'I was so delighted to talk about the diversity of content which also includes Filipinos and Filipino Americans. So whether it’s food or it’s music, film, TV, that was my goal,' says Milken Institute Asia chair Curtis Chin.
a positive from a cultural stance, it’s also good for business.
“If this is the beginning of a movement and not a moment, there needs to be people to take up the mantle. You may not be in the entertainment industry but we all have spheres of influence. We all have wallets, we all have bank accounts where we can support content that you feel strongly about. It’s important that we speak up to the things that are important to us, especially as Asian Americans because for so long in this country we’ve been considered invisible,” said Kim.
Filipino-American media pioneer Jannelle So-Perkins who attended the panel and covered the conference, agrees that the time has come to see greater Asian representation in pop culture.
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