'The recognition is there finally. Just across society, people will be appreciating more even in education with more interest about Asian and Asian American history.”
It represents an opportunity for optimism after three years of anti-Asian hate brought on by the pandemic.
Cho, of Pittsburgh, is nationally recognized for her cookie portraits of forgotten and famous Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and has drawn social media attention for her tributes to Yeoh and Quan. She hopes to give the cookies to them one day because she's been so inspired by their performances and how they've carried themselves.
Quan's remarks about coming to the US as a Vietnamese refugee and living in a refugee camp resonated particularly because that's what her parents lived through.But all the movie's Oscars mean a lot to Asian Americans, she said."It does tell the community that we have done enough ... and we deserve to be celebrated, whether in like the highest of courts or just back home.”
"The recognition is there finally. Just across society, people will be appreciating more even in education with more interest about Asian and Asian American history. It will change the mindset of Asian Americans being foreigners.”
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