Martin got started in the early 60's and people in Hollywood told him to change his name (they said it sounded Mexican but his family is from Spain). The fact that Charlie choose to keep the Anglo name Sheen professionally in the 80's and the rest of the siblings didn’t speaks volumes.

Maybe it’s because I’m Asian, but there’s not one thing about her that makes me think “white”. She’s a very Asian skewing hapa.

A lot of my immigrant friends have a corresponding “white” equivalent name because it really does seem to help in the workplace, whether it’s to land the job in the first place or just to make climbing the ladder easier. My sister is Amy at work and Amina to us (not that big of a change), but she did notice it became…

Wang = pretty Chinese woman

you were self conscious about your own background.

Long, long history of that in Hollywood. Huge numbers of actors had to change their names to get famous, both for racist reason (their name was very “ethnic” and Hollywood hates that) or because their name was hard to pronounce. For example, for Jews, you’ve got Marilyn Monroe = Norma Jean Mortensen, Kirk Douglas =…

Case in point: I’ve had people ask me what my real name was

As an ABC (American-born Chinese), I 100% believe it that her name change improved her chances of being chosen for a role. There is still a disturbing amount of racism aimed at Asians in the US.

You missed the killer line:

She is stunning.

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Also, this piece is fucking hilarious.

portrait of the author at work on this piece:

Can we get a 5 types of Chad?

Just two more days...

Let’s do the male equivalent. I want to know which one i am. Let’s call them “matties”.

Daaaaaaaaaaaam.

Reba believes a woman has the right to do whatever she wants with her body, but agrees that your hair is “unprofessional.”

Also, could I be ungreyed, please?

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