community members have organized against the play in many different cities over the years, citing that the production is racist and misogynistic. 2010 fulbright hayes scholar d hideo maruyama states, "it's time to see the real vietnam, not the miss saigon version. whether or not america is ready to see the real one is up to question." american artist and activist mai neng moua states, "i protested miss saigon back in 1994 when the ordway first brought it to town. i was a college student at st. olaf and had never protested anything before. i didn't know what to say or do. i was scared people would yell or throw things at me. then i met esther suzuki, a japanese american woman whose family survived the racist u.s. policy of internment camps. esther was about my size – which is small – but she was fearless. esther protested miss saigon because, she better than anyone, understood dr. king's "no one is free until we all are free." i stood with esther, protesting miss saigon, and drew strength from her. we protested miss saigon because it was racist, sexist, and offensive to us as asian americans. nineteen years later, this hasn't changed." vietnamese american activist denise huynh recounts her experience attending the production and the stereotypes making her feel physically ill.