A few years ago, a story about Asian representation and Asian developers in video games might not have warranted much thought. But the story of Asians in America has always included other people believing the Asian identity is a simple one.What’s become clear recently, however, is that it’s a time for self-reflection in the Asian immigrant community. A confluence of events, some good and some violent, has thrust Asian Americans into the spotlight — and a reckoning.
I started researching for this article weeks before the events in Atlanta, Georgia, where a gunman attacked three massage parlors, killing eight people, six of whom were Asian women.
Those events mean a lot has changed between when I began this article and where the conversation around Asian Americans is now. For Refinery29 Connie Wang writes, “I fear that placing so much importance in cultural trophies like…
