Hearing the words & #39;we already have all our Asian projects& #39; from a broadcaster when your script is a coming-of-age sitcom about an every-teenager (who is brown) in the year of our Lord, 2020, reminds me how little has changed despite the hard work of many.
Flung out a tweet then did a meeting and then came back and oops. Thanks for all your support. Luckily I have a great producer and great agents and here for the long game.

Oh the irony of doing The Good Immigrant and being told you helped re-shape the conversation and then...
It& #39;s the Highlander syndrome that gets me. There can be only one. And your story, whatever it is, will always be the Asian one. As a reminder, as if we didn& #39;t do a whole bloody popular book about it four years ago, whiteness is the default.
If the script isn& #39;t good, then say so. Don& #39;t pit me against my brothers and sisters in competition for one or two lowly Asian slots.
that should be & #39;lowly& #39; & #39;Asian& #39; slots. My brothers and sisters are far from lowly.

Anyway.... I& #39;m going to test my eyesight by driving from Bristol to Scotland now. BYE.
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