No matter who wins on Oscar night, the 2015 Academy Awards will be remembered for the stunning lack of diversity in its nominees that spawned the hash tag #OscarsSoWhite. For the first time in almost 20 years, there is not a single person of color among the 20 nominations for…
Go 2015 Golden Globe Awards! The show gave us the comedy magic of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. But more importantly, it was a night of big WINs for characters and stories that personify the power of standing out exactly as who you are. The journey for women’s independence got…
When I was eight years old, I played Linus in my elementary school’s musical production of “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown.” At eight years old, there was anything odd to me about an Asian boy (let alone, a gay Asian boy) playing the role of Linus. Nor was it…
Jimmy Nguyen interviews Miss Universe 1997 Brook Lee (the only Native Hawaiian to win the Miss USA crown) about all things Hawaii! Brook talks about why she loves Hawaii, its tourism, the differences between its islands, and what makes Hawaii unique from other island groups. She also explains the “Aloha…
Jimmy Nguyen interviews Miss Universe 1997 Brook Lee about why she is such a strong straight ally for LGBT rights and equality – including posing for the NOH8 campaign.
Why aren’t there more Asians on television? Jimmy Nguyen interviews actress/writer and media diversity advocate Erin Quill (Avenue Q; The Mikado Project) about why so few Asian actors appear on American television series, and what can be done to improve diversity in media.
Jimmy Nguyen speaks with Hernan Lopez, President & CEO of FOX International Channels, about the continued rise of Spanish language television, diversity in media, and the worldwide growth of FOX International Channels.
Are Hollywood award nominees and winners too often white? Actress/writer Erin Quill (original Broadway cast of Avenue Q; The Mikado Project) thinks so. Erin served on the television acting nomination committee for the 2014 Screen Actors Guild Awards. She voted for a racially diverse slate, but when the nominations were…
In fall 2013, Gap Inc.’s “Make Love” ad campaign garnered kudos for the diversity of its models but also sparked hate speech vandalism of its street posters – due to the appearance of South Asian actor Waris Ahluwalia (from the Sikh religion) and depiction of a gay male couple. In…
Jimmy Nguyen interviews actress, singer and advocate America Olivo about her life and career experience being multi-racial (Chilean, Basque, Spanish, Italian, Irish and Belgian). America speaks about how being ethnically ambiguous has affected her career in entertainment – not looking Hispanic or white enough to fit into easy ethnic boxes…
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Jimmy Nguyen is nationally-recognized as an award-winning lawyer, LGBT and diversity advocate, digital media thinker, and speech expert. With a last name pronounced like the word “WIN,” Jimmy’s message for everyone is “Why Fit In? Stand Out and WIN.”
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