Ok. ONE last try to post a grateful thank you.

I’m very thankful that you created this site and that you have devoted so much time to it. You serve a very important purpose and you fill a niche that very few have cared to fill. thanks!

First of all, I am very appreciative of all the hard work you have done in creating and maintaining this site. This is the single best and most meaningful site I have ever encountered in my life. I’ve always wished I could somehow improve the way that asian americans are portrayed in the media but alas, I am just a regular student with no mass forum whatsoever.

washingtonpost.com: Asian Groups Fight to Change Eatery’s Name (Post, April 15)

Howard Kurtz: Uh — by quoting people about Chink’s restaurant?

“It’s definitely a derogatory term,” said Ginny Gong, national president of the Organization of Chinese Americans, one of several groups pressing for the restaurant to change its name. “. . . Maybe there is this feeling that Asian Americans will not express some degree of outrage. But we are outraged that there is this comfort level.”

I know it’s hard work but I hope you will keep this up and continue to do your good work because you are needed!

I just saw the most racist article on Mcclatchy that not only mocked an online petition for non-racist reporting by CNN but it also irresponsibly connected Asian Americans who don’t want to be targets of racism with hardline communists against tibet. Whatever one’s stance on tibet is, it is the height of media bias when they select all chinese people for ridicule.

The focus is on building churches and how much you give to the church. For example the Korean church care first and foremost about church and mission work. Go to any Korean church and you will find that. Shoot this article is about building 500 Korean- American churches in the future.

The problem with this is that it does not really develop true thinking of a generation of leaders. The church teaches them to accept compliance in their role in life. I should know because I used to been a former church goer.

What they ought to do is focus on true community growth by getting involve in local community problems instead of staying locked or busy building churches. Granted the bible mention that the church is important but if I remember correctly Jesus went out to seek the corrupt because they needed the help the most.

I just find allot of Korean Christian build the church as a wall to fend off the outside world. Don’t believe me. Talk to any Korean Christian goer and judge for yourself.

Did you get my message about my idea for an editorial concerning Asian American’s vs America’s of Asian descent?

Below is the email I wrote. If can use it as a template, if you wish:

mailto:support@bustedtees.com

Subject:T-Shirt with Chinese Food togo box and “Where My Dogs At?” Beneath it

Hello BustedTees,

I recently ran into your website where I found this web page:

http://www.bustedtees.com/wheremydogsat

It appears to have a Chinese food togo box with the phrase “Where My Dogs At?” beneath it. Speaking as an American of Chinese descent, I was a little bothered by this t-shirt. To the best of my knowledge, I don’t think I’ve known any American, regardless of their heritage, to have eaten dog before.

If at all possible, can you please stop advertising and selling this product? I believe that it might send the wrong message. Thank you for your attention.

-Tony Koo

somebody give him a slap in the face and wake him up.

I haven’t shopped at abercrombie since the tshirt incident.

Let him make his crappy nihilistic music. Let his supporters buy his crap. Let them continue to wallow in their collective perceived victimization at the hands of whites and Asians.

People like ice-whatshisface do not have a sense of personal responsibility. Everything is always somebody ELSE’S fault. Or perhaps it’s a result of “the man” holding down the black man.

His mentality is exactly what is holding blacks behind in this nation. The reason that blacks are overrepresented in jail, have more teen pregnancy and STDS is because they idolize people like ice-whatever. He should give himself a pat on the back for his good work. Instead of helping black america, he is convincing his people to continue their vicious cycle.

luckily, most of us are not a pathetic excuse for a human being like Yi.

Birds of a feather flock together. There IS a reason those two got married.

This DJ is so racist that if he ever had a son with Yi (and I pity this child), he’d call his son “rice pickle” to his face.

No normal man would marry a psycho like her. She’s so uneducated…so…ugh…trite. Her occupation is to look stupid and slutty so it’s only natural she’d be married to a man who’s drawn to such “advertisements”.

can you imagine any respectable man, of ANY ethnicity, lowering themselves to marrying her? one night stand maybe…..if they dared to risk contracting her STDs.

Hell, she makes me embarrassed to be the same species as her.

I’ve never met a more deluded and brainwashed person in my life. Is she a product of some cult?

I bet she harbors some major self loathing.

It’s pathetic that he’s so threatened by people who are smarter, more educated, and richer than him.

He deserves as much attention as a piece of crap on the ground.

BTW, the DJ’s “asian wife” needs to divorce him.

are you offended robert? jeez. it’s just a joke. Get over it.

Frankly, i wouldn’t even watch it if it was free because my time is priceless.

Just because he claims to be doesn’t mean he is. He’s just some lonely pathetic bored guy who’s so starved for attention that he’ll even take negative attention.

And miranda is a prick. I hope he got his face bashed in.

I briefly skimmed Smith’s blog and it was like the writings of a feverish madman.

Intelligent people should stop feeling compelled to educate every moron they encounter. Sometimes, a stupid person just isn’t worth the time.

Use ur time on someone who’s opinion might actually change.

Why would these people adopt this little girl if they weren’t willing to see her as one of their own? And since they already HAVE biological children, why did they choose to adopt this girl and in the process, deprive this girl from an adoptive family that actually WANTS her?

Did these dutch ppl think a little asian girl is some sort of cute collectible? Something to be discarded when it’s no longer fashionable to have?

These ppl are pricks and the should be sterile.

The people who are wasting so much energy on trying to pressure china into pressuring sudan to let up on darfur should cut out the middle man. How about these ppl direct their energy directly at the nation of sudan?

We don’t jail the friends of criminals. Period. Besides, i don’t believe there is a single nation in the world who can make Sudan change it’s ways. Africa has been under the yoke of corrupt governments for far too long. It’s time for the africans to step up and help themselves. They can’t rely on other nations forever. Change cannot come from the outside. change comes from the within. And the international community will only be all too happy to help a nation that’s attempting to better itself.

Either way, i’m glad I didn’t watch rush hour 3. Chris tucker is not my fav actor because his voice grates on my nerves.

In my opinion, the biggest enemy of the black community is their refusal to accept personal responsibility and instead, is always casting blame on others (”the man”). When one refuses to acknowledge one’s own mistakes, when others continue to rationalize a person’s mistakes, then the society at whole loses a chance to learn from a mistake.

Whoopi feels she’s in the right to say such defamatory things about asians because the unfortunate fact is that people are more concerned with PC when it comes to blacks than they are with whites. Also, Whoopi does not believe that asian americans have the ability to punish her for her words, as we’re relatively few in numbers(?)

Regardless of whether or not some asians eat dogs (and africans eat monkeys. That’s how the aids virus was introduced into humanity), consumption of meat is NOT a crime.

Someone needs to tell whoopi that in this country, there is such a thing as law and order. No matter what subculture a person is from (in vick’s case, the south), we all must follow the same rule of law. Dog fighting is illegal and inhuman and there is no way that Vick does not know this.

Someone needs to tell whoopi that in this country, we eat chicken, but we do not allow cock fights.

I’m sorry about not responding earlier about the article. I do have some idea as to what I’d like to write, but I’d like to check it with you first.
It’s about the title “Asian American”. Most reading this, most people focus on “Asian” first and “American” second. I’d like to write something about how we should switch that around. I’d rather project the idea of being American but of Asian descent.
Sometimes I get flack from people because they assume that I’m trying to be white since that’s what most people picture when they see the term “American”. That’s not what I’m saying at all.
The way I see it, WE have to be the ones who define what “American” really means. We can’t just accept what others tell we are. If they say that we don’t “look American”, then WE need to challenge them. Most Asian Americans have lived here most, if not all their lives. We work here, we study here, we’re citizens here, we pay taxes here, we speak english…we deserve the right to call ourselves American. If others (even other Asian Americans) want to challenge that, then we have to draw our borders and defend it.

The bottom line is this. If people want to push us out of what’s rightfully ours, then we need to push back and take it.

-Tony

Our community waxes ad nauseum on how invisible we are in mainstrem culture yet when one of our children is viciously beaten in a racist attack we don’t seem to pay attention. We are invisible to ourselves and eachother. Why should we expect the mainstream to notice us when we don’t notice our own?

Isn’t speaking out against this kind of racism and support for it’s victims one of the main purposes of Asian “activism”?

I think if ***, then maybe they’d fear us.

Step on a lever, “Freedom of speech”, insert applause

Step on a lever, “It’s satire.”, insert applause.

Step on a lever, “What race hasn’t been attacked…”, insert applause.

People don’t read the news anymore, they memorize sound bites to make themselves sound clever. Journalists don’t write news anymore, they just regurgitate and vomit a press release.

What happened on Campus Press is a microcosm of all that is wrong with mainstream media.

I expect Campus Press to produce stories that are well written and well articulated, rather than poorly written and barely though out. I expect Campus Press to care more about truth, accuracy and relevance than controversy, edginess, and publicity. I expect Campus Press to strive to produce A-list journalists instead of D-list wannabes.

Are they marketers, or journalists?

This is not about free speech. It doesn’t matter if it’s funny. It doesn’t even matter that it’s racist. Mein Kompf is racist, but at least Hitler articulated his point well.

The question is, is this good writing? Is this good journalism.

I am for free speech all across the board. But as a journalist and staff writer, as an operative of the fourth estate, Karson and crew have the RESPONSIBLITY to write well.

If it were a schmoe like me that wrote the article, it’s one thing. He is a staff writer. He is a journalist (or at least he thinks he is one).

I fault Karson for not writing a BETTER piece.

I fault the editor for not knowing the difference good writing and bad writing.

But I don’t think anyone needs to be suspended or fired. If they voluntarily quit, however, I think that would put faith back into the Campus Press.

As I walked out of the UMC, and let my eyes adjust to the light, someone from behind me slammed into me. It was Cassie Hewlings, the editor of the Campus Press, dressed like a Kittredge duckling

“I’m sorry, quack, quack,” she said. Her eyes focused away from me.

I turned around and there was a mob of Korean students running toward her. Well, they looked Korean anyway.

“I’M SORRY! Quack, quack.” she exclaimed as she ran off, “I’m sorry! Quack, quack. I’m sorry! Double-quack.”

The mob of Koreans chased after her, still holding their fingers in their ears. I stopped one of them. She pulled her fingers out of her ears.

“Why do you have fingers in your ears?” I asked.

“Because we don’t trust her words anymore,” she said, and then continued the chase.

I walk over to a newsstand, and noticed all the copies of the Campus Press newspapers were gone. I go to another stand. Gone. Then I noticed a large pile of Campus Press newspapers sitting in the recycling bin. There were several days’ worth in there, and none of them had been read.

I pulled one out, and I noticed there were no advertisements. On top of that, all the articles were about the same topic, but just different tones. They looked like they were all authored by different people, but then I just realized the names were just anagrams of the same name. The subject matter was closet space efficiency.

A Japanese-looking student walked by, and dumped more Campus Press newspapers into the bin.

“Why are you throwing these away?” I inquired.

“Because we don’t trust their words anymore,” she explained. That’s when I noticed a whole line of Japanese students who have come to recycle the trash. Gotta love Japanese efficiency.

I walked outside, and noticed a podium at the end of the UMC fountain, which happened to be filled with some kind of Kool-Aid. A bunch of Vietnamese students were standing in front of the podium with their ears duct taped. I don’t know how I knew they were Vietnamese considering their eyes were also covered in duct tape, but some how, I just knew. We always know.

Then I saw Max Karson go up to the podium. Karson admired his audience for a second, lowered the mic, and turned around. Karson bent over, and grabbed hold of his cheeks to spread them apart.

Everything then started to spin.

His anus began to speak:

“When I wrote my Pulitzer Prize winning satire, I was speaking for the Asian people because God knows they don’t know enough English to speak for themselves. I know what it’s like to be an Asian. Correction, Asian-American. I love pho, kung-fu movies, and Japanese bondage. I didn’t need to interview anyone. That would have made me a common journalist. I’m above that. I know what’s it’s like to be an Asian-American. I know their pain and suffering first hand. I grew up as an Asian-American. I AM ASIAN-AMERICA! So I don’t owe Asian-Americans an apology. If anything, Asian-Americans owe me an apology…as soon as they pass their ESL classes.”

I got so dizzy, I had to take my fingers put them in my ears, and shut my eyes.

I was walking out of Illegal Pete’s the other day, when I happened to see Max Karson come out of the women’s restroom.

I didn’t say anything. I figured Max Karson has a right to do what he wants. It’s not like he’s violated an actual law. So I decided to do the stereotypical Asian thing, and just keep my opinion to myself.

“Hey, aren’t you Max Karson?” I asked.

“Wow, I’m so glad you recognized me. I’ve worked very hard to get recognized in public,” Max bragged.

“So…where ya headed Max?” Not that I actually cared. Just making polite conversation.

“Well, coincidentally, I’m off to buy a dog,” giving me a little nudge.

“What do you mean, ‘coincidentally’?” I nudged back.

“You’re people are experts on dog, no?”

I was about to say something, but then I decided he had a right to his opinion, and once again, I decided to do the stereotypical thing, and just keep my opinion to myself.

“Why are you getting a dog?” I diverted.

“Well, let me ask you this: do you think if I put peanut butter where the sun don’t shine, and made the puppy lick me, would that be controversial?”

Did he really ask me that? I couldn’t have heard that correctly. How would one not know if that would be controversial?

“Sure,” I said in my most non-judgmental voice. After all, he’s only talking about it. It’s not like he’s actually going to do this, right? It’s just talk. So, he has the right to say what he is or is not going to do. So I said nothing.

“So you think it would get a lot of attention?” Max asked.

“Definitely. Especially with that recent Arvada dog case,” I said.

“What dog case?”

“You know. Rolo, the German shepherd that might get euthanized?”

It’s been all over the papers. I don’t even own a dog, and I know about it. Hmm. I guess we do know a lot about dogs.

Max just had a blank look on his face. Then his face lit up as if he had just reached enlightenment.

“That’s perfect!” he exclaimed, “I can say it’s a satire about putting animals down. And it’ll get a lot of press, which means more people will know about me,” he explained.

I was going to tell him that perhaps he should rethink his position, but that would be self-righteous of me, wouldn’t it? I mean, it’s just satire, right? It’s not like he actually DID anything. It’s just talk, right?

Max turned around and went back into the women’s restroom, “I need to talk to my editor.”

I wanted to stop him, but who am I to tell him what’s right and what’s wrong? He’s entitled to his opinion. It’s not like he actually DID anything. He’s just talking for now, right?

So I decided to do the stereotypical Asian thing, and just keep my opinion to myself.

Step on a lever, “Freedom of speech”, insert applause

Step on a lever, “It’s satire.”, insert applause.

Step on a lever, “What race hasn’t been attacked…”, insert applause.

People don’t read the news anymore, they memorize sound bites to make themselves sound clever. Journalists don’t write news anymore, they just regurgitate and vomit a press release.

What happened on Campus Press is a microcosm of all that is wrong with mainstream media.

I expect Campus Press to produce stories that are well written and well articulated, rather than poorly written and barely though out. I expect Campus Press to care more about truth, accuracy and relevance than controversy, edginess, and publicity. I expect Campus Press to strive to produce A-list journalists instead of D-list wannabes.

Are they marketers, or journalists?

This is not about free speech. It doesn’t matter if it’s funny. It doesn’t even matter that it’s racist. Mein Kompf is racist, but at least Hitler articulated his point well.

The question is, is this good writing? Is this good journalism.

I am for free speech all across the board. But as a journalist and staff writer, as an operative of the fourth estate, Karson and crew have the RESPONSIBLITY to write well.

If it were a schmoe like me that wrote the article, it’s one thing. He is a staff writer. He is a journalist (or at least he thinks he is one).

I fault Karson for not writing a BETTER piece.

I fault the editor for not knowing the difference good writing and bad writing.

But I don’t think anyone needs to be suspended or fired. If they voluntarily quit, however, I think that would put faith back into the Campus Press.

And, given the African American overwhelming support for Obama, no one is complaining that they are racist or sexist against Clinton.

As well as hispanic voters, who have overwhelmingly voted for Clinton. Are they racist against blacks?

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Let’s remind ourselves about the biggest impact to our culture in the last decade. It had nothing to do with America. If anything…Russian maybe. It was the Cultural Revolution of Communism that had completely destroyed our Chinese filial tradition. General Mao had created what I would call a massive brainwash to all Chinese that started in 1966. The famous “reactionary bourgeois authorities” had done tremendous damage to the country as well as our traditional idealism. During the revolution, People that had owned business lost everything; scholars, artist and teachers were tortured by their students; parents were disrespected or persecuted by their own children. General Moa made children to fight for him. He made them the Red Guards. Children stopped getting proper education and left home to spread this new social idea everywhere in the country. They were encouraged to speak their mind and fight for a concept that was completely questionable at the time. The country was in complete chaos. Production ceased. People suffered. It was ten years of tragedy. That was almost forty years ago. Now those Red Guards that had marched on the street shouting phrases that had disrespected their elderly are getting old. They weren’t filial to their parents and good to assume they had not teach their children the tradition that could only be savaged in countries that was not affected by Communism. Now that communication is more opened, Chinese in other countries like Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia or city like Hong Kong are bringing back some of the tradition. Chinese in China finally had a chance to learn about it through movies and mass media but they could only envy. They are growing old bitterly and know they will have to deal with the result of what they have done 30 years ago. They can’t depend on their children that don’t know the concept and they had no choice but to take care of themselves. Unfortunately elderly or seniors are not respected under the class-free socialistic system, they couldn’t compete with the younger and more educated generation and they were left behind, poor and jobless. Some of them had the opportunities to move to America through immigration. They were willing to do anything to survive. Some of them told me they used to be doctors or manager of a government department. They were pushed to retire…with nothing after working their whole lives. In some ways, I pitied them even though, they are the ultimate cause of the destruction but they were the victims too. I happened to know many of them. Most of them had taken part in this ridiculous revolution and had regretted about it but they actually had no idea what had been destroyed. I think it is important for Chinese to learn about our modern history to understand the real cause of our evolution with the correct perspective.

I really hope many Asian-Americans who are bilingual take full advantage of this opportunity to help others trying to make it in our Asian communities.

I wish I can do it but my Chinese is really shitty. Otherwise I swear I would get involved and give of my resources and time towards this. Maybe in the years to come as I gain proficiency. . . . .

If this case results in a conviction, it will send the message that such corporations can mistreat Filipino employees AND GET AWAY WITH IT! Is that what we want?

If there were an Asian mob that asserted its influence in matters like this, the racist conspirators would never have dared to bring a case against these Filipino nurses.

If there were such a mob, here is a list of the racist conspirators whose fingers would be in jeopardy:
Howard Fensterman - SentosaCare lawyer
Benjamin Landa of Brooklyn - owner/operator
Bent Philipson of Monsey, N.Y. - owner/operator
Susan O’Connor - Avalon administrator/witness
Thomas J. Spota - Suffolk district attorney.
Charles Schumer - Chairman of Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which received $75,000 from SentosaCare associates

If that’s the case, I hope those writers starve to death.

Nice job, Jen Phang.