Comments | soup_lada: on rosie o'donnell's blunder

soup_lada

on rosie o'donnell's blunder

Dec 13, 2006 08:54

It has been a very very interesting year to say the least. I promised myself that I won't review the year until it's actually over. Whew. And it's been a while since I updated this journal. Needless to say, I've been swamped in the past three months. It came to a point where, last weekend, after having breakfast with the Boyfriend, I just went back ( Read more... )

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neo_jehuty December 13 2006, 16:02:05 UTC

What exactly is the problem? Because if it is just the matter of the "ching-chong cho chua," then I find it a bit exaggerated.

neo_jehuty December 14 2006, 07:38:18 UTC

it's a big deal and a big offense in a country where racism, prejudice, stereotyping and racial caricatures are more openly acknowledged and condemned and where Asians (regardless of origin) are often poked fun at and called "ching-chongs"
i know i was offended when some ignorant white guy kept referring to me as "kung-fu" or "ching" back in high school.

neo_jehuty December 14 2006, 07:51:31 UTC

Hmm, I see.

Culture-crash course lesson for me I guess, because over here, we make do make fun of the seeming randomness of chinese language, yet the chinese here do not seem to mind. Then again, its probably because on another end, they know they are highly regarded, both in terms of money and even looks, as evident in the popularity of chinese soaps.

catchy_chass December 14 2006, 03:40:20 UTC

what can we do? nothing big can shut that big mouth of hers. although i do find it veyr offensive. some people are just plain ignorant and it's funny how they don't see it coming.

tinik_ling December 14 2006, 18:12:18 UTC

O'Donnell seem to admit that she didn't mean to offend, or rather "mock" - I've heard worst coming from politicians and businessmen and their topic isn't about how Danny DeVito appeared drunk on a show. I suppose different cultures have different ways of reacting to such remarks (depending on the level of offense and other factors). You can definitely witness the full force of the Asian ethnic pride if anything life threatening is involved.

I'm sure O'Donnell learned her lesson on this one.

PS - I just hope no political manipulation is being used here.