We need to be proud of what “Crazy Rich Asians” accomplished.

Katherine Aranda
Sep 7, 2018 · 5 min read
The first all-Asian casted film, “Crazy Rich Asians,” in twenty-five years since “The Joy Luck Club.”

As a little girl, I gobbled up every Disney and Nickelodeon show there was. The Little Mermaid (‘92-’94), Boy Meets World (‘93-’00), Zoey 101 (‘05-’08), All That (‘94-’05), and Drake and Josh (‘04-’07). These shows were an integral part of my nostalgic 90s childhood. What I didn’t realize, was how I compromised my Asian-American identity to equate an “all-American” lifestyle with what…

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