Lmao calm down, Leon. For the context here, Merle Oberon was the first Asian woman to be nominated in 1935, but she hid her racial identity for fear of discrimination ending her acting career (she was mixed race). Strange as it is, there are many mixed-race people who are white-passing that identify as white and are able to hide their identities.

Does also it incense you when people celebrate milestones around "the first openly-[LGBTQ insert prestigious title here]?" Obviously in many cases people can't hide their racial identities in the ways that they can hide queerness, but my point is that this is not without precedent.

Which is all to say, I was attempting to write with some degree of integrity since there is a historical basis for concealing mixed-race identities and I don't think the fact that this has happened/can happen diminishes the fact that Michelle Yeoh is the first incontrovertibly, visibly Asian woman to win this award (and that that is wonderful).

Hopefully I don't need to explain to you why spending time in Korea and identifying as Asian is different than being able to/consciously choosing to pass as an identity that provides safety and privilege in a culture that would otherwise oppress you; I'll assume your obtuse remark was just a reaction to your being triggered and not any indicator of your intelligence overall.

Have a nice day.