What’s Behind “The South Asian Boom” On TV?

Shen Rastogi brings up some major ideas within the course of her article – what’s the line between representation and tokenization? Does the success of one group in Hollywood have to come at the expense of another? If so many minority actors get their shot by playing to stereotypes, why are we still stuck in so many of the same stereotypes decades later? And even if we get more minorities on screen, does it mean that the writers will develop their characters the same way they will white characters? (It may be useful for us to go back and examine some of the plotlines on major shows, particularly the evolution of Tara on True Blood and the plot lines for Raj on The Big Bang Theory.)

Or, if we want to summarize all these ideas into one major question, how do we measure progress on television?

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