When popular culture derides, demeans and disregards a people, it becomes easy for society to do the same. Until recently, most media portrayals of Asian Americans have been derogatory at best—think Long Duck Dong and dragon lady tropes. My friend @wkamaubell takes on this issue and looks at how these mischaracterizations have impacted the AAPI community TONIGHT on his awesome show, #UnitedShadesofAmerica on @cnnorigseries. Please watch and spread the word!