Mental illness is an elusive theme to represent well, as it exists in different forms across different spectra of identity. Careful portrayals acknowledge and uplift this variety, taking precautions not to allow mental illness to reduce a character.
As Asian Americans, we are told that we have it good. But what do we make of the Atlanta massage parlor shootings, or the beatings of our elders in the streets, in the shadow of this enforced ethnic ignorance?