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A performance artist secretly recorded interactions with strangers.
Here& #39;s what resulted.
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Here& #39;s what resulted.
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Kyoko Takenaka initially felt guilty about secretly recording men who approached in bars.
Takenaka usually used a phone to document the many racist and misogynistic comments strangers made https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-04-08/kyoko-takenaka-short-film-home-instagram-viral">https://www.latimes.com/entertain...
Takenaka usually used a phone to document the many racist and misogynistic comments strangers made https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-04-08/kyoko-takenaka-short-film-home-instagram-viral">https://www.latimes.com/entertain...
But Takenaka realized "all of these experiences are nonconsensual, and Asian Americans are holding on to all of these nonconsensual experiences and microaggressions that don’t belong to us"
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Audio from the unsolicited exchanges can be heard in Takenaka’s film “Home,” released publicly last month.
A social media post featuring the audio has over 300K views. Watch:
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A social media post featuring the audio has over 300K views. Watch:
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“What’s so triggering and frustrating is that it’s those same people who are now posting #StopAsianHate 
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An Asian actor got disrespected at L.A. theater awards.
What happened next was swift and powerful https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-04-01/los-angeles-theater-ovation-awards-asian-actor">https://www.latimes.com/entertain...
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