2 Broke Girls - Heightism Discrimination and Asian American

Written by Xue Li

Most of the time in the 2 Broke Girls, audiences see Han as stereotyped Asian American immigrant because the way he act, the way he talk, and the way he looks. Like I mentioned in one of my previous post, Han is mostly being made fun of because of his height. Although this kind of teasing is not considered as being racist yet but it is still a little uncomfortable to some of the audiences who watches the show; because most Asian American are known as short and little. Although there are also tall and masculine Asian Americans out there but because of genetics some of the Asian American men are very short.

Han is the only Asian American main cast in the 2 Broke Girls, and there aren’t a lot of Asian American that have the opportunity to play as the main cast in a television series because most of the Asian American actors are underrepresented. Therefore, Han is one of the few Asian American actors that appears on one of the most popular comedy shows so people tend to make stereotype assumptions after watching the show, especially if there aren’t a lot of Asian around where they are living.

Personally, I think the show is extremely hilarious although the jokes sometimes seem it gone too far but it does bring some laughter after watching it. However, maybe in real life a lot people can’t take this kind jokes but if it’s in a television series then it’s more acceptable. Here is clip of series out jokes that is being made through the show: