Twitterverse: Asian Characters

Asian characters: Sadly, few North Americans of South Asian descent will have found those Twitterverse comments surprising. They re conditioned to seeing western culture routinely differentiate South Asian characters because of their look or their accent, according to The Star. However, I have a difficult time watching the show, due to the character named Raj. Its his Indian accent. When Hollywood actors use non-standard accents, something extra is being conveyed about the character. And in this case, that something extra has a long history in British colonialism and The news media and many others seemed shocked by the bigoted outrage that erupted on social media this week after Nina Davuluri , a woman of Indian heritage, won the Miss America crown in Atlantic City. Take the characters on the CBS hit The Big Bang Theory . They re incredibly funny, and as a PhD nerd myself I love them. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.