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With Hate Crimes Rising, WGA’s Asian American Writers Committee Urges Hollywood To Address Its Long History Of Stereotyping That “Exacerbate Racist” Sentiments

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The WGA West’s Asian American Writers Committee is calling on Hollywood to do its part to end the stereotyping of Asian Americans Pacific Islanders (AAPI) that have contributed to an alarming rise in hate crimes during the Covid-19 pandemic.“We are asking all members of the film industry to stand up for AAPI representation by supporting and promoting Asian creatives, both above and below the line,” the committee said in a statement. “We are asking producers, directors, and writers to cast our actors to play characters of all types – we can just as easily fix a car as treat a heart attack, and we can just as easily fail a test as pass one.

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