Actress Franchesca Wong is in brownface in the horror series Barrack O’Karma 1968. The mixed reaction to the use of brownface confirms just how big of a perception gap there can be between ethnic minority and majority audiences in Hong Kong. Photo: TVB
Actress Franchesca Wong is in brownface in the horror series Barrack O’Karma 1968. The mixed reaction to the use of brownface confirms just how big of a perception gap there can be between ethnic minority and majority audiences in Hong Kong. Photo: TVB
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Letters | Hong Kong’s brownface perception gap: we need to talk about everyday racism

  • Readers discuss the mixed reaction in Hong Kong to TVB’s use of brownface, and highlight discrimination against Southeast Asians in the city

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Updated: 2:30pm, 25 Apr, 2022

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Actress Franchesca Wong is in brownface in the horror series Barrack O’Karma 1968. The mixed reaction to the use of brownface confirms just how big of a perception gap there can be between ethnic minority and majority audiences in Hong Kong. Photo: TVB
Actress Franchesca Wong is in brownface in the horror series Barrack O’Karma 1968. The mixed reaction to the use of brownface confirms just how big of a perception gap there can be between ethnic minority and majority audiences in Hong Kong. Photo: TVB
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