Mindy Kaling


Mindy Kaling plays Mindy Lahiri on the T.V. comedy The Mindy Project. Although this is the first U.S. television series that features a South Asian American as the series lead, it gives in to Asian misrepresentation. Mindy plays a successful Doctor in New York, but her overall goal in life is to find love. It appears as if she is insecure without a lover and it just so happens that every boyfriend she has had on the series happened to be white. Once again, even in contemporary T.V. series, Asian women are often paired with White men partners. It seems to be a little disempowering that although she is a successful minority woman, she needs to have a man to make her feel complete.

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