You think the gay community would be a little bit more sensitive. guess not.

boygabriel · September 2011

armchair_warrior said:

The presidency would be nice wouldn't it? or have tons of people represented in the media or have a special called "Being Asian in America" on CNN be nice too.
Maybe get some Affirmative Action help instead of Getting points off in school admissions
no longer see some white guy on fox trying to mock asians. they wouldn't even think about doing a show like about blacks? (you remember one of my post about it not too long ago) people in the media still don't think about it.
when asians become truly accepted and voted in by the general population that doesn't have a large ethnic asian population. and media that stops looking to whiten asian roles. sure than have white guys play asian roles or make fun of asians. but that time isn't here yet.
Asians are fully accepted yet into society. When Americans stop thinking of asians as ethnics sure. I'm not talking about guys like me straight off the boat. I'm talking about people like my cousins. who were born here tall and big. Who are articulate, who acts like the general white population.
Who gets ask which country they are from? lol they are big and tall as Americans, speaks like the general pubic throws people off. confuses them hmmmmm can't figure out which country these folks are from.....
Would be nice to have someone like Barack or Morgan Freeman(playing a character base on a white guy on some lame ass dolphin story). or Race baiter like Al Sharpton on tv.
One day lol. but not today. When asians are part of the power structure and no longer 3rd thought. not even worth a second thought on the decision makers minds.

So this is your explanation for why jokes about other races are ok, but not ok about Asians?

brooklynboyyee · September 2011

This is a fascinating debate.

I think that AW is attempting to reveal a double standard ... It is curious how the gay community takes offense with what many might consider a simple joke, but such language has been deemed increasingly toxic in our social landscape. For this particular community to make seemingly harmless but insensitive jokes about Asians is rather hypocritical and calls their "tone down the anti-gay jokes" agenda into question.

I don't often say this, but I find myself agreeing with some of what AW is saying. The debate over the "Bamboo Ceiling" is fascinating. Check out this post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/vishakha-n-desai/overcoming-the-bamboo-cei_b_654431.html

While AW might not be articulating his points as best possible, he does raise some interesting points.

boygabriel · September 2011

I'm still trying to figure out when it is and isn't ok to be politically correct.

And anyone who thinks one group of oppressed or marginalized people won't be biased or bigoted towards another hasn't been paying attention to world history.

You think the gay community would be a little bit more sensitive. guess not.

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