#Lindsey Sarang Yoo

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Just Who Counts as a Woman of Color?

by Lindsey Sarang Yoo.|

After I shared an article that addressed the conspicuous lack of women of color on magazine covers, a friend exclaimed, “Let’s not forget there is a lack of our Latina and Asian sisters.” That comment, while coming from someone with all the best intentions in the world, prompted me to ask a series of awkward and sobering questions: When people say “women of color," am I included in that equation, or does it not apply to Asian-American women? What about Hispanic women? Do they have more of a claim to that label than Asians do? Or do they also not count? Do people really want to hear from someone who looks like me when they engage in conversations about racial justice?  Advocates for a more inclusive feminism cannot be content with calling attention to the tendency of feminist circles to focus solely on the issues that matter to privileged, white women. We must also rethink the ways we use the term "women of color.” Our community needs conversations that explicitly demonstrate how the struggles of Asian, Latina and other women who fall outside the black-white binary are inextricably linked with the oppression of others. While I thoroughly appreciate the discussions that came from #solidarityisforwhitewomen, we must work even harder to ensure solidarity with all women who experience life at the intersections of race and gender.As a Korean-American woman, I am sometimes hesitant to participate in conversations like #solidarityisforwhitewomen, because all too often, no one seems to be quite certain where I belong. In college sociology classes, when I asked to see the perspectives of Asian-Americans in our studies, some professors told me to look at the statistics on white people, or insinuated that Asian-Americans had no bearing on racial justice. I've been told since high school that Asian-Americans are not relevant, that our voices and experiences matter only when high-schoolers turn their pages to the obligatory paragraphs in their world history readers that briefly address Chinese railroad workers. The Asian-American experience, despite spanning several generations of struggle and oppression, is rendered invisible.  When I confront my friends and family — Asian-Americans are just as capable of internalizing and perpetuating anti-Asian racism as anyone else — for participating in casual, anti-Asian humor, I am told I have no right to be offended, since we are doing so much better than everyone else and should be grateful (as if our ethnicity, which comprises a multitude of racialized experiences and socioeconomic backgrounds, can be generalized into one, harmonious, high-achieving blob). Mikki Kendall states that "we use umbrella terms referencing race, class, gender, sexual orientation, etc., but we are all aware (or should be anyway) that no community is a monolith." In my experience, however, the Asian-American community has always been portrayed as a monolith of kung-fu fighters, loose women and unscrupulous small-business owners.  I am aware that certain segments of the Asian-American community do enjoy more privileges than other people of color. But I am also keenly aware of the ways that I, like other people of color, am yoked and burdened by the existing structures of power and privilege. I am oppressed both as a woman and as a person of Asian descent. My body is constantly orientalized and hypersexualized by people who are more comfortable seeing me on television as a giggling, sexually repressed schoolgirl or whip-carrying dragon lady/tiger mom than they are with seeing me as an empowered individual with a dynamic history and voice.  This dismissive attitude toward Asian-Americans causes a dangerous rift in the ever-evolving journey toward true solidarity and the dismantling of racial and gender hierarchies. It's difficult, for instance, to feel like an ally when so many prominent feminists around me choose to praise and write about Orange Is the New Black for its portrayals of gender and race, but make almost no mention of the lazy, racist depiction of the lone Asian female character. Unlike the other characters in the series, Chang is given no substantial backstory or opportunity to redeem herself. She functions only as a vessel of cheap humor that draws from her awkward, accented English.Similarly, it's hard to say I stand in solidarity with my feminist allies when feminists have railed against singer Chris Brown for his misogyny and violence, but have said very little about his incredibly racist song and music video, "Fine China." When Chris Brown releases a popular song that exoticizes Asian women, takes all the liberties in the world with "Asian culture," and perpetuates every racial trope that has ever existed in the Asian-American community, his actions should warrant further conversations about racism, appropriation and misogyny.  The idea of working "outside the binary" — not looking at race as a simple matter of black and white — has been hashed and rehashed within the social justice world, but we need to push for more than the occasional misguided ode to the "model minority" of "hard-working Asians." Roxane Gay is right: "We have a painful, infuriating history to reconcile — one where the concerns of heterosexual, able middle-class white women have too often been privileged at the expense of everyone else." But in our respective fights to be heard and empowered as women of color, we must be careful not to further stigmatize and marginalize other voices in our midst.  I am writing from the perspective of a college-educated, Korean-American woman who was privileged enough to be asked to join this conversation. Because I have felt excluded from discussions concerning women of color, I am certain that there are many other voices out there — Latina, Southeast Asian, Vietnamese, Native American — that also have felt left out, even under the all-welcoming label of "women of color." Joining Mikki Kendall's "endorsement of listening, of not always trying to be the leader, and instead handing the proverbial reins over to others" is the only way we will ever build a culture of true solidarity. Our efforts and agitation toward the dismantling of racial hierarchies make sense only when we include, legitimize and strengthen the voices of all women of color.

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Face Claims

AHN HYEJIN 'HWASA' as victoria park

AMBER LIU as fang xiang

BAE YOOBIN 'BINNIE' as woo sarang

CHA EUN WOO as levi yu

CHA SUNWOO 'BARO' as sun taegil

CHA HUN as park bongju

CHAE HYUNGWON as gwi carling

CHITTAPHON LEECHAIPORNKUL 'TEN' as niran suwannarat

CHOI BEOMGYU as jang haneul

CHOI JUNHONG 'ZELO' as lee chaeku

CHOI SIWON as kang hojun

DONG SICHENG 'WINWIN' as huang junkai

GO KYUNGPO as choi seontaek

GONG CHANSIK as choi taehyung

HAYLEY ATWELL as katherine nightroad

HUENING KAI as loki ahn

HYUN SEUNGHEE as nam hwayoung

JANG DAHYE 'HEIZE' as kusakabe maya

JEON JUNGKOOK as kang yejun

JEON SO YEON as hasashi kitiara

JEON WONWOO as kang doyeon

JOSHUA HONG as yao xiaodan

JUNG HOSEOK 'J-HOPE' as jung heechun

JUNG JINSOUL as selena cho

JUNG MIN HEE as huang daiyu

JUNG TAEKWOON 'LEO' as bok minkyu

KANG DAESUNG as gi yongsun

KANG SEUNGYOON as geum jaerin

KIKO (ULZZANG) as lim chaeryung

KIM EUN-YOUNG 'CHEETAH' as nan eun-ji

KIM HYOJIN as lee seonwu

KIM HYUNA as seok hyesu

KIM JINWOO as shin minsung

KIM JONGHYUN 'JR' as noel han

KIM JONGIN 'KAI' as rhys jue

KIM JUNGGUK 'JUNGWOO' as nam junyoung

KIM MINGYU as bae namsun

KIM SEOKJIN as kim jooyoung

KIM TAEHYUNG 'V' as lim jaesang

KIM WONSHIK 'RAVI' as minahoshi mafuyu

KIM YONGSUN 'SOLAR' as suh ahri

KWON HYUK 'DEAN' as kim jihoon

KWON JIYONG 'G-DRAGON' as yu kyungsam

LALISA MANOBAN as moon nari

LEE DONGHAE as wyn sayer

LEE JUNGHWAN 'SANDEUL' as go iseul

LEE SEOKMIN 'DK' as oh haru

LEE SEUNGHYUB as cho wonjae

LEE TAEEUN 'T-AE' as myo nara

LEE TAEMIN as eden jeong

LEE TAEYONG as simon logan

LINDSEY STIRLING as stella rebane

MENG JIA as liu jun

MIN YOONGI 'SUGA' as sin jeoseung

NA JAEMIN as go euntae

NAKAMOTO YUTA as kozuki matoki

NAM JOO HYUK as quinn yoon

OTOMONAI MINA "CHANMINA" as yamada xena

PARK HYUNG SEOK as lucas cho

PARK JIMIN as park seok

PARK KYUNGRI as ra yujin

PARK MINKYUN 'MK' as kim hansol

PARK SUN YOUNG 'HYOMIN' as bok miya

ROBERT SHEEHAN as mihai carling

SANDARA PARK 'DARA' as han seung li

SEÁN MCLOUGHLIN as conner devlin

SEN MITSUJI as arai naoki

SHIN DONGWOO 'CNU' as moon beodeul

SIM JONGSU 'SIMS' as hong gildong

SIMON PARK as ryu moon

SONG JI EUN as rae eum

SONG MINO as bang jooheon

WOO JIHO as ahn youngjae

WU YIFAN 'KRIS' as kwan jian

XU MINGHAO as shen jingyi

YOO AH IN as do haecheol

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this is a reference list of character info just while the directory is under construction && so i can have it to reference just incase something like this ever happens again (i’m praying that it doesn’t because fuck me this is a lot lol.)

a

angel mok - 22. grifter. 5′9. seoul. reaper. male. (fc: kim yukwon - ukwon) antony no - 28. hs art teacher. 6′0″. california. male. (fc: lee dongwook) astrid gyeon - 18. idol. 5′6″. barcelona. midnight peach. dezmond. female. (fc: moon gayoung) atlas johnson - 24. student. 6′0″. new york. male. (fc: shin hyunsoo) august monday - 28. producer & manager. 5′11″. seoul. dezmond. male. (fc: kim minjun - jun k)

b

basil reyes - 21. actor && rapper. 5′9″. california. dezmond. male. (kim jiwon - bobby) beckett seo - 24. hs teacher. 5′10″. arcadia. male. (fc: kang daesung) beluga kahn - 19. lyricist & solo artist. 5′8″. seoul. dezmond. male. (fc: kim byungjoo - bjoo) benjamin monroe - 32. car mechanic. 6′1″. reaper. keene. male. (fc: charlie hunnam) blume ahn - 27. model & choreographer. 5′7″. california. graylynn. female. (fc: lee gukjoo) boaz woodward - 18. retail. 5′8″. arcadia. male. (fc: booboo stewart) brees seomun - 23. idol. 5′9″. seoul. male. (fc: kim sangbae - moos) bryn feng - 22. director producer. 5′6″. hong kong. dezmond. production. (fc: amber liu) bunnie kahn - 21. hair stylist. 5′6″ seoul. production. female. (fc: lee hyeri)

c

calliope nae - 19. idol. 5′6″. hong kong. midnight peach. dezmond. (fc: chae soobin) carson moreno - 23. athlete. 5′5″. salem. dezmond. lunatic mafia. female. (fc: lindsey morgan) carter janggok - 22. grad student. 5′11″. vortex. quebec. male. (fc: kim himchan) carver yong - 24. bouncer. 5′11. keene. male. (fc: son hyunwoo - shownu) caspar manchester - 19. student. 6′1″. quebec. vortex. male. (fc: kim mingyu) caspian tokko - 24. idol. 6′0″. tokyo. midnight galaxy. graylynn. male. (fc: bang yongguk) charlie weasley - 24. zoologist (dragons lol). 5′10″. romania. male. (fc: richard madden) cierra reyes - 18. drummer. 5′3″. california. female. (fc: melanie martinez) cinder moore - 19. student. 5′6″. vortex. canada. chuchoter. female. (fc: kiana lede brown) cloud janggok - 23. photographer. 6′11″. georgia. male. (fc: park chanyeol) colby hu - 22. youtuber. 5′9″. seoul. dcvine. male. (fc: jackson wang) comet gyeon - 19. waiter. 5′10″. barcelona. male. (fc: kim juhyeon - buffy) cosima minh - 19. personal assistant. 5′4″. california. dezmond. female. (fc: jennie kim) crane myo - 25. baker. 5′9″. salem. male. (fc: lee hongki) “Crash” nash - 21. mechanic. 5′10. reaper. keene. male. (fc: landon liboiron) cynthia brandon - 19 (106). pickpocket. 5′1″. salem. female. (fc: emily browning)

d

delaney kron - 22. student. 5′8″. salem. female. (fc: adele exarchopoulos) delilah minh - 23. wedding planner. 5′4″. barcelona. female. (fc: park sunyoung - luna) diesel connelly - 24. landscaping. 5′7″. keene. reaper. male. (fc: lee kikwang) domino dongbang - 19. barista. 5′8″. salem. male. (cc: chittaphon leechaiyapornkul - ten) draven beom - 22. student. 5′10″. new york. lunatic. reaper. male. (fc: nam taehyun)

e

elie dongbang - 23. librarian. 5′7″. new york. lunatic mafia. male. (fc: henry lau) elise dongbang - 23. housekeeping. 5′7″. new york. female. (fc: pyo hyemi) emma sabina - 20. hostess. 5′7″. new york. female. (fc: kelsey chow) enzo beom - 23. special effects tech. 6′0″. new york. male. (fc: woo jiho - zico) eric yorkie - 20. student. 5′8″. new york. male. (fc: kim jumyeon - suho)

f

fleur denali - 19. model. 5′2″. quebec. chuchoter. female. (fc: carlson young) “frankie” namgung - 17. youtuber. 53″. charleston. dcvine. female. (fc: choi yewon - arin) “fox” weasley - 18. athlete / it girl (the roxxies). 5′7″. britain. female. (fc: kiersey clemons) frost gye - 18. student. 5′10″. charleston. male. (fc: yoon jeonghan)

g

ghost park - 23. bookstore manager. 5′11″. new york. male. (fc: yook sungjae) gossip myo - 27. grifter. 5′9″. salem. male. (fc: kwon jiyong - gdragon) grant mcneil - 20. athlete. 6′0″. britain. male. (fc: lim sejun) griff moore - 24. security/bodyguard. 6′1″. salem. graylynn. male. (fc: don benjamin) gun baek - 20. childcare worker. 5′10″. keene. male. (fc: kim taehyung - v)

h

hikaru hattori - 19. student. 5′9″. tokyo. host club. male. (fc: yuta namamoto) hippo park - 19. student. 6′0″. new york. male. (fc: seo kangjoon) hudson manchester - 33. police. 6′2″. new york. male. (fc: shin sungrok) hyeja mae - 16. idol. 5′3″. barcelona. midnight peach. dezmond. female. (fc: kim yoojung) hyeonsoo chu - 26. model & actor. 6′2″. california. dezmond. male. (fc: kim woobin)

i

indigo gyeon - 18. student. 5′10″. quebec. vortex. male. (fc: kim minhyuk)

j

jack pahlavi - 22. journalist. 6′0″. australia. male. (fc: samuel larsen) jaesung lee - 26. photographer. 6′0″. arcadia. 52 chances. male. (fc: choi seunghyun - TOP) james namgung - 21. trainee. 5′10″. salem. graylynn. male. ( fc: park jinyoung) jett pyeong - 19. student. 5′10″. quebec. vortex. male. (fc: choi seungcheol - s. coups) joel flint - 24. choreographer (coach). 5′11″. quebec. vortex. male. (fc: choi minho) jolene augustine - 20. student. 5′2″. quebec. vortex. female. (fc: jessica parker kennedy) jungsu ji - 21. idol. 5′10″. california. midnight galacy. graylynn. male. (fc: kim seokjin - jin)

k

kieran nae - 24. prep cool. 5′11″. hong kong. male. (fc: lee jaehwan - ken) kiki kobayashi - 18. delivery girl (bakery). 5′6″. salem. female. (fc: nana komatsu) king mae - 25. photographer. 5′10″. arcadia. 52 chances. male. (fc: jo wonjun - onejunn) kokoro ishikawa - 22. idol. 5′4″. tokyo. midnight peach. dezmond. female. (fc: hayley kiyoko) kyoya arakawa - 21. student. 5′8″. tokyo. host club. male. (fc: adachi yuto)

l

lark yong - 25. bank teller. 6′0″. georgia. lunatic mafia. male. (fc: kang haneul) laura hale - 27. night club waitress. 5′5″. california. female. (fc: emeraude toubia.) leilani monday - 18. student. 5′2″. california. dezmond. female. (fc: kim dahyun) lilac janggok - 19. student. 5′6″. california. female. (fc: yoo jeongyeon) lucy abascia - 21. actress & reality star. 5′4″. new york. production. female. (fc: kim jisoo) lyle namgung - 19. idol. 5′10″. charleston. midnight galaxy. graylynn. male. (fc: lee minhyuk)

m

mauro garcia - 24.  fùtbol player. 6′1″. barcelona. male. (fc: santiago segura) mercy ji - 22. waitress. 5′5″. keene. reaper. female. (fc: kim yerim - lim kim) minho lee (jr.) - 28. detective. 5′10″. new york. male. (fc: lee joongki) minjae tak - 20. student. 5′10″. california. male. (fc: kim hanbin - B.I) minnie kahn - 22. nail technician. 5′6″. seoul. female. production. (fc: na haeryung) mitchie reyes - 19. actress & model. 5′1″. seoul. graylynn. female. (fc: cierra ramirez) “mori” kobayashi - 22. student. 6′0″. tokyo. host club. male. (fc: fukushi sota)

n

nari lee - 24. research assistant. 5′5″. new york. female. (fc: jin seyeon) “naughty” ahn - 22. ulzzang. 5′4″. quebec. vortex. female. (fc: kim eunmi - grace)

o

olivia jegal - 21. model (cam girl). 5′7″. california. graylynn. female. otto maeng - 20. mechanic. student. 5′10″. california. male. (fc: jung hoseok - jhope)

p

paine sagong - 25. model. 5′11″. seoul. dezmond. male. (fc: kim kibum - key) persephone ahn - 24. guitarist. 5′0″. california. female. (park hye min - pony) pike tak - 34. history teacher. 5′11″. california. male. (fc: kim jisuk) piper seomun - 23. youtuber. 5′4″. seoul. female. (kim yongsun - solar) pluto solar - 18. student. 6′1″. quebec. vortex. male. (fc: kim jisoo) priscilla song - 24. bartender. 5′5″. keene. reaper. female. (fc: kim hyuna)

q

quinn jegal - 18. student. 5′9″. charleston. male. (fc: im changkyun - I.M)

r

raelyn ji - 17. student. 5′3″. keene. female. (fc : son chaeyoung) remi gil - 17. student. 5′1″. quebec. chuchoter. female. (fc: lee hayi - lee hi) rocket woodward - 18. waiter. 5′8″. arcadia. male. (fc: booboo stewart) “ronnie” lim - 24. model (Escort). 5′6″. new york. reaper. female. (fc: kiko mizuhara) roux miller - 19. student. 5′3″. georgia. lunatic mafia. female. (fc: bex taylor klaus) rowen gil - 23. model. 5′5″.quebec. vortex. female. (fc: park bom) roxanne augustine - 18. rapper / it girl (the roxxies). 5′4″. quebec. vortex. female. (fc: karla crome) royal jeon - 24. journalist. 5′8″. arcadia. 52 chances. male. (fc: park sungjoon - sunjun)

s

sadie mae ji - 25. porn actress. 5′7″. california. female. (fc: yang dasom - som) sage pyeong - 19. indie music artist. 5′5″. california. male. (Fc: kim jinhwan) samuel leekpai - 19. youtuber. 5′9″. quebec. vortex. dcvine. (fc: kunpimook bhuwakul - bambam) sarang park - 17. student. 5′5″. new york. female. (fc: hur/heo youngji) sawyer miller - 25. composer. 5′11″. georgia. graylynn. male. (fc: cha hakyeon - N) shea abascia - 19. student. 5′6″. quebec. vortex. female. (fc: ham saebyeol) skip jegal - 27. tattoo artist. 5′7″. california. male. (fc: park jaebeom - jay park) soloman lim - 26. model (ulzzang). 5′7″. seoul. dezmond. male. (fc: lee jinki - onew) spade bing - 22. model. 5′9″. arcadia. 52 chances. male. (fc: lee suwoong) steele connelly - 23. mechanic. 6′0″. keene. reaper. male. (fc: huang zitao - tao) sungjoon lee - 28. manager (gunman). 6′0″. arcadia. reaper. male. (fc: choi seungyun - TOP) sweeney ji - 17. student & singer. 5′3″. georgia. male. (fc: lee chanhyuk) sydney clery - 25. bartender & store clerk. 5′4″. new york. female. (fc: emmy rossum)

t

tad sah - 18. idol. 5′9″. australia. midnight galaxy. graylynn. male. (fc: park minhyuk - rocky) tahj song - 21. cashier. 5′10″. charleston. male. (fc: park hyun ho - seogoong - I’M) “teddy” ji - 19. barista. 6′0″. new york. male. (fc: park jaehyung - jae) tesla yong - 22. waitress, 5′6″. keene. female. (fc: kim heejung)

u v

vincent sip - 23. bar owner. 5′11″. keene. reaper. male. (fc: song minho - mino)

w x y

yeni no - 22. bank teller. 5′5″. georgia. female. (fc: park so dam) yeti tokko - 28. tattoo artist. 5′10″. seoul. male. (fc: jung kiseok - simon dominic)

z

ziggy reyes - 24. exotic dancer. 5′2″. australia. female. (fc: zoe kravitz)