Arthur Dong Quotes

United States, Film Maker
October 30, 1953

Arthur Dong is an Oscar nominated filmmaker and award-winning author whose work centers on Asia America and anti-gay prejudice. He received a BA (in film) from San Francisco State University and a Directing Fellow Certificate at the American Film Institute Center for Advanced Film Studies. In 2007, SFSU named Dong its Alumnus of the year “for his continued success in the challenging arena of independent documentary filmmaking and his longstanding commitment to social justice."

You can't be invisible being Asian. You can't say "Hi, I'm white!"

Arthur Dong
- White
- Invisible
- Asian
Part of the problem of being labeled a model minority is that everyone thinks you've made it, but that's far from the case. You can see that in the horrific stories where undocumented workers are trying to get into the country. That's the backlash.

Arthur Dong
- Problem
- Model
- Minority

If Hollywood is the global producer for media products all around the world, that's of concern. If all audiences around the world know of America is what they see from Hollywood, then we're in trouble.

Arthur Dong
- See
- Media
- Hollywood
The problem with representation in the media has very much to do with the conflicts between groups in the world. If you talk about Iraq, al Qaeda, Darfur, even Taiwan, representation is a part of that problem.

Arthur Dong