Posted on 10/18/2022 11:41:08 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
LOS ANGELES — As a 14-year-old girl, the daughter of immigrants in this city’s Chinatown, Anna May Wong talked her way into her first role in a movie. Over the decades-long career that followed, she rose to become the first Asian American film star in Hollywood. When Wong died in 1961, The New York Times called the actress, known for her large, expressive eyes and flapper-era styles, “one of the most unforgettable figures of Hollywood’s great days.”
Now Wong is gaining another coveted role — on the quarter. Part of a new effort that also put writer Maya Angelou and astronaut Sally Ride on currency, the U.S. Mint on Monday will begin producing coins pressed with Wong’s image, a close-up of her face resting on an elegant, manicured hand.
The new quarter honors not just Wong’s trailblazing career but also the difficulties she faced trying to secure meaningful roles as an Asian American actress in an era of “yellowface” and anti-miscegenation laws.
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Who?
Since our currency is no longer based on gold, it is basically a token. This makes the placement of this person appropriate… They are also being used as a token.
So now we’re putting actors on the currency?
More virtue-signaling from the Soro/Socialist Party.
And, on the currency that they’ve devalued.
Ironic, isn’t it.
Cashier looks at new bill and asks customer:
“Is this the Wong Way?” as a joke.
Customer is ‘offended’!!!
Anna May Be Wong.
Sally Ride is there to represent the Dykes
Why not Reagan then?
What about her brother, Sum Ting?
Her brother, Sum Ting, was never considered.
Idiocracy.
They are complaining about the lack of roles in film acting for Asian women...IN 1917!!! How many roles, total, were available in film acting in 1917??? And this was before women could even vote!
Two Wongs don’t make it right...................
It’s still wong, so werry wong.
Despite the 1st Amendment, both parties have chose “Diversity” as the national religion / false god / false idol. Diversity must be worshipped and honored or you are a heretic.
No. Hu will be on the dime. Some thing ‘Wong’ will be on the quarter.
She was hot but the fact that nobody remembers her today means that she shouldn’t be on our currency.
Well, she did play Fu Manchu’s daughter, so...
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