Posted on 10/18/2022 11:41:08 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
LOS ANGELES — As a 14-year-old girl, the daughter of immigrants in this city’s Chinatown, Anna May Wong talked her way into her first role in a movie. Over the decades-long career that followed, she rose to become the first Asian American film star in Hollywood. When Wong died in 1961, The New York Times called the actress, known for her large, expressive eyes and flapper-era styles, “one of the most unforgettable figures of Hollywood’s great days.”
Now Wong is gaining another coveted role — on the quarter. Part of a new effort that also put writer Maya Angelou and astronaut Sally Ride on currency, the U.S. Mint on Monday will begin producing coins pressed with Wong’s image, a close-up of her face resting on an elegant, manicured hand.
The new quarter honors not just Wong’s trailblazing career but also the difficulties she faced trying to secure meaningful roles as an Asian American actress in an era of “yellowface” and anti-miscegenation laws.
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When will be get “Sex Toy Quarters?”
That’s probably the following year.
I rarely touch currency or coins anymore. I am really saddened that I’m missing all the WOKE aspects of our currency and coins. I remember the old days when we honored guys like Washington, Lincoln, and Jefferson on our money. I even loved all the Indian visages on our money over 100 years ago.
I’m leaving the US.
But they will make 50 cents...
I think she was a famous porn star in the 90s. Wait- that was Annabelle Chung. My bad.
That’s just Wong!
I understand the sentiment, but where?
Iceland, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, etc.
Extremely high white population percentage.
I’d rather be poor there than “richer” here.
Yeah. A three. year run of coins. I don’t think they wanted to put many white hetero- women on coins.
So a person who achieved fame and notoriety in the film industry in spite of her gender and ethnicity will now be featured on a coin because of her gender and ethnicity?
Som Ting Wong’s mom.
4 Bits!....................
Silent movie star.
300 million Wong quarters. 😂
Who?
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You Know! The most unforgettable Asian American Hollywood star.
The others must be really, really forgettable.
Very "diverse" crew. 2 African-American. 2 Native American. 2 Hispanic. 1 Hawaiian. 1 Asian. Sally Ride. Eleanor Roosevelt.
Good motto for the program:
“Putting tokens on our tokens.”
This is the SF newspaper being idiotic (again)
Fake fake fake completes the circle.
The Craw (aka “Lefty”) was more of a Hollywood icon, IMHO.
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