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- Lingyai: Yeah I wanted to comment but ES said pretty much what I would. Thanks for saving me the time
- bigWOWO: Eurasian, I totally agree. To be quite honest, for me, as a person who has been following race since high...
- Eurasian Sensation: Seems like there are a few different issues at play here. I think a lot of people in public...
- Lingyai: Yeah I wanted to comment but ES said pretty much what I would. Thanks for saving me the time
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Category Archives: racism
Activism and privacy in the digital camera age
So someone sent this article to me. It’s about a racist-themed frat party at Duke, where a bunch of non-Asian people wore conical hats and geisha outfits to get their kicks. The intent of the party was clear:
“Herro Nice Duke Peopre!!” read the opening line in the email inviting Dukies to “the return of Kappa Sigma Asia Prime.”
Racebending in porn and the Walking Dead parody
I don’t usually watch porn (it’s usually a waste of time imo), but there’s been a recent controversy in the industry. A big porn producer named Joanna Angel made a porn-spoof of The Walking Dead, and rather than cast an Asian guy to play Glenn, she cast a White guy with his eyes taped back. See more at Jezebel. See here too(Not safe for work.). I agree that it would be unacceptable in any other medium. I’ve heard rumors on why they couldn’t get Keni Styles to do it, but I’m sure they could’ve gotten someone else.
Great photos and memes on the internet
Last summer, I got involved with this activist project that had nothing to do with Asian American stuff. The leader of the project–I’ll call him D–was one of those dudes who just had to have his voice heard on everything. He was a white man. He wanted to run the website, but when he was averaging 3 unique pageviews a day (one was me, another was him, and god knows who the other person was), I suggested some changes (since bigWOWO gets somewhat more than 3 pageviews a day). He was one of those passive aggressive types. He’d say, “Yeah, since you have web experience, you should do it,” and then he’d say something like, “What are you trying to do, take over MY website? I’m in charge here!” When I told him that he should just do his thing since he obviously knew better, he would get angry and say, “Why am I always doing the work?”
Racism between Asians and Blacks
Fred Korematsu and Rosa Parks
Continuing a discussion that came about from another thread.
Post away!
(Curiously, I couldn’t find a good picture of a black person and an Asian person debating, or even talking. Shows how badly this dialogue is needed. Anyway, y’all are stuck with a picture of Tiger. If someone can find something better, I’ll switch it. Edit: Replaced by mwei’s submission. Thanks!)
Legacies, affirmative action, and do we really want total equality of opportunity?
I admit it; I listen to conservative radio. On my ride home, I listen to Michael Berry. He’s often (usually?) over the top, but even though I disagree with him 90% of the time, his show can often be entertaining. (Going back to my prior post, I don’t believe Michael is racist, but I also don’t believe he believes half of what he says!) Anyway, Michael Berry made an interesting statement yesterday. He started by saying that Barack Obama doesn’t believe in “equality of opportunity,” that instead he believes in “equality of outcome,” meaning that Obama believes in redistributing wealth to those who don’t earn it. But then…he took it even further and said something interesting. He said something like, “Actually, I don’t even believe in equality of opportunity. I don’t believe that my son should be totally equal to some other kid whose parents made bad decisions. In fact, I want to be able to give something to my son…which is why I work my butt off for him!”
Posted in Asian American, Citizenship, racism, Strategy
Tagged affirmative action, money
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Me love you long time, me punch racist douchebag in the face
The video above has been making the rounds. I don’t know if it’s real, but it looks pretty real. An Asian American guy and gal are out on a date at a comedy club, and “comedian” Brett Eidman makes racial/sexual remarks to the Asian women along with lewd gestures. The Asian male responds.
I don’t agree with violence, but assuming this is real, I think the “comedian” crossed a line. I think this guy has it right:
German rower leaves Olympics after reports of racist boyfriend
German rower Nadja Drygalla
So we had a Greek triple jumper and a Swiss soccer player who were kicked out of this Olympics for racist tweeting. Now, we have a German rower who has voluntarily left because of reports that her boyfriend is allegedly linked to a racist group. See here: A German rower leaves London over her boyfriend’s alleged link to a neo-Nazi group. German Olympic rower Nadja Drygalla left on her own accord; it doesn’t sound like they were going to kick her out. But if they were going to kick her out…I don’t know if I’d agree with it.
Posted in racism
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Difficulty level: White
A couple of people sent me this post and asked what my opinion was: Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is.
I thought the cover picture was good, and overall, I thought that the analogy was good in that it speaks to our video game generation. I also like the idea of “difficulty” as a word to describe what he’s trying to describe. Among Asian people, being a White male male provides privilege like no other in the world, especially in terms of career and social life. But when writing about life in America, the analogy is not 100% on target.
What John Derbyshire Would Tell His Kids: The Nonblack, Possibly HBD, Version of “the Talk”
My fb friends are angry at this piece written by John Derbyshire: The Talk: Nonblack Version. In the piece, Derbyshire writes about the talk he’d give to his non-black kids about black people and how black people act. I remember Derbyshire because the Asian of Reason used to quote him a lot, and as they say, birds of a feather flock together, especially birds who believe in HBD or other asinine religions. There’s a good summary of Derbyshire’s piece here. You would think the summary is biased, but it isn’t. Here’s what Derbyshire himself says:
Posted in AF/WM Theme-orama, racism
Tagged Asian Female Celebrity Club, human biodiversity, racism
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Trial by media and social media
Dharun Ravi
The NJ Star Ledger has an excellent article on the trial of Dharun Ravi, and the way the media took a side and “convicted” him before the trial was up: Dharun Ravi trial shows ‘viral prosecutions’ compromise justice, mercy. If you were fortunate to see the 20/20 episode this past Friday with an interview with Dharun, or if you read the New Yorker article published last month, it’s a highly complex case. Sure, Dharun made some gay comments in learning about Tyler being gay, but Tyler also made a “Dunkin Donuts” reference after learning about Dharun being Indian. They were just innocent jokes among kids–Dharun wasn’t homophobic, and Tyler wasn’t racist. Dharun deserves punishment for invading Tyler’s privacy, but the “bias intimidation” charge seems rather strong, given the legal parameters. It seems like the internet was ready to hang this kid even before the trial. Even on this blog, a commenter made a comment implying he hoped Dharun would get raped in prison, followed by a comment about “outsourcing.”
