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Pictures from Michelle Villemaire's Correcting Yellowface project featuring actress Katharine Hepburn (left) Nike Vapormax Flyknit Hombre Grises Baratas , Scarlett Johansson (top) and Villemaire Photos: Courtesy of Villemaire Pictures from Michelle Villemaire's Correcting Yellowface project featuring actress Katharine Hepburn (left), Scarlett Johansson (top) and Villemaire Photos: Courtesy of Villemaire
Does Hollywood have a white preference?


While a number of black actors and filmmakers boycotted the Oscars to express their dissatisfaction with this year's all white nominee list, Michelle Villemaire, an Asian mom and blogger in Los Angeles, is trying to change things by "correcting yellowface."


Villemaire, whose mother is Thai-Chinese Nike Vapormax Hombre Negras Baratas , runs a blog which shares DIY projects and personal experiences. Recently, she started a new project called Correcting Yellowface, which caught the attention of the Internet world. For the project, Villemaire takes pictures of herself as famous Asian characters who were played by white actresses in films, such as Olan in The Good Earth (played by Luise Rainer), Jade in Dragon Seed (played by Katharine Hepburn) and Motoko Kusanagi in the currently in production Ghost in the Shell (played by Scarlett Johansson).


The project is Villemaire's personal response to the racial typecasting that she feels is still prominent in today's Hollywood. On her blog she wrote a post explaining that her inspiration for the project originated in her experiences not seeing many Asian faces on television and in films while growing up.


"And because I wanted to be an actor Hombre Nike Air Vapormax Flyknit 2018 Negras Baratas , it was really hard to believe that I could ever be one. Only women who had a certain skin color and eye shape were really allowed on screen, right? To this day white people are cast as Asians, deepening the message that Asians just aren't wanted," Villemaire wrote.


Purchasing as many props as she could or making those she could not find herself, Villemaire dressed up and recreated famous scenes caught on camera. With the help of a friend who understood photoshop, she successfully put herself in almost the same environment as the original stars.


Villemaire is not the only Asian American who feels mistreated because of her race.


Around the same time when Villemaire was working on her project Nike Air VaporMax Flyknit Betrue 2017 Azules Baratas , Jonathan Park, a Korean American rapper better known as Dumbfoundead, uploaded a music video on Facebook. In the video, the musician imagines himself in various lead roles in Hollywood films but in the end he is replaced by a white actor because the "director" thinks his face lacks that "Hollywood star quality."


"I think Hollywood has a hard time casting Asians in lead roles. Take romantic comedies for example. Never Asians. There is a false perception that America won't like it. I am so grateful for the noise that Asians made this year - it brought a lot of attention to this travesty," Villemaire told the Global Times in an e-mail.


As "weird" and a little "giddy" as Villemaire felt about her project at the beginning, Correcting Yellowface Nike Air VaporMax Hombre Negras Amarillo Baratas , however, has sparked applauds since it was first posted online in late May.


"There have been many people contacting me telling me how moved they were by the project. My favorite response was 'I looked at your pics and for a moment I felt healed.' I have loved hearing from Asians all over the world, not just Asian Americans," the mother of two said.


Now she has decided to continue to mix DIY projects with social justice.


"Surprising, I've found that these two areas of interest work together very well. I will continue to fight for Asian inclusion in Hollywood," Villemaire said.


LONDON Off-White X Nike Vapormax Negras Blancas Baratas , Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Seb Coe, Vice President of the IAAF on Wednesday unveiled his campaign program for the president of the world governing body of athletics.


In a campaign Manifesto entitled "Growing Athletics in a New Age", the former two-time 1,500m Olympic champion outlined four key pillars underpinned by a comprehensive series of proposals to guide his vision for Athletics and the IAAF if he is successful in his bid to become IAAF President.


Coe said: "The vision and proposals that I am unveiling today are designed to increase the reach and appeal of Athletics in a world that is rapidly changing. I believe that it is essential that we open up a real debate and take a long hard look at the 'product' of athletics if we aim to attract more young people into our sport and drive increased participation and income. We must be ready to be creative, take action and embrace change."


He called for "calendar reform" because of the current one is "disjointed, lacks a narrative and the essential glue to build excitement and a loyal and passionate following".


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TAIPEI, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Taiwan's economic recovery saw tepid movement in December, as the overall business indicator flashed blue for a seventh month, signaling a trend of contraction, new data showed Wednesday.


The score for the business indicator dropped 1 point from a month earlier to 14, the lowest level of 2015 Nike Air Max 97 Hombre Negras Baratas , according to a report unveiled by the island's development council.


Among the nine components, imports of machinery and electrical equipment lost 1 point to change its individual light from green to yellow-blue, while the other eight components were unchanged.


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