Shout out to the Wonder Woman movie for having multiple Asian Amazons.
We have Mayling Ng, a Chinese-Singaporean actress, playing Orana.
Samantha Jo, a Chinese-Canadian actress, playing Euboea.
Eleanor Matsuura, a Japanese-English actress playing Epione.
Asian women are represented among the Amazons and that’s awesome.
I’m sorry but don’t you realize that the Amazons were Greek?
“The Amazons of Themyscira are a race of immortal warrior women that live on the mystically hidden island of Themyscira. They were created by a coterie of Olympian gods over three thousand years ago to serve as their messengers to the world in the name of peace and justice.” (x)
They’re a mythical people created from gods. Here’s a picture of them from the comics:
The Amazons have never all been white, Greek women, and they sure as hell shouldn’t be portrayed that way in a film that is supposed to empower ALL women of ALL races. Asian women should not be excluded.
Please don’t try to bring in the “historical accuracy” argument for why the Amazons should all be white because they are literally a race of women who have super strength and magical lassos and are created from clay, and you have a hard time accepting some of them as Asian?
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