{"id":40497,"date":"2025-11-06T07:41:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T07:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/40497\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T07:41:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T07:41:14","slug":"award-winning-actor-bd-wong-shares-personal-journey-at-csu-bakersfield-lecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/40497\/","title":{"rendered":"Award-winning Actor BD Wong shares personal journey at CSU Bakersfield lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Known for his roles in &#8220;Jurassic Park,&#8221; &#8220;Law and Order: SVU,&#8221; and &#8220;Mulan,&#8221; award-winning actor BD Wong took an evening off from the Hollywood screen  to hit the stage at  California State University, Bakersfield, as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/csub.edu\/kie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kegley Institute of Ethics<\/a> annual fall lecture. <\/p>\n<p>The event, titled &#8220;From Exclusion to Inclusion: An Evening With BD Wong,&#8221; was part of the <a target=\"_blank\">university&#8217;s Out-tober events<\/a>, bringing a celebration of LGBTQ+ History Month into early November. <\/p>\n<p>Dr. Nate Olson, interim director of the Kegley Institute of Ethics, emphasized the importance of Wednesday&#8217;s lecture, stating, &#8220;I think it was a great experience for not only our students here, but the Bakersfield community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Recalling when he had to navigate a casting pool designed for white actors, Wong shared his experiences of overcoming adversity in the entertainment industry and how he continues to fight for representation. <\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Valley Strong Credit Union, The Kegley Family, and The Office of the Provost were all event sponsors. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Known for his roles in &#8220;Jurassic Park,&#8221; &#8220;Law and Order: SVU,&#8221; and &#8220;Mulan,&#8221; award-winning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-40497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}