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Kim's Convenience combats the idea that 'anybody non-white' can't play a significant role on screen

Paul Sun-Hyung Lee and Jean Yoon talk about the second season of Kim's Convenience.
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Comedy series Kim's Convenience is returing to CBC for a second season. (CBC)

Paul Sun-Hyung Lee and Jean Yoon accepted their roles on Kim's Convenience because they felt that, in a landscape of very white television, it's an honour to amplify stories about immigrants.

Kim's Convenience is a show about a family of Korean-Canadians who own a convenience store in Toronto, and the comedy in their everyday lives.

The second season of Kim's Convenience premieres tonight (Sept. 26) on CBC-TV and Lee and Yoon talk to Tom Power about the show and diversity in television as a whole.

Kim's Convenience stars Jean Yoon and Paul Sun-Hyung Lee with Tom Power in the q studio in Toronto, Ont. (Melody Lau/CBC)

— Produced by Elaine Chau

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