He aims to use his career to champion stories and voices from the Asian-American and immigrant communities.

“My current purpose, um it's to it's to amplify uh voices of color. Mhm. It's to champion projects, um you know, featuring myself or otherwise that I believe um speak to, similar to my book, um you know, the the stories of immigrants, the stories of people who have been traditionally underrepresented”

Andrew Santino celebrates the inclusion of the first Filipino American Muppet on Sesame Street.

“oh look at this this is great news Sesame Street welcomes TJ The First Filipino American Muppet finally finally dude dude finally finally dude yeah what do the comments say anything rude we made it we made it”

Seeing nuanced Japanese characters in Western media allows viewers to accept their emotions and express their own struggles.

“I think it kind of allowed them to accept that it's okay to feel these struggles and express it and um you know in in Japan I think that we do see certain characters like that but in Western media it was my first time reading a script that felt like she was not first of all sidelined”

The entertainment industry is now open to allowing Asian actors to play diverse lead roles rather than only casting white men.

“there was just so much of a direction to just have like the white Anglo guy and that and that was the only thing and nobody else could be the head of a picture star in a movie or a TV series or something like that unless it was you know very infrequently like it was like a gimme and now that's that'”

He believes the industry is in a better place now regarding diverse representation, even if it is not perfect.

“I won't say that everything's perfect right now but I'm just saying it's like a different time and it's crazy it's so much [ __ ] better for me john”

Kwame Brown believes the label of 'bust' is a tool used by media figures to unfairly invalidate his professional achievements and negatively influence the public.

“Stephen A Smith a guy who can't do what I do came up with a word that a guy working at Walmart can use against me and think it has some power but you want me to believe that this is just talking about a game”

Media narratives consistently frame developments in foreign adversaries, like China, through an inherently negative lens, even when those nations achieve successful outcomes.

“And then even on the alternative side, even when China's doing something good, uh the way it's presented in the media is like at what cost? Uh China's green energy revitalization efforts have been very successful, but at what cost? Right? So it's always seen through this like negative framework.”

The New York Times' coverage of the Middle East conflict lacks sufficient diversity in its authorship to maintain true objectivity.

“This article about the Hamas tunnels was written by Tommy ianucci and Billy obrian instead of this is almost like in Windy City Heat Sal Stein bertz the character of the agent whose name is solstein bertz Windy City Heat he goes God I got really [ __ ] solstein beroit [ __ ] me this is kind of the v”

There is a systemic disparity in media coverage and law enforcement urgency given to missing persons cases depending on the victim's race.

“the Delaney Day Foundation is a foundation that a formed that will help assist in provide resources to families of missing people of color and the reason that we chose this is because of the disparity that the families have to face”

Media reporting on political crises often involves manufacturing drama by endlessly quoting anonymous sources.

“Is this Westminster bubble speak with journalists just endlessly quoting anonymous sources and trying to manufacture a crisis?”

He criticizes Latino entertainers who only recently began highlighting their heritage for social media clout while failing to support Latino projects when they had power in the past.

“If you were always in it for the Latinos, where are our movies from 20 years ago when you had the power to change a game?”

Viewers are becoming increasingly critical of media because they recognize when forced diversity is being used to push a political message that takes them out of the story.

“I saw some lady yesterday, she wrote that she doesn't want to be taken out of the story. She just wants to watch the story. She doesn't want me to be taken out of the story because she recognizes what's being done.”

Randall Park believes that actors should have the autonomy to reject roles if the inclusion of an accent feels unnecessary or shallow.

“there wasn't enough context for me to um believe it was the accent was necessary at all like there there's a time and place I feel like where it wouldn't feel so wrong”