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We watched Mulan this week...and we are spilling some hot hot tea over it 🤠 🍵 Tony Lin, a Chinese American journalist who has written pop culture analyses for publications on both sides of the firewall, joins us to drag Disney’s 2020 remake across the Silk Road. What is the Han ethnic identity, and what does Disney’s “Han-washing” of Mulan’s character have to do with this movie’s filming in Xinjiang? Is Mulan a feminist movie? Is Hollywood’s strategy of pandering to China working? And how many white people does it take to serve this fresh new dish of orientalism? (Spoiler alerts, obviously.) -- We pride ourselves on being independent media at Plum Radio. Follow us on IG (@listentoplumradio), and support us on Patreon (patreon.com/plumradio) if you’re here for the culture and want to be part of the vision.

We watched Mulan this week...and we are spilling some hot hot tea over it 🤠 🍵 Tony Lin, a Chinese American journalist who has written pop culture analyses for publications on both sides of the firewall, joins us to drag Disney’s 2020 remake across the Silk Road. What is the Han ethnic identity, and what does Disney’s “Han-washing” of Mulan’s character have to do with this movie’s filming in Xinjiang? Is Mulan a feminist movie? Is Hollywood’s strategy of pandering to China working? And how many white people does it take to serve this fresh new dish of orientalism? (Spoiler alerts, obviously.) -- We pride ourselves on being independent media at Plum Radio. Follow us on IG (<a href="//instagram.com/listentoplumradio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@listentoplumradio</a>), and support us on Patreon (<a href="//patreon.com/plumradio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/plumradio</a>) if you’re here for the culture and want to be part of the vision.

Ep. 21: Mulan: The Good, the Bad, and the Propaganda ft. Tony Lin

Karen Ho

I was thrilled to speak with accomplished journalists Karen Ho (Twitter: @karenkho) &amp; Tony Lin (@tony_zy) for a conversation on Race, Class and Privilege.We discuss how Wuhan's Corona Virus is being used to promote anti-Chinese racism, how Post-Coloniality and White Privilege affects Journalism, and how far-right tendencies manifest themselves in China's digital spaces.We also touch upon Wall Street, The Ivy Leagues, Ellen K Pao and a host of other subjects. It's a passionate and at times contentious conversation, but, it's all in good faith. We all want to build a better world, we just feel there are different ways to get there.For more on Tony and Karen's incredible reporting, I would recommend the following:Karen's cover story for Time on Whitness in Hollywood and the film Crazy Rich Asians: https://time.com/longform/crazy-rich-asians/Karen's Story for Toronto Life on the family crime drama of Jennifer Pan: https://torontolife.com/city/crime/jennifer-pan-revenge/And her story for Vox on the ordeals of US immigration: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/2/26/18235347/us-work-visa-o-1For Tony I'd highly recommend:His report on the Doxxing of Chinese citizens for supporting the Hong Kong Protests: https://qz.com/1696522/chinese-supporters-of-hong-kong-protests-face-doxxing/His work on Islamophobia on China's Digital Spaces: https://www.cjr.org/analysis/weibo-new-zealand-massacre.phpAnd for the book we discuss LIQUIDATED: An Ethnography of Wall Street (written by a different Karen Ho, Dr. Karen Ho of the University of Minnesota ) Can be found here: https://www.dukeupress.edu/liquidatedMusic is by Lakey Inspired: https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired

I was thrilled to speak with accomplished journalists Karen Ho (Twitter: @karenkho) &amp; Tony Lin (@tony_zy) for a conversation on Race, Class and Privilege. We discuss how Wuhan's Corona Virus is being used to promote anti-Chinese racism, how Post-Coloniality and White Privilege affects Journalism, and how far-right tendencies manifest themselves in China's digital spaces. We also touch upon Wall Street, The Ivy Leagues, Ellen K Pao and a host of other subjects. It's a passionate and at times contentious conversation, but, it's all in good faith. We all want to build a better world, we just feel there are different ways to get there. For more on Tony and Karen's incredible reporting, I would recommend the following: Karen's cover story for Time on Whitness in Hollywood and the film Crazy Rich Asians: <a href="https://time.com/longform/crazy-rich-asians/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://time.com/longform/crazy-rich-asians/</a> Karen's Story for Toronto Life on the family crime drama of Jennifer Pan: <a href="https://torontolife.com/city/crime/jennifer-pan-revenge/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://torontolife.com/city/crime/jennifer-pan-revenge/</a> And her story for Vox on the ordeals of US immigration: <a href="https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/2/26/18235347/us-work-visa-o-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/2/26/18235347/us-work-visa-o-1</a> For Tony I'd highly recommend: His report on the Doxxing of Chinese citizens for supporting the Hong Kong Protests: <a href="https://qz.com/1696522/chinese-supporters-of-hong-kong-protests-face-doxxing/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://qz.com/1696522/chinese-supporters-of-hong-kong-protests-face-doxxing/</a> His work on Islamophobia on China's Digital Spaces: <a href="https://www.cjr.org/analysis/weibo-new-zealand-massacre.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.cjr.org/analysis/weibo-new-zealand-massacre.php</a> And for the book we discuss LIQUIDATED: An Ethnography of Wall Street (written by a different Karen Ho, Dr. Karen Ho of the University of Minnesota ) Can be found here: <a href="https://www.dukeupress.edu/liquidated" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.dukeupress.edu/liquidated</a> Music is by Lakey Inspired: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired</a>

Journalists Karen Ho and Tony Lin on White Privilege in Media & Reforming (or Revolting Against) Elite Institutions