It’s a good day for some Asian representation when “Deadpool 2” introduced Yukio (Shiori Kutsuna), Marvel’s electricity-wielding assassin, to the big screen.
Yukio (played by Shiori Kutsuna) in “Deadpool 2.” Image via Marvel Studios
If you’re one of them, then you already know what it is: her vibrant streak of purple hair.
A renewed discussion on this archaic stereotype of “Asian hair streak” came to light when Twitter account nerdyasians called out western media last week.
“It’s time for western media to drop the idea that Asian girls need neon streaks of color in their hair to stand out.”
The tweet, accompanied by a still of Yukio and a collage of other Asian female characters sporting the same hairstyle, has garnered at least 75,000 likes, 28,000 retweets, and over a thousand replies.
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