‘Never Have I Ever’ Complicates Its Asian American Characters. That’s The Whole Point

But now she has a new frenemy to contend with; not one, but two boyfriends and her mom’s trying to move her to India.

The second season of the Netflix series, Never Have I Ever brings back the cringe and chaos as Devi navigate their own conflicts at work, at school and in their love lives.

Nalini becomes more of her own character this season, trying to build a life after the death of her husband.

Borja, who teaches American studies with a focus on religion, says Aneesa’s addition is a recognition of the religious diversity in the Asian American diaspora.

In the last few years alone, we’ve seen the hit trilogy To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, Ali Wong’s Always Be My Maybe, Crazy Rich Asians and even Kaling’s show The Mindy Project.

“As minorities, our screen time is increasing,” Jagannathan told the Los Angeles Times, “We are featured more and fill more and more roles.

And it gives Devi and others the space to be what Asian Americans are often denied on screen: the chance to be in charge of their own narrative, as complicated as they want.

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