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domenica 24 settembre 2023

Contro gli stereotipi del kung-fu (Aeon)

From chopsocky films to disco earworms, Asian caricatures have proliferated since the 1970s. Can Hollywood kick the habit?

What is this and who am I? is not ordinarily a question that crosses my mind when I’m ensnared in the earthly and freaky delights of Latin American wedding perreo. But as the DJ spun the last bars of a Bad Bunny single into the uncannily familiar nine-note ‘Oriental riff’, I froze. I turned to my partner. Is this a microaggression?

https://aeon.co/essays/can-pop-culture-kick-the-kung-fu-asian-stereotyping-habit

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