Deema, Rachel, Neha

Asian rhetoric emerges as a rhetoric of resistance that highlights the flawed colonized representations of the community and what Asian Americans are told they ‘should’ be.
Pop culture and parody bring attention to topics like Asian Americans being perceived as an inferior ‘Other’ and the lasting psychological effects on the community.
Using stereotypes to reclaim the narrative gives the marginalized population control over the conversation taking place about them instead of with them. New media/social media provides minorities a platform to talk about issues and have a voice to narrate their own experiences on their own terms, seeing as to how previously stories or articles have been consistently written from a third-person perspective. The same platform offers them a way to narrate unique stories that speak to their sense of identity, ownership, and agency.
Parody also presents these issues and discussions in a way that is palatable and easy to consume, thereby grabbing more attention and having a larger audience outreach.