Is the popularity of “Wasian” casting true progress? 👀💭

Added: 2026-05-16

[00:00:00]As a black woman, I just feel like this conversation makes me kind of strikes a chord. I've never heard of the term Wasion, but to your point, this idea that all of a sudden it is trending and it's popular and it's great if you are half Asian and mixed with white. And you know, the colonialism has done a number on a lot of us to think that when you're mixed, you're better looking version of like when you're half black, you're cuter cuz your hair is curlier, your eyes are green. So, I'm wondering like there's a part of me that feels like, okay, I'm it's the representation is great. But there's a part of me that's like as a trend. So, what are we doing?

[00:00:31]What are we saying in the dating world?

[00:00:32]Hey, I'm an Asian woman. I'm looking for a white man cuz it's trendy? Like I just feel like there's a part of me that's like Listen, I love that Hudson Yang is out there. I love that Hudson Yang is out there. I love that you see the representation, but there's a part of me that just feels like we should just keep an eye on this and make sure that it's not a trend. Yeah. And that those people are being seen for real people and it's just, you know, >> Yeah.