'This is going to elevate the narrative ... to create more future actors, directors, screenwriters' of Asian descent, said Norman Chen, CEO of The Asian American Foundation. For Asian Americans, Yeoh and Quan's Oscar wins are theirs too:
LOS ANGELES — Edward Dion Fariñas watches the Academy Awards every year but the Filipino American didn't expect to have such a visceral reaction when hearing Ke Huy Quan and“I had a squeal come out that I was not expecting,” said Fariñas, who was watching Sunday from his Austin, Texas, home, complete with “Everything Everywhere All at Once” themed pastries from a local Asian American-owned bakery.
When Yeoh said, in accepting her Oscar, that the award was for children who look like her, the message landed “straight to the heart” said Jasmine Cho, who is Korean American. Yer Vang, a Hmong American living in Minneapolis, was moved to tears by Quan and Yeoh's acceptance speeches. She recalls coming out of the theater hoping for this scenario. To actually see it happen was “phenomenal.”
This is going to elevate the narrative ... to create more future actors, directors, screenwriters" of Asian descent, Chen said. The only previous Asian winners of acting Oscars have been Miyoshi Umeki , Ben Kingsley , Haing S. Ngor and Yuh-Jung Youn , according to Oscar historians. Only Kingsley's was for a leading role.
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