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‘21’ Discriminatory Casting Unjustified

By Alvin Lin Apr. 1, 2008

Several years ago, when I first heard that the best-selling book <i>Bringing Down the House</i> would be made into a Hollywood movie, I was beyond excited. However, now that ‘21’ is out, no matter how much I try to rationalize the casting decisions behind this film, I remain outraged as an American. I will attempt to explain why Hollywood’s discriminatory casting process behind this film is offensive, why over 600 members on a Facebook group have called for its boycott, and why several prominent newspapers and blogs have criticized this movie, with one writer even calling it “moving Asian Americans to the back of the bus.”

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