Medical alert; Asian actress Parminder Nagra has joined the cast of "ER," but it may be too little, too late.(VARIETY)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: October 9, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Neal Justin; Staff Writer

"ER," like any good prime-time soap, feeds viewers a never-ending diet of juicy questions: Will the rebel medic defy authority and save the patient's life? How many students will the handsome intern sleep with? Who will survive a rare tropical disease spreading through the hospital?

But there's one question that the network would rather you not explore: Where are all the Asians?

It's an inquiry that's been made rarely in the hit's nine-year history. Maybe that's because viewers are used to seeing minority groups underrepresented on ...

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