btw that type face even has a name, 'Chinesey' or 'chop suey' or something.
― Autumn Almanac, Monday, 30 January 2012 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
sometimes i make up imaginary american chinese restaurants by mixing & matching common name elements, like
lucky gardenpanda moonfortune housebamboo palace
so - is that racist?
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Monday, 30 January 2012 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
Usually the English name isn't even a translation of the Chinese right next to it.
― Autumn Almanac, Monday, 30 January 2012 21:24 (twelve years ago) link
Like it'll say 'Fortune Garden' in English but the Chinese is actually 'Pork Restaurant' or something.
― Autumn Almanac, Monday, 30 January 2012 21:25 (twelve years ago) link
fail to see how that Chinese ad is any different from the Mexican ones with mariachis etc., I dont see Chinese people having a problem with it outside of maybe "come on, this isn't what our restaurant ads look like"
― frogs you are the dumbest asshole (frogbs), Monday, 30 January 2012 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
have you asked your chinese friends their opinion?
― mookieproof, Monday, 30 January 2012 21:31 (twelve years ago) link
I don't have any Chinese friends.
― frogs you are the dumbest asshole (frogbs), Monday, 30 January 2012 21:32 (twelve years ago) link
oic
― mookieproof, Monday, 30 January 2012 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
I used to work with an impro troupe that did a show in the country, where they got into a load of dreadful stereotypes with varying responses:
Italian accent with-a words-a ending like-a this-a and godfather hand gestures – uproarious laughter
French 'haw' noises and cheap gags about bread sticks – uproarious laughter
Chinese 'velly solly' gags – DEAD SILENCE
It seems to be down to whether the culture is *perceived* as a minority; to view e.g. the Chinese as a 'minority' in this day and age is condescending and absurd imo. Sorry if this ends up as another giant clusterfuck but I seriously dgi.
― Autumn Almanac, Monday, 30 January 2012 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
the chinese are indeed a minority in washington, dc
― mookieproof, Monday, 30 January 2012 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
Sorry if this ends up as another giant clusterfuck
lol no you aren't
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Monday, 30 January 2012 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
French and Italian people are white, traditionally
― Number None, Monday, 30 January 2012 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
"there are a billion people in your country, why are you mad that I called you 'slanty-eyes'"
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Monday, 30 January 2012 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
Personally, I think it has something to do with the fact that I have never once seen an Asian person act in this way
― frogs you are the dumbest asshole (frogbs), Monday, 30 January 2012 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
how many asian people have you met tho
― iatee, Monday, 30 January 2012 21:44 (twelve years ago) link
True, but I've never seen a French person wear a stripy jumper, clutch a wicker basket full of baguettes etc xp
― Autumn Almanac, Monday, 30 January 2012 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
where I live there's a huge Hmong population and the only stereotype about them that really rang true is that they're all really, really good at pool
― frogs you are the dumbest asshole (frogbs), Monday, 30 January 2012 21:46 (twelve years ago) link
well obviously that's a racist thing
― Autumn Almanac, Monday, 30 January 2012 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
well I wouldn't laugh at this either but the image itself is kind of funny
― frogs you are the dumbest asshole (frogbs), Monday, 30 January 2012 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
aimless otm, re: stereotypical vs. racist
still, even stereotypes that don't rely on "genuinely negative imagery" can be effectively racist when they reflect an overall tendency to reduce perceived "others" to cartoonish types
― his hands are a dirty fountain through which lives spurt (contenderizer), Monday, 30 January 2012 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
the Chinese as a 'minority' in this day and age is condescending and absurd imo
omg lol
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Monday, 30 January 2012 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
So, is this where I should mention the all white production of Hairspray being performed in the Dallas suburb of Plano, TX?
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 30 January 2012 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
wait waht
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Monday, 30 January 2012 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/mixmaster/2012/01/at_plano_childrens_theatre_the.php
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 30 January 2012 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
wtf
― Autumn Almanac (Schlafsack), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
It just came across my twitter feet and I actually did a face palm. Now I have to clean my glasses.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
EZ has Twitter feet.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:02 (twelve years ago) link
it explains my horrible typing.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
haha i did not know enough (ie, anything) about 'hairspray' to recognize the problem
― mookieproof, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
how they weren't going to bow to "political correctness"
This tells you all you really need to know, tbh.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
it's a pretty huge problem
in some ways, it's more problematic than doing an all-white "Porgy and Bess"
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
― Full Frontal Newtity (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
Rodenbaugh said they might do To Kill a Mockingbird with an all-white cast or Othello or The Wiz (three shows I mentioned to him that feature African-Americans either in prominent roles or as a majority of the cast).
― spiced with KNOWING THAT YOU'VE PAID YOUR BILLS (I DIED), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:11 (twelve years ago) link
an all-white "The Wiz"
let's just ponder that for a while
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
incisive! daring! innovative!
― Aimless, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
He was probably just trolling the reporter at that point, or some twisted one-upsmanship. "Oh, we'll do that too!". "And that one!".
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
Raisin in the Sun!
― Full Frontal Newtity (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:15 (twelve years ago) link
"might get together with a certain mayor and do a version of West Side Story where we just eat tacos for dinner"
― spiced with KNOWING THAT YOU'VE PAID YOUR BILLS (I DIED), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:16 (twelve years ago) link
someone inform The Corner of this brave display
― mookieproof, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:17 (twelve years ago) link
There was a good episode of Strangers With Candy where they do an all-white A Raisin in the Sun, and the school's black students are trees on the set.
― polyphonic, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
but guys guys is it racist?
― teaky frigger (darraghmac), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
Golden Raisin In The Sun
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
― Autumn Almanac, Monday, January 30, 2012 4:45 PM (46 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
http://www.google.com/search?q=marcel+marceau
― You got to ro-o-oll me and call me the tumblr whites (Phil D.), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:33 (twelve years ago) link
tbf the baguettes + basket were *imaginary*
― Full Frontal Newtity (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
all white cast the color purple?
― Mordy, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
ooookay.
― pplains, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:38 (twelve years ago) link
all purple cast of the color white
― teaky frigger (darraghmac), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:41 (twelve years ago) link
i don't know for sure but there's like a 90% chance that there's a south park about this
― frogs you are the dumbest asshole (frogbs), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
there's a boston legal about it but
― teaky frigger (darraghmac), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KBYGLvTKzrg/TF1Wx4zh0hI/AAAAAAAACA0/tSE3S_Tj_xc/s400/grimace.jpg
― Mordy, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:44 (twelve years ago) link