Why These Sitcom Kisses Were Revolutionary Acts

“Sitcom parents have engaged in public displays of affection on primetime for as long as there have been family sitcoms, after all. But for those of us who grew up with parents born and raised in Asia – and, based on a 2012 Pew survey, that’s a growing number of us – these [particular] lip-lock moments are mind-blowing. Because not only have we rarely seen Asian American parents kiss on TV, many of us have never seen them do it in real life either.”