"You know, someone once said that we have, you know, a privilege card, because we are not necessarily African American or Latinx. And part of that privilege card has been perpetuated this idea, the model minority myth. But what we've been finding is that in times of stress that privilege card gets taken away very quickly and then we're reduced to someone--to a group of people who is considered other and not American."
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Immigrants to the United StatesNew York University alumniProducers from the United StatesActors from the United StatesKorean Americans
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"Transcript: Race in America: Rise in Anti-Asian Violence with Actors Daniel Dae Kim and Daniel Wu" in The Washington Post (4 March 2021)
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