Michelle Yeoh’s historic Oscar win is drawing attention everywhere all at once.The “Everything Everywhere All at Once” star was congratulated by NPR’s official Twitter page as part of a breaking news update.
However, audiences are taking issue with the wording of NPR’s post.NPR tweeted, “Breaking: Michelle Yeoh wins the Oscar for best actress making history as the first person who identifies as Asian to win the award.”Twitter added a context card reading: “The tweet is factually correct, but missing context to explain wording.
Merle Oberon was the first Asian woman nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1935.
Oberon hid her heritage to avoid discrimination.
Michelle Yeoh, however, is open about her Asian heritage.”However, Oberon is not mentioned in NPR’s linked article, nor did the late actress win the award, still making “Everything Everywhere All at Once” star Yeoh the first
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