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就种族问题有时候感到不舒服、被冒犯，那很大可能不是你的问题，也不是你一个人有同样的感受。

其实本片和《绿皮书》是同一种叙事，白人电影人创作的种族大和谐，白人拯救\改造（有某种缺陷的）少数族裔。

问题是如果片子的和谐和生活中的现状、现实中的少数族裔面临的趋势相差甚远、甚至相反，那创作这样的片子就是一种毒鸡汤罢了。

文章不是专门讲这部电影的影评，探讨的是当今美国针对亚裔的种族歧视，也提到了当年出演的这部电影的感触和如今心态的变化，总体来说写得还是非常fair和克制的。

Back in 2008 I starred opposite Clint Eastwood in “Gran Torino” playing the lead Hmong role in a tale of two people transcending their differences to form an unlikely human bond. It was a historic cinematic moment for Hmong people around the world, despite its copious anti-Asian slurs.

At the time, there was a lot of discussion about whether the movie’s slurs were insensitive and gratuitous or simply “harmless jokes.” I found it unnerving, the laughter that the slurs elicited in theaters with predominantly white audiences. And it was always white people who would say, “Can’t you take a joke?”

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“Gran Torino” may have elided the crisis in Asia that birthed our diaspora and many others across the Pacific. But more concerning was the way the film mainstreamed anti-Asian racism, even as it increased Asian American representation. The laughter weaponized against us has beaten us into silent submission.

To this day, I am still haunted by the mirth of white audiences, the uproarious laughter when Eastwood’s curmudgeonly racist character, Walt Kowalski, growled a slur. "Gook." "Slope head." "Eggroll." It's a "harmless joke," right? Until it’s not just a joke, but rather one more excuse for ignoring white supremacy and racism.

For Asian Americans, this is the time to demand recognition, not to recoil into a cocoon of model-minority pusillanimity. Showing “our American-ness” was never enough. This is a deceit of multiculturalism.

We don’t owe anything to the perpetrators of this anti-Asian zeitgeist, only our righteous rage. We do owe it to many, including ourselves, to help steer the world toward healing and social renewal. We cannot shirk this responsibility.

In times of crisis, solidarity requires a collective commitment to justice. We cannot lose sight of this, or it will become impossible to imagine a new and better world.

And I no longer wonder what people mean when they ask me why I can’t take a joke. Covid-19 has removed all doubt.

Full Article:

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/covid-19-era-s-anti-asian-racism-isn-t-new-ncna1258184?fbclid=IwAR1VgOHcOGrGyfBsAUifo0zcG31b9uw2P-MzMXMOCgk4mZqcueMMw9cszEE