NextSharkNextShark.com

Actor Sandra Oh gives heartwarming advice to young Asian Americans in interview with local student

Actor Sandra Oh gives heartwarming advice to young Asian Americans in interview with local student

Twitter users are describing actor Sandra Oh as everyone’s “fav aunt” after she gave heartwarming advice to young Asian Americans.

May 3, 2022
SHARE
Korean Canadian actor Sandra Oh recently gave heartwarming advice to young Asian Americans in an interview with a local high school student.
Oh was invited to the San Francisco International Film Festival, hosted by SFFilm, along with actor Michelle Yeoh on Friday, where the two went viral after dancing to Whiteny Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” together on stage. The video of their interaction, posted to Twitter by @angryasianman, has amassed 949 retweets and 7,650 likes since it was uploaded on Sunday.
View post on Twitter
At the event, a local high school junior representing San Francisco radio station KQED, Catherine Hou, asked Oh for advice on improving Asian American representation.
A video of the interview, in which Oh can be seen intently listening to Hou, was posted to KQED’s official Twitter page.
Subscribe to
NextShark's Newsletter

A daily dose of Asian America's essential stories, in under 5 minutes.

Get our collection of Asian America's most essential stories to your inbox daily for free.

Unsure? Check out our Newsletter Archive.

“I recently finished a segment on KQED forum that highlighted the importance of Asian American representation,” Hou says, “And I was wondering what message you would give to a young Asian American trying to make a change based on your own past experience.”
View post on Twitter
Oh expresses that she wants to hear what the young student has to say, to which Hou responds that she would want to “encourage people to not be afraid to speak up” and to “work with [their] community and encourage people to speak out about issues that they care about.”
Oh responds by acknowledging just how challenging speaking out can be.
“I find that kind of like the first hurdle [is] to figure out how to speak out. Those two things that you said of finding a community – because it’s sometimes best to do it together, I think that I want to just answer your answer,” Oh says in the video.
“You know, because it can be totally isolating, these things of like, ‘I don’t know what to say’ … except to talk to you. To be with you and to encourage you, because I’m doing my job, taking pictures and all that stuff, but it’s really what you’re doing that I think is about really building and developing the real muscle that I feel like we need as Asian Americans.”
Oh’s horror movie “Umma,” directed by Iris Shim, is set to be released on digital and DVD/Blu-Ray on May 10. “Turning Red,” directed by Domee Shi and featuring Oh as the voice of Ming, was released on digital and DVD/Blu-Ray yesterday.
 
Feature Image via  @KQEDnews
MOST READ
    HAPPENING NOW
      Rebecca Moon

      Rebecca Moon is a contributor at NextShark

      SHARE THIS ARTICLE:

      RELATED STORIES FROM NEXTSHARK

      Support
      NextShark's
      Journalism

      Many people might not know this, but NextShark is a small media startup that runs on no outside funding or loans, and with no paywalls or subscription fees, we rely on help from our community and readers like you.

      Everything you see today is built by Asians, for Asians to help amplify our voices globally and support each other. However, we still face many difficulties in our industry because of our commitment to accessible and informational Asian news coverage.

      We hope you consider making a contribution to NextShark so we can continue to provide you quality journalism that informs, educates, and inspires the Asian community. Even a $1 contribution goes a long way. Thank you for supporting NextShark and our community.

      © 2023 NextShark, Inc. All rights reserved.