When Esther Park saw the headline on Monday morning, she was immediately annoyed.
“Oscars: Diverse Field Sees Asian Actors Shatter Bamboo Ceiling,” The Hollywood Reporter headline read, celebrating a record number of performers of color being nominated for an Oscar this year — with minorities forming the majority in both actor categories.
Park bristled at the phrase “bamboo ceiling.” The Miami-based Korean American, who runs “The Fake Podcast,” took to Twitter.
“‘Bamboo Ceiling’?!? Why not go further and write: ‘Diverse Rice Fields see Asian Actors Shatter Bamboo Ceiling with Kung Fu’?!?” she posted.
Park later explained to TMRW that she took issue with using the phrase right now, but “any other time it would’ve been
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