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[SCPR] Asian American YouTube celebrities aim to change perceptions, break into Hollywood

April 27, 2015

 

Eugene Lee Yang is a video producer at Buzzfeed that is quickly rising in the internet world. (Twitter)

Eugene Lee Yang is a video producer at Buzzfeed that is quickly rising in the internet world. (Twitter)

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A recent study on diversity by GLAAD found that, of all the main characters in the 2013-2014 broadcast TV season, only 4 percent were Asian. That percentage is actually lower than the previous year, when Asian actors comprised 6 percent of main character roles.

And while that report was published before the debut of “Fresh Off the Boat” — the first TV show to center on an Asian-American family in over 20 years — it’s safe to say that Asians are overlooked in television. There is, however, one outlet where the community is thriving.

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