Popular Television Series 'Master Of None'

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I chose to write about the popular Television series ‘Master of None’ due to the fact that two people of color, Aziz Ansari who was raised by Indian immigrant parents and Alan Michael Yang who was raised by Taiwanese immigrant parents, created and directed the show. Before I go any further, I’d like to mention that both Aziz and Alan grew up in the middle class spectrum and attended higher institutions like NYU and Harvard. Through out the entire show they highlight issues of injustice on race and gender as it pertains to the Television and Film industry as well as their everyday lives, which shows examples of institutional racism and interpersonal racism. For the episode, ‘Indians on TV’ I analyzed the intersections of race, class and gender …show more content…
Dev, the main character on this show, shows his frustration in how Indians are portrayed in the media. Dev an actor, who was born and raised in the United States, is capable of playing any movie or television role but he finds himself being forced to select from stereotypical roles available to him for being Indian. Similarly to Mya who refused to “be pounded into a stereotypical mold” which led to difficulties in getting roles, in Yuen’s Performing Race, Negotiating Identities chapter. Dev also challenges these stereotypes by refusing to pretend to have an Indian accent. Although he quickly gets rejected for refusing, luckily for him he has a great agent that is able to find him new positions quickly, compared to his friend who has assimilated and adapted to the stereotype by playing roles as 7/11 worker and forcing an Indian accent. Although Dev is simply mad at the stereotypes, he does not mention how mainstream media affects the way people of color are seen and treated based off these stereotypes. For example, the portrayal of black …show more content…
I feel like you only risk starting a brouhaha if you say something bad about Black people or gay people.” This was Dev’s response to his queer black friend when they said that someone who says racist things on an email about Indian’s would get fired if it gets leaked. The email they were referring to was for a lead role in a show about 3 friends in which the producer said that there can’t be two Indians in the show and that they will have to chose between Dev and his friend by making a insensitive joke about curry. It was clear that the producer was racist for not wanting to put two Indians on a show in fear of making it an Indian show, even though the roles being played had nothing to do with being Indian but simply because of their image. By allowing two Indians to play on a show, doing regular roles and showing the world that it doesn’t make it an Indian show is what challenges the status quo, and that’s the response and action Dev should have taken a stance on. Instead he takes on an offer to a basketball game, accepts an apology and later decides to leak the email because he didn't get the position. His actions did not challenge discrimination and racism in the media in fact he was complacent with it and centered himself on it for his benefit. Simply because anti-black racism has become more and more hyper-visible through serious violence against black bodies, it has nothing to do with the lack of
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