Bruce Lee wasn't the only one Hollywood let down with its whitewashing legacy of 'yellowface'
The practice started way back in the 18th CE but continued until 2017, and hopefully, with 'Warrior' coming in this April, the 'yellowface' legacy will finally end
Hollywood's caricature of anything that is not white has been its most downgraded aspect, and its tendency to not allow colored actors take the central stage in movies or series has been its biggest setback. Several times, Hollywood had basically practiced "yellowface" where a white actor was made to wear a yellow mask in order to represent an Asian character. One of the biggest examples can be actor Mickey Rooney's portrayal of I. Y. Yunioshi, a Japanese landlord, in the 1961 film 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'. Not only was it degrading on every aspect, Yunioshi's character actually belongs to a legacy of such characters who represented other races (but not the whites) as a mere laughing stock in the story.
