Asian American Representation in the Media
NOTE: this piece is part of a series discussing and highlighting Asian-American representation in light of the media success of Jon Chu’s “Crazy Rich Asians,” “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” on Netflix, and Kelly Marie Tran’s essay in the New York Times.
Movies
Crazy Rich Asians
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
The Joy Luck Club
Mississippi Masala
Bend it Like Beckham
The Wedding Banquet
The Big Sick
Harold and Kumar
Better Luck Tomorrow
Everything Before Us
Mulan
Rush Hour
Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior
Charlie’s Angels
The Spy Next Door
The Killing Fields
Sayonara
The Karate Kid
Big Trouble in Little China
Columbus
Big Hero 6
Up
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
The Sixth Sense
Television
Fresh Off the Boat
Dr. Ken
Kim’s Convenience
Superstore
The Good Place
The Mindy Project
Alex Inc.
Elementary
All American Girl
American Dragon: Jake Long
Nikita
Sanjay and Craig
Quantico
Andi Mack
Master of None
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
The Night Of
Selfie
Hawaii 5-0
Poe Party
Brown Girls
Emma Approved
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Glee
Community
Music
Awkwafina
Mitski
Phillipa Soo
Lea Salonga
Kimiko Glenn
Shoba Narayan
Japanese Breakfast
Allegiance
Miss Saigon
Run River North
Abhi the Nomad
Katherine Ho
Ne-Yo
The Black Eyed Peas
Bruno Mars
Far East Movement
Yo Yo Ma
Rich Brian
88rising
BTS
Writing
Ocean Vuong
Amy Tan
Fanny Choi
Aman Batra
Kevin Kwan
Fatima Askar
Jhumpa Lahiri
Salman Rushdie
Maxine Hong Kingston
Bharati Mukherjee
Jessica Hagedorn
Ha Jin
Akhil Sharma
Yiyun Li
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Linda Sue Park
Thanhha Lai
Kristin Chang
Jenny Zhang
Wendy Xu