I read a post in a similar vein yesterday that was complaining that Film/TV only portrays secular Muslims. A fair point, but I don't know if these criticisms stick in this case since it's based off his life.
The Only Muslims Hollywood Likes Are The 'Secular' Ones
This doesn't wash because Hollywood in general is highly secular. You could argue the only "religion" that gets serious play for the most part is Judaism, and even that's with the caveat it's rare to see religious practice versus cultural signifiers.
As for the article, I cannot imagine how depressing it must be to treat every relationship in the real world as needing to hew to your progressive ideals. The author's point goes way beyond complaints about on-screen romances and hits pretty hard on real-world relationships in a pretty icky way.
She didn't do that though
Everything in the article implicitly or explicitly is talking about dating in reality, not just in films. Like this bit: "In choosing an Asian man, these white women also symbolically reject all the white men who have oppressed Asian men for centuries. And by earning white love, the Asian man gains acceptance in a society that has thwarted them from the very beginning. When an Asian is loved as a white man, he is taken on a road to realization. It is at once an act of love, and of revenge."
This stuff isn't just framed as film tropes. The only way her complaints make any sense is if they are supposed to stand in for real relationships people have. Otherwise who the hell cares about the film?