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<aside> 1️⃣ A tag will not be created until there is an entity* attributed to that group.
Ex. If there are no Burmese-American games, we won't create a tag for Burmese until there is one so that it won't return 0 results)
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<aside> 2️⃣ If a real person does not publicly list their ethnicity, they can email us to self-identify and add their ethnicity. Those who have publicly listed their ethnicity may be tagged as such.
Ex. Daniel Dae Kim will be tagged as Korean.
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<aside> 3️⃣ If an entity is represented but is represented negatively or perpetuates stereotypes, we do not include them in this list. Ex. The game ‘Dirty Chinese Restaurant’ will not be listed.
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<aside> 4️⃣ Entities will be tagged only with publicly available and easily accessible information. Ex. Venba will be tagged as South Asian, Indian, South Indian, and Tamil. Chloe in Uncharted will be tagged with Indian and Mixed Race, as I have not found further information on where her parents are from in India.
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<aside> 5️⃣ We will not tag games by the country folks have immigrated to, because that is not our focus. Ex. Venba will not be tagged as Asian-Canadian.
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<aside> 6️⃣ Entities that solely call Asia and the Pacific Islands home will not be included in this list as we focus on the AAPI diaspora. Ex. Genshin Impact will not be listed.
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*Entity refers here to a game, studio, developer, character, voice actor, musician, artist, etc. Interested parties can email us to be added or removed from this list. Emailing does not guarantee a response or being added to the list. Entities may be removed by our staff at any time.