But, Awkwafina is on the frontlines trying to change that. In, she said that starts by making sure more and better roles are available for Asian and Asian-American actors. Why can’t we have a culture where I have the right to say, ‘This is a stupid Asian stereotype, it’s not written by an Asian person, and it sounds dumb. Why would you do this?’” she said. “People should be scared to do things like that. Actors should be scared to take whitewashed roles.That’s how it should have always been.”