Check out my
blog post over at the Japanese American National Museum:
When I was growing up in the 1980s and ’90s, there were zero Asian Americans on television, in movies, or in music. Okay, that’s not completely true, but it isn’t that far off. In fact, I remember playing G.I. Joe and turning one of the bad Asian ninjas (Storm Shadow) into one of the good guys.
Later, when I was thinking about becoming a screenwriter, I wasn’t sure it was possible since there wasn’t really anyone in the film and television world that I could point to and say, “That’s who I want to be like.” I didn’t believe it was actually a viable career, because if it was, why weren’t there more Asian Americans doing it?
To read more go to: http://blog.janm.org/index.php/2016/01/28/the-importance-of-justin-lin-and-other-asian-american-cultural-pioneers/
Koji Steven Sakai 