{"id":8919,"date":"2011-05-18T19:05:06","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T19:05:06","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-18T20:05:50","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T20:05:50","slug":"Guy-Aoki--Marilyn-Tokuda-chair-APA-Media-Coalition-","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=8919","title":{"rendered":"Guy Aoki & Marilyn Tokuda chair APA Media Coalition"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Asian Pacific American Media Coalition (APAMC)<\/strong> recently announced Guy Aoki of the Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA) and Marilyn Tokuda<\/strong> of East West Players (EWP) as its new co-chairs.<\/p>\n

Aoki<\/strong>, a founding member of APAMC, is the founding president of MANAA, formed in 1992 in Los Angeles. The all-volunteer, non-profit organization is the only group solely dedicated to monitoring the mass media and advocating balanced, sensitive and positive depiction and coverage of Asian Americans.<\/p>\n

In 2001, Aoki put comedian Sarah Silverman on the spot when he debated her on Bill Maher\u2019s \u201cPolitically Incorrect\u201d for using the slur \u201cchinks\u201d in a joke on \u201cLate Night with Conan O\u2019Brien.\u201d Last year, Aoki coordinated the protest against the \u201cwhite-washed\u201d casting of M. Night Shyamalan\u2019s \u201cThe Last Airbender.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since 1992, Aoki has written the Rafu Shimpo column \u201cInto the Next Stage\u201d about Asian Americans and the media. <\/strong> Between 1989 and 2005, the fourth-generation Japanese American wrote syndicated pop music radio shows for Dick Clark, including the award-winning \u201cCountdown America.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tokuda<\/strong>, who joined APAMC in 2002, is the arts education director at Los Angeles-based EWP, the nation\u2018s premier Asian American theater organization<\/strong> and the longest-running professional theater of color in the country. For six years, Tokuda served as the artistic director of Cold Tofu, the first Asian American comedy improvisation group<\/strong>, which she helped found.<\/p>\n

As an actress, she has appeared in film, on television and on stage and knows first-hand the struggles Asian Pacific Americans face<\/strong> in the entertainment industry. Her TV credits include \u201cThe Bold and the Beautiful,\u201d \u201cFrasier,\u201d \u201cJAG,\u201d \u201cSeinfeld\u201d and \u201cFriends.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both Aoki and Tokuda appeared in \u201cMr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective,\u201d<\/strong> a video about the character played by Mickey Rooney in \u201cBreakfast at Tiffany\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n

APAMC<\/strong> was formed in 1999 after it, the NAACP<\/strong>, and Latino and Native American organizations were appalled that of the 26 new television series offered by the four major networks \u2014 ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox \u2014 none starred a person of color. To hold the networks accountable for their prime-time programming, the multi-ethnic coalition began issuing annual report cards in 2000. APAMC set an ambitious agenda to raise awareness of the lack of Asian Pacific Americans both behind and in front of the camera.<\/p>\n

Rafu Shimpo<\/a>
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