Recently we have started to see a rise in Asian representation in Hollywood and Western Media.  Crazy Rich Asians did a ting for us becoming the highest grossing romantic comedy of the decade.  The Farewell, The Half of It and Never Have I Ever shed light on Asian matters in a contemporary lens, while Ali Wong's Always Be My Maybe and Hasan Minhaj's Patriot Act made us laugh till the cows came home.  

However, Asian Representation wasn't always like this.  From stereotypical characters to characters that didn't serve a large purpose in films, today we talk about the Asian representation we saw in the media while we were growing up.  We also delve into the other avenues that we consumed Asian media from when there wasn't enough in everyday TV and movies.

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