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AustinBennettWriter t1_it0f2c6 wrote

Reply to comment by rivieredefeu in TIL about Anna May Wong, the first Chinese-American film star. Her career began in silent movies era and continued to her death. One of the first to adopt the flapper style of the 20s, she was voted “world’s best dressed woman” in 1934. She will be featured in the American Women quarter series. by ActuallyCausal

Moreso she's being featured on the new quarter, which is making racists heads explode.

One guy on Facebook said, "Anna May isn't even her real name!"

My rebuttal was, "Would you feel that way about Mariyln? Her real name was Norma".

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rivieredefeu t1_it0faj8 wrote

Ohhh I didn’t realize! I don’t live in the US.

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AustinBennettWriter t1_it0fpw2 wrote

My bad! Yes, this is US based because I forgot other countries can participate.

We just launched a new series of quarters highlighting historic females. Anna May Wong is the first. Maya Angelou and Dr Sally Ride are coming up next. The first Indigenous American female chief (I forget the tribe) and one more female will be featured.

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locks_are_paranoid t1_it0tqfe wrote

Unless you work for the US Mint, saying "we just launched a new theory of quarters" is incorrect.

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lewphone t1_it20m7g wrote

Almost every actor changed their name back then. Marion Morrison, Archibald Leach & Bernard Scwartz would have been good rebuttals too.

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bow_m0nster t1_itb0m1j wrote

John Wayne’s real name is Marion Robert Morrison

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