▁role ▁of ▁li br arian ▁is ▁used ▁as ▁a ▁low - visibility ▁dis gu ise ▁for ▁her ▁crime - f ight ing ▁alter - ego , ▁and ▁while ▁her ▁information - loc ating ▁skills ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁useful ▁to ▁her ▁extra - curr icular ▁activities ▁no ▁direct ▁examples ▁are ▁given ." ▁ ▁Represent ation ▁for ▁Asian ▁Americans ▁ ▁The ▁Cass andra ▁C ain ▁version ▁of ▁Bat g irl , ▁dep icted ▁as ▁a ▁b ira cial ▁character ▁( H alf ▁White ▁and ▁half ▁Chinese ), ▁is ▁notable ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁prominent ▁characters ▁of ▁Asian ▁descent ▁to ▁appear ▁in ▁American ▁com ic ▁books . ▁Jeff rey ▁A . ▁Brown ▁states ▁that ▁while ▁her ▁eth nic ity ▁is ▁rarely ▁mentioned ▁in ▁the ▁com ic ▁books , ▁Asian ▁women ▁have ▁had ▁a ▁long ▁history ▁in ▁com ics ▁of ▁being ▁port rayed ▁as ▁mart ial ▁artists ▁and ▁are ▁often ▁explo ited ▁as ▁sex ▁objects . ▁However , ▁in ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁Bat g irl , ▁" C ass andra ' s ▁ra cial ▁identity ▁is ▁treated ▁more ▁implicitly ▁than ▁explicitly . ▁Her ▁cost ume ▁design ▁actually ▁conce als ▁her ▁entire ▁body ▁so ▁that ▁while ▁in ▁her ▁gu ise ▁as ▁Bat g irl ▁her ▁eth nic ity ▁is ▁completely ▁un app ar ent ." ▁The ▁fact ▁that ▁her ▁sexual ity ▁is ▁also ▁under st ated ▁represents ▁a ▁shift ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁typical ▁port ray als ▁of ▁women , ▁and ▁Asian ▁women ▁in ▁particular . ▁The ▁most ▁controvers ial ▁aspect ▁of ▁her ▁character ▁came ▁about ▁during ▁the