception. Archewell as sponsor no doubt had a voice in the decision to bring them aboard.Another sinner mentioned that WME represents Katie Couric. That explains her presence. Is Brooke Shields also a client of WME?All this makes me pretty sure that there will be no hard-hitting questions tossed MM's way, and that this is another step in the rebranding -- look, MM is on a panel with celebrities, and they all adore her!But obviously the members of this panel wouldn't be appearing together if any organization except Archewell were sponsoring it.DM article: https://ift.tt/gV6abOL post link: https://ift.tt/Mq1IAdk author: Hermes_Blanket submitted: March 07, 2024 at 06:40PM via SaintMeghanMarkle on Reddit Disclaimer: All views + opinions expressed by the author of this post, as well as any comments or reblogs, are solely the author's own; they do not necessarily reflect the views of the administrator of this Tumblr blog. For entertainment only.

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Preach it, Taika!

[stereotypeclass2teachercarmen]

“Media propagates stereotypes” Henrique Fiuza

Have you ever thought about how the media influences you? The media has an important role in how we see and understand the world and the people around us. Consequently, it shapes our stereotypes and beliefs. Since we human beings spend most of our days looking at TVs, cell phones, and billboards, we are constantly being influenced by the media. That is a big problem, because they frequently stereotypically portray minorities, influencing the way we see these groups.

The Boston Children’s Digital Wellness Lab researched the effects of stereotypes in the media on children. They found that “Many media such as TV shows, movies, and music use stereotypes to tell a story. Sometimes these stereotypes are wrong and reinforce false beliefs about how people belonging to a certain group look, think, and behave. This can affect how children feel about people and how they treat them.” That means that the stereotypes shown in the media affect the way the children see the world, and can make them more susceptible to racism and prejudice against other ethnic groups.

The Netherlands has traditionally been known for its values of inclusion, compromise, and societal tolerance, but within recent decades racism and stereotyping have become more prominent in the news media. Consequently, that reshaped the way the population sees the immigrants, making them less tolerant towards these groups.  This never has happened before in the country, and it started with the new waves of immigration to Europe.  A simple concept that can explain this phenomenon is essentialism. Essentialism is the idea that a group membership determines  innate qualities. So the Dutch media uses essentialism to attack immigrant groups (which are often minorities).

An article written by Nancy Wong Yuen, says that  “Often biased media portrayals of racial groups cannot be dismissed as mere entertainment, especially not if their impact on youth is taken seriously.” In that same article, Nancy says “Researchers have found that prolonged television exposure predicts a decrease in self-esteem for all girls and black boys, but an increase in self-esteem for white boys. These differences correlate with the racial and gender practices in Hollywood, which predominantly cast white men as heroes while erasing or subordinating other groups as villains, sidekicks, and sexual objects. Studies also show how media images of Native American mascots lower the self-esteem and affect the moods of Native American adolescents and young adults (who suffer from high suicide rates).”  The media affects not only how people see other people but how they see themselves as individuals.

In conclusion,  mass media propagates stereotypes in news, TV shows, and movies, in some occasions for entertainment, and in others has a political cause ( such as in the Netherlands). As a result, stereotypes may be normalized, due to the fact that the media generalize some groups and cultures, with stereotypes that do not represent those individuals that make part of the community.

[stereotypesclass1teachercarmen]

STEREOTYPES ARE PERPETUATED BY MOVIES

by Manoela Campedelli

You might have already noticed that some movies regularly use stereotypes to emphasize some characteristics. However, don't you ever wonder how harmful they are? Defining someone just by their ethnicity or their skin tone, and generalizing themselves as if they were the same, this is totally problematic. And those movie’s corporations are one of the biggest spreaders of those stereotypes that perpetuates in people's mindset. 

As this topic is being more discussed nowadays, the attention upon stereotyping in Hollywood films has increased, which includes who acts in front of the camera, who directs it and how people are represented on-screen. According to the words of Nancy Yuen "Stereotypes have defined the acting industry since its birth in the 1900s.” Indeed, black characters, for example, in the past were mostly portrayed in the form of racist. But as long as debates had grown, movies started casting more black actors, which led into a reverse effect;  developed even more stereotypes. Currently, black men are being represented as scary or angry, while black women as being loudmouthed and sassy. Furthermore, if a movie had featured a black character, it's likely to be known as “black best friend”. So,  despite the increase in awareness of stereotypes, movies in general carry on with these tropes and humorless stereotypes.

Clearly, the industry had showed, that apparently that is one single way to write characters of these descents, making them one-dimensional characters, with a non-importance. The biggest problem involving those hidden stereotypes implemented is that the whole media has started thinking that way, making oversimplifications of  these minorities. People, just by watching movies, are conditioned to start seeing the world through the lens that movies had created and this leads to a problematic mindset, which shows how humans have an inability to humanize people that are different from them, so it’s easier to just stereotype the minorities.

This stereotyping on Tv not only does it have consequences on people's behavior, but  also on kids’ self-esteem, relationships, and even their future careers. Those depreciatory forms of portraying the minority groups are very influential for the development of a child brain that will already form having those stereotypes ingrown. However, despite this knowledge of the damage that stereotypes cause, filmmakers usually opt to rely heavily on them, once they're a simple way to build a movie character's, such as blonde women being dumb, foreigners being villains,… Those molds are socially ingrained in a worldwide mindset, but at least people are making an effort to pay more attention to them, trying to avoid generalizations upon individuals just because they are a member of a group. However, albeit those progress in society, most of the movies still use these fallacies and inaccurate portrayals of these groups. Based on a Berkeley’s article, stereotypes are developed after heuristics, a shortcut from the human brain that is actually really important. Nevertheless, they can drive people to make general assumptions about people, based just on their membership in a group (this is called essentialism).

Clearly stereotypes continue to be in movies. Although people are paying more attention to these topics, there are still a lot of prejudices, which generalize and trivialize individuals from those minority groups. This directly influences people’s mindset and kids’ brain development, surely showing how stereotypes lead to a huge damage.

[royalmeghanmarkle]

New Archetypes episode !!

Meghan engages in candid and illuminating conversations with Margaret Cho and Lisa Ling about the archetypes that try to limit and define Asian women. Meghan also explores the power of representation and finding your voice for the AAPI community and beyond. This episode also features sociologist Nancy Wang Yuen.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Gvwlqsc4Dnhid01ZpOIQj

[theiconicmeghanmarkle]

Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex is coming to SXSW.

The author and co-founder of the Archewell foundation and Archewell Productions will participate in the opening day keynote “Breaking Barriers, Shaping Narratives: How Women Lead On and Off the Screen,” along with journalist Katie Couric, actor Brooke Shields and diversity equity and inclusion consultant at Peoplism, Nancy Wang Yuen. Errin Haines, host of The Amendment podcast and editor-at-large for The 19th News, will moderate.

The discussion, which also takes place on International Women’s Day, will focus on how the ubiquitous nature of social media is “creating an often dangerous environment which has led to serious mental health issues for teenage girls in particular,” according to the festival description.

”Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex, Katie Couric, Brooke Shields, Nancy Wang Yuen and Errin Haines are the perfect finishing touch to eight days of remarkable Keynote Speakers,” Hugh Forrest, co-president and chief programming officer of SXSW, said in a statement. “We are so honored to host this distinguished group on International Women’s Day for a significant discussion on the importance of representation in media and entertainment.”

SXSW runs March 8–16 in Austin, Texas.

[fiuzeira]

“Media propagates stereotypes” Henrique Fiuza

Have you ever thought about how the media influences you? The media has an important role in how we see and understand the world and the people around us. Consequently, it shapes our stereotypes and beliefs. Since we human beings spend most of our days looking at TVs, cell phones, and billboards, we are constantly being influenced by the media. That is a big problem, because they frequently stereotypically portray minorities, influencing the way we see these groups.

The Boston Children’s Digital Wellness Lab researched the effects of stereotypes in the media on children. They found that “Many media such as TV shows, movies, and music use stereotypes to tell a story. Sometimes these stereotypes are wrong and reinforce false beliefs about how people belonging to a certain group look, think, and behave. This can affect how children feel about people and how they treat them.” That means that the stereotypes shown in the media affect the way the children see the world, and can make them more susceptible to racism and prejudice against other ethnic groups.

The Netherlands has traditionally been known for its values of inclusion, compromise, and societal tolerance, but within recent decades racism and stereotyping have become more prominent in the news media. Consequently, that reshaped the way the population sees the immigrants, making them less tolerant towards these groups.  This never has happened before in the country, and it started with the new waves of immigration to Europe.  A simple concept that can explain this phenomenon is essentialism. Essentialism is the idea that a group membership determines  innate qualities. So the Dutch media uses essentialism to attack immigrant groups (which are often minorities).

An article written by Nancy Wong Yuen, says that  “Often biased media portrayals of racial groups cannot be dismissed as mere entertainment, especially not if their impact on youth is taken seriously.” In that same article, Nancy says “Researchers have found that prolonged television exposure predicts a decrease in self-esteem for all girls and black boys, but an increase in self-esteem for white boys. These differences correlate with the racial and gender practices in Hollywood, which predominantly cast white men as heroes while erasing or subordinating other groups as villains, sidekicks, and sexual objects. Studies also show how media images of Native American mascots lower the self-esteem and affect the moods of Native American adolescents and young adults (who suffer from high suicide rates).”  The media affects not only how people see other people but how they see themselves as individuals.

In conclusion,  mass media propagates stereotypes in news, TV shows, and movies, in some occasions for entertainment, and in others has a political cause ( such as in the Netherlands). As a result, stereotypes may be normalized, due to the fact that the media generalize some groups and cultures, with stereotypes that do not represent those individuals that make part of the community.

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ABC NEWS STUDIOS’ ‘SOUL OF A NATION’ PRESENTS ONE-HOUR PRIMETIME SPECIAL DELVING INTO THE RISE OF ASIANS IN HOLLYWOOD, IN HONOR OF ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH 

The Special Features Interviews With Oscar®-Winning Actors Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan, Oscar-Winning Producer Jonathan Wang From ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ and Others 

‘The New Face of Hollywood – A Soul of a Nation Presentation’ Airs Friday, May 26 (8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT), Next Day on Hulu 

ABC News’ Emmy®-Award winning “Soul of a Nation” returns with a special presentation, “The New Face of Hollywood,” in honor of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. The one-hour primetime special delves into the rise of Asians in Hollywood, following the historic Oscars® sweep of “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” the blockbuster multiverse film about the struggles of a Chinese American immigrant family. “Nightline” co-anchor Juju Chang sits down with trailblazing star Michelle Yeoh, the first Asian woman in history to win an Oscar® for Best Actress, and Ke Huy Quan, the former child star who won Best Supporting Actor after a 20-year hiatus from acting. Chang’s intimate interviews with Yeoh and Quan detail their personal journeys, their experiences through the highs and lows of fame, the setbacks often faced by Asian actors in Hollywood, and how their triumphant Oscar wins reverberated throughout the Asian American community and beyond.

The special will also take an unvarnished look at the complex history of Asians in Hollywood, including discrimination, bias and problematic portrayals, featuring interviews with legendary performer James Hong, one of the most prolific Asian American actors of all time; Anna Wong, the niece and namesake of the first Chinese American film star Anna May Wong; and trailblazing actress Nancy Kwan, who catapulted to fame in the '60s. 

“The New Face of Hollywood” celebrates visibility and the power of representation with stars and creatives who are currently writing a new chapter in Hollywood, including Jonathan Wang, Oscar-winning producer of “Everything Everywhere All at Once”; Hawaiian Chinese actor Jason Scott Lee, star of the Disney+ series “Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.” and the new Hawaiian-language film “The Wind and The Reckoning”; Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, star of the popular teen comedy series “Never Have I Ever”; Emmy Award-winning writer and producer Kelvin Yu, creator of the new Disney+ series “American Born Chinese”; and Adele Lim, co-screenwriter of “Crazy Rich Asians,” and director of the upcoming film “Joy Ride.” The special will also feature insight on Asian American representation in film from columnist Wajahat Ali, author, “Go Back to Where You Came From”; Rebecca Sun, senior editor, diversity and inclusion at The Hollywood Reporter; and writer Jeff Yang, co-author, “RISE: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now”; and sociologist and pop culture expert Nancy Wang Yuen, author of “Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism.”

“The New Face of Hollywood – A Soul of a Nation Presentation” airs Friday, May 26, at 8:00 p.m. EDT on ABC, next day on Hulu. 

Melia Patria is the executive producer for “The New Face of Hollywood – A Soul of a Nation Presentation.” Tine is the series director, and Stephanie Wash is executive editorial producer. David Sloan is senior executive producer and creative head of ABC News Studios. 

ABC News Studios’ “Soul of a Nation” will also present primetime specials for PRIDE Month (June 6) and Juneteenth (June 19) on ABC. Additional details will be announced in the coming weeks.  

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