Chinese American Women The Hollywood Of The 20 Centuries

a. There was a stereotyped image about colored people and this ideology was appeared in the movies at the 20 centuries. In the minstrel show, white actors colored their faces black to imitate African American people (Separate Cinema: The Vintage Years, 2008). Two performers who had been discriminated against their race are Anna May Wong and Sidney Poitier. Anna May Wong was the Chinese-American star and she started acting around year of 1920. She was born in the United States but her Asian face leaded to a discrimination by Caucasian (Anna May Wong - Biography - IMDb, 2016). Also by the time there was a rule which called Hays Code which prevent making movies including unacceptable scene to influence people negatively. There was Miscegenation under the rule of the guideline that prohibited the relationship between whites and minorities in the movie (Bynum, 2006). 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