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‘Gran Torino’ star Bee Vang criticizes film’s racial slurs, ‘mainstreamed anti-Asian racism’

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In an op-ed for NBC News, "Gran Torino" star Bee Vang criticized the film's use of racial slurs amid rising hate crimes against Asian Americans.

     
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