Sometimes it feels like Asians (particularly Japanese) are only considered POC by the woke crown when it's convenient for them. Otherwise they're hated almost as much as white people.

American progressives are still guilty of american chauvinism.
They want to scream that america is the most progressive country in the world, that it has the most PoC and Gayz in their movies, most politically engaged social media, and games with the most political commentary.
They want to but they can't say that out loud, because american bad.

They can't control japanese animation, that's why they often end up in anime translation where they can "improve" anime.