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Racial Preferences in Dating: Fetishism or Not a Big Deal?
We all have our physical preferences when it comes to finding a romantic partner. Some women want men to be tall, broad shouldered, and dark haired. Men may want a big-breasted blonde.
Gwen Stefani in "Aren't Asians Great?"
OK, it's not really Gwen, but she's a pretty good impersonator. In this Mad TV spoof of Gwen Stefani and her mute human accessories the Harajuku Girls (here played by the awesome Bobby Lee), we're asked to think about what it means when some people looooooove Asian culture (or what they stereotype as Asian culture) a bit too much. My fave line?
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Ever Wondered Why Asians Seem Like Better Students?
A group of eight students at Lincoln High School in Los Angeles hunkered down in a room to talk about a touchy subject: What's behind the Asian math-whiz-valedictorian stereotype — and why do other ethnic backgrounds appear to come up short in the classroom?
Long thought to be traceable to socioeconomic backgrounds that theory no longer makes the grade. At Lincoln High School both the surrounding neighborhood and student body are 15 percent Asian — why then do Asian students make up 50 percent of the Advanced Placement classes, and teachers can’t remember the last time a Latino was valedictorian?
Margaret Cho On Asian Chicken Salad
Margaret Cho talks about how, although she often forgets she's Asian, there are plenty of people in line to remind her. Check out her hilarious fantasy response to the nervous flight attendant who changes "Asian Chicken Salad" to just "chicken salad" when he gets to her seat.
Asian-American Dude Does 500 Impressions In Two Minutes
Don't believe it can be done? Just you wait!
Grab Bag: Fun With Asian Stereotypes
Asian Fusion — Japan Reconnecting With China and Hello Kitty
Japan and China reached a deal yesterday about long-disputed gas fields located in the East China Sea. The two countries will share the profitable gas fields; Japan's private sector will invest in Chinese development. Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda eloquently said: "We will turn it into a sea of peace and friendship."
Microsoft Changes Race in Photo, Then Apologizes
If you're going to change someone's race on your corporate website (which you shouldn't!), you might want to do a better job with the Photoshop. Microsoft got itself in a bit of trouble when its Polish-based unit altered a photo on its website by replacing a black man's face with that of a white man's but forgetting to change the color of the man's hand.
Microsoft's US web site had the original photo of two men: one black, one Asian.
Al Sharpton on Michael Jackson
“It was Michael Jackson that brought blacks and whites and Asians and Latinos together. Because Michael Jackson kept going, he created a comfort level, where people that felt they were separate became interconnected with his music. Later, it wasn’t strange to watch Oprah on television.
L'Oreal in Hot Water For Racial Discrimination
"Because you're worth it" is L'Oreal's brand slogan — but in France, a few bad apples seemed to think only white Garnier hostesses were worth hawking their shampoo to customers.
An executive from Garnier, L'Oreal's beauty division, sent out a fax in 2000 instructing headquarters to find an all-white team of sales staff to promote Fructis Style. The code term?
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