MTV Iggy’s GT: “Apathy Killed the Asian American Star”

By Xxxtine | Monday, September 14, 2009 | 3 Comments

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GT, who is the blogger behind A-Tunes.net and guest blogs for MTV Iggy — which I don’t get because I’m Canadian — recently put up his first vlog sharing his thoughts on Asian Americans and the whole under/ misrepresented issue in media – specifically music.

In particular, he mentions a post from YouOffendMeYouOffendMyFamily.com about a person who was protesting the lack of misrepresentation of Asians in the media, yet had not paid to see a film directed by or starring Asian Americans. It reminded me of when a filmmaker colleague of mine spoke at an Asian university event where students were complaining of the same thing; he asked everyone in the room who was majoring in film and television, or media-arts related programme. Out of the hundreds in the seminar, only one put up there hand and she was taking journalism.

And that’s the issue at hand: because there is no vested interest in pursuing careers in the arts, there is no one in the industry to tell anyone to do it differently. After all, if you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.

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samanthaMTV

Hi Xxxtine, thanks for checking out MTV Iggy! GT's one of our favorite guest bloggers and we're glad this issue is getting addressed. The MTV Iggy website is, obviously, accessible to everyone. Iggy is also a TV show carried on most MTV channels, and it's definitely carried in Canada. The new season hasn't aired yet though. So that might be why you haven't seen anything about it on TV. 8Asians is pretty awesome, btw. Keep up the good work!

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samanthaMTV

Hi Xxxtina, thanks for checking out MTV Iggy! GT's one of our favorite guest bloggers and we're glad this issue is getting addressed. The MTV Iggy website is, obviously, accessible to everyone. Iggy is also a TV show carried on most MTV channels, and it's definitely carried in Canada. The new season hasn't aired yet though. So that might be why you haven't seen anything about it on TV. Your blog is pretty awesome, btw. Keep up the good work!

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erika888

I think you meant "lack of representation of Asians in the media". Otherwise, I agree with the sentiment of " if youu00e2u0080u0099re not part of the solution, youu00e2u0080u0099re part of the problem."

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