Ok, I don’t want to speak for the whole NYC Epic Movement team, but we have enjoyed a couple of KevJumba videos in our meetings (along with the lovely Happy Slip). One that we watched together today was Kev’s thoughts on “Asians Just Aren’t Cool Enough?” Kev talks about how Hollywood recently cast a Caucasian actor as the lead “Goku” in the movie Dragonball Evolution, a role that is meant to be played by an Asian. Kev laments on why Asians aren’t cool enough to score these roles meant for them. It reminded me of the controversy over the casting in the Black Jack movie, “21.”

One of the reasons I decided to join the staff of CCC with the Epic Movement was the burden God laid on my heart to see Asian Americans living out His purposes for their lives. I’ve heard too many stories of young Asian Americans going into careers they hate or have no giftings in because their families want them to be doctors or lawyers. I’ve always said that I think there would be so many more Asian American pastors, campus ministry staff, artists, athletes and entertainers if people took steps of faith to follow after God’s calling for their lives.

But, maybe part of the problem is that there are “reasons more sinister than you or I care to believe” that also prevent Asian Americans from excelling in these fields. Thoughts?