For Asian men at the time to not be seen as the "hero" in American media, could a reason for their cultural depictions be that they don't want to give all the media power to Asians and their audience? Did they only want white people to be the main star and hero that way the audience can view them as a hero and apply it to their own perspective? I can only imagine how Asian audiences felt, watching someone on screen who represents a part of them, not be given the big hero role but rather the white man.

This is interesting because one would think that since this happened a couple decades ago, they'd learn from it and hire actual actors of the assigned race. However, this just reminded me about an advertisement made by L'Oréal showing two hands, one white and one black. The part that made people more aware of the photo was that the black hand didn't have a lack of pigmentation on their palms. People were calling out the brand for "blackface" since they went out of their way to Photoshop a hand to appear black instead of just hiring a black hand model. https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/loreal-owned-company-called-racist-accused-of-using-photoshop-to-make-models-hand-appear-darker

This statement is interesting in the context that it doesn't have to be applied to huge historical narratives; but our own historical narratives. More specifically, it reminds me of when a child goes through an event that they don't understand but are experiencing it first-hand, it is until as they grow older and begin learning the full story, they can look at their own memories from a different light. With victims experiencing horrible global events, at that moment only what they know is the forefront information. As time goes by and the horrible events are becoming exposed to their hidden schemes and executions, the victims can now bring an explanation to why they went through what they did, thus reshaping their memories.