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Memorial Day
I don’t know much about the impact of war on my American side - all the men have served at some point (including my dad, who was stationed in Okinawa when he met my mom) but they don’t talk about it. But I know a lot about the flip side of the Pacific War and [...]
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Racism in Comedy
Inspired by this post which revolves around Amy Sedaris’s “quirky” brand of humor.
As much as I love her work on Strangers with Candy, I have trouble understanding the need for Amy Sedaris to go on with jokes that contain racial stereotypes as part of her “quirky” persona. I think what troubled me the most [...]
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Bone Marrow Donor Needed
Roy sent me this article which calls for bone marrow donors whose ideal ethnic background is 3/4 Caucasian and 1/4 Sino-Asian.
Any person whose ethnic background is a mix of Asian and Caucasian, and is in good health with no history of cancer or major illness, and is between the ages of 18 and 60, is [...]
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Kids…
I’ve been busy taking care of a kid who is a bit of a trouble maker, (actually a huge one, this kid’s not even wanted in school anymore. and he’s just in KINDERGARTEN, He’s been suspended for a total of a month and 2 days) any who… I’ve noticed that he seems to be one [...]
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Happy Birthday Dev Patel!
Happy Birthday to Dev Patel! From British hit telly show Skins, to Oscar and BAFTA award-winning Slumdog Millionaire, we’ve watched this young lad (and his career) grow and blossom in front of the camera. At a mere 19 he already has some amazing work under his belt and I think it’s safe to say we [...]
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Why Asians Make Great Undercover Spies
In the latest episode of Dollhouse, the character Sierra goes undercover to retrieve some super-secret information. And she dresses up as an Asian employee. Because Asians look the same.
So for those of you taking notes, in order to perform a successful espionage, simply take your resident Asian and dress them up like an [...]
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Mixed Asian Comedians
Roy and I went to a comedy club the other night because a friend of mine won some free tickets. The main comedian at the show was pretty awful, but it got me thinking about where mixed Asians are in mainstream comedy. After some YouTube crawling, I stumbled across Steven Byrnes, who is [...]
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Bizarre Foods Shows Other Cultures as, Well, Bizarre
Maybe I just have an unhealthy relationship with the Travel channel. I love learning about things outside of my cultural scope, but I feel like that’s not what the Travel channel has been all about lately. On top of its anti-women programming (see: Man vs. Wild, Man vs. Food, Bridget’s Stupid Mindfuck Beach [...]
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Burly Surviving Men Travel and Discover Things People Already Traveled to and Discovered Before Them
In the cases of the OMG SURVIVOAR shows Man vs. Wild and Survivorman (seriously, could they get any more HEY BRAH with those names?), the buff and courageous hosts teach us what it’s like to survive in extreme environments. They risk their lives and endure deserts and jungles. They eat things like bovine eyes and [...]
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Ex-Pat Pied Piper and the Economy
I know that we need food and we need shelter. I love a good movie, a good book, some music, a nice plate to serve dinner on, a great table to sit at, and a handy gadget that helps me clean up after. But am I less happy without those things? Does my happiness, and [...]
