Trying to update at least once a week is tough. I just had an exam in what I was told to be a "blow off" course for an easy A on trees. Memorizing over 100 species of trees and grass is no easy task. I can now walk around campus and identify trees and their problems and how to cultivate them. Wow, I have a future as a park ranger.
Anyway - to bigger and better things! If I learned anything in college - besides trees and their ornamental features - it would be that racism is really a prevalent issue especially for Asian people. A recent encounter with a black girl is what inspired me to post this one. I like to wear my hat tilted and I like wearing Dunkz and I got called out by a black girl sayin:
*First she looks me up n down and we make eye contact. "Oh you all you (yes, she said oh you all you) iz thinkin you a nigguh dressin' like that shit actin' all flyyyyyy (she said fly like flyyyyyyyy)n' shit I bet you thinkin' you all thuggin it mmhmm yeah I bet nigguh you trippin' china." (She did all this doing that wild crazy wave of the hands and pointing thing at me)
And honestly...my first reaction was how she said all that cause she didn't take time to breathe. Try sayin' that w/o trying to breathe. So I reply:
"I'm Korean. I like your nails." (Cause they were crazy rainbow colored with palm trees on em) And I think that took her off guard cause she just walked away - but her black guy friend who was dressed pretty much like me just sat there next to me and shook his head.
What sucks even more is that our racism is pretty much overlooked. Remember during the huge tidal waves in Asia and all the flooding and people killed and then Hot 97 in NY puts out that stupid song making fun of it. Gosh that boils my blood man. I mean I believe that I am one of the most patient people when it comes to these kinds of things. Racism will be racism, ignorance will be ignorance. Stereotypes can be funny. But it's never a big deal for people to hate on Asian people. And what gets me even more is that ANOTHER MINORITY DID IT. Hear me out. I love my fellow black minority. But for a culture that has been oppressed - they do a good job dishing it out.
Take this video:
You don't have to listen to it - I mean the song is ALRIGHT but it's nothing amazing. You have to give them props though - they're trying to break into an industry where Asian people aren't really welcome. But the comments are ridic.
"CHING CHONG CHANG you guys suck" - wtf? are you still 5?
"GO BACK TO KOREA, YALL FUCKING SUCK! GO BACK TO KOREA, YALL FUCKING SUCK!" - At least he knows they're korean.
"WTF? This ain't that crazy North Korean Kim Jong-Il AKA the successor to his father Kim Il-Sung's dictator position!" - This was just stupid. I can't believe someone said that.
"these niggaz aint on shit. keep makin them fortune cookies son" Typical.
(This makes me think about Jin the rapper. I mean yeah he was so good at freestyle battling on BET - but c'mon he knew what people were gonna say it's all the same.)
I'm not saying all these people are black - but the website IS targeted to that group - so I can assume at least one of the hundred racial comments is from that of a minority.
And from the standpoint of a Korean-American.... I think people fail to see how similar we are to black folk! Yes, Africans and people from the Caribbean were taken and enslaved for many a year. Koreans were conquered more times than you can count throughout history. I mean - I guess we're a damn strategic peninsula cause history knows whenever someone wants to start shit in Asia..."Y'know, while we're at it might as well pick up Korea, conquer their people, suppress their culture, sex their women. Eh, well if you can't get the whole country just make sure you suppress and sex."....damn you bastards of the past.
Now I'm not saying korean people are innocent of racism or we're a totally awesome and pure culture. As a people we're jacked up too. Heinz Ward goes to Korea (cause the beautiful man identifies himself as a Korean) and he's treated like a hero! If he wasn't MVP.... highly doubt he'd get any love. And I'm not saying that it's not our fault that people see us a certain way. Take these girls for example - they really need to go on top of a building and jump.
I'm guessing these girls are educated. You wonder why people people associate asian people with just books and smarts huh. And no, I did not think this video was funny at all. Not one bit. Nope. Die in a fire.
But I feel secretly that people are starting to catch on, so I have hope. You know there's always those non-yellow people that just hang out with a crowd of Asians. The ones plagued by yellow-fever. Those are the ones that got reeled in. They're usually the ones that wear anime shirts and want to eat "Korean BBQ" (it's so funny when they say that) all the time. We get what we can and we get 'em good whether the bait be the food, the girls, and anime (Yes I believe it was created to bait people in - well now I do.
Cheers to those guys and gals - how could you ever hate on them.
*edit* I do suppose I was harsh on those girls in the video. Had they been hot I would've been more inclined to like the video but I stand by what I said before.
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Oy, it's hard when you experience bigotry, aka ignorance from other minorities. There's a difference between racism and bigotry. Racism is when you experience ignorance from the racial group that's in power (namely
Caucasians).
I am wondering what that black girls assumes or thinks Asian people "should" wear.
As for that song, I am assuming they're poking fun at Asian stereotypes: the FOBs, the over-achieving pre-med students, the highly exoticized Asian female, etc. You can be offended if you take it seriously, but there's no way you can do that with that song.
this is why i like you. we think alike on this issue.
all the things you experienced is such a sad commentary on our society. Racism sucks...that enough is clear...but i think it's something that will stick with us for eternity.
We're all human, which is something that we should all realize to help us battle racism. But as humans, I think one of our biggest fault is to create a constant feeling of fear and discrimination for the unknown. humans suck -_-
I like your posts....i really need to start my own blog soon
Let's make a video Doug. We would blow those nerds out of the wateerrrrr!
There needs to be an MS Paint interpretation of this occurrence- that girl, her nails, her blank-faced friend, and you in your getup.
bigotry...everyone does it...
deal with it lulz
you know what's really F'd up? Asian males are the only minorities that don't get affirmative action
I feel your pain. Fight the power.
wow dude...that shit pisses me off man. All I gotta say is let the haters hate man...they'll learn soon enough. Keep truckin dougie
just realized something, if non black people aren't allowed to wear "thug clothes" does that mean black people aren't allowed to wear "white clothes?" Do they have to wear doorags and timbs to a job interview b/c if they wear a suit they're dressing white? That's the logic that ignorant black woman used.
I liked your reaction to the black woman..wish I was as composed. I remember getting so riled up when I faced that kind of racism..though mine was on a more blatant level.
One time while I was walking down into the subway, I ran into a group of black kids. Their first reaction upon seeing me was slanting their eyes with their fingers then exclaiming "CHING CHONG CHING CHONG!" My first reaction was that of anger..and was very tempted to do my impersonation of a gorilla but thought of the moral repercussions..ok..more physical. So I scurried away like a scared little passive aggressive asian boy, which furthermore strenghthen the stereotype.
black girl (well, mixed b&w) with yerrow feber over here. i fight for you too. :)
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