Don't Stereotype Asian American Men

"The Daily Show's" Aasif Mandvi and "Survivor" winner Yul Kwon join the San Francisco Chronicle's Jeff Yang to discuss the stereotyping of Asian American males in life and work--at the Asia Society 5/31/07

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[koreadude]

im an asian guy lol when i was in korea i remember so many girls were chasing me lol but now since im back in america, getting a girlfriend is like trying to win the olympics lol

[4Ventus]

USA, the home of racial stereotyping.

[CaciqueUrraca]

@LanceHertford Now that makes sense, hahaha.

[LanceHertford]

@CaciqueUrraca Chuck Norris?

[CaciqueUrraca]

@LanceHertford I agree with your comments, expect for the Cobain and Hendrix parts. No offense, but I hope you’re kidding, haha.

[CaciqueUrraca]

@LanceHertford It’s great that you're an aspiring writer. You sound well-intentioned, but what you propose is idealistic. I don’t think there should be a forced effort to have, for example, interracial romantic couples on the big screen, just for the sake of it. Mainstream films have already failed by making “racial” preferences so obvious. Spike Lee movies turn me off as much as Tyler Perry movies. “Race” can’t be the sole driving force behind a director or screenwriter’s work.

[loxleymendoza]

thanks for your slant on this issue, it will nip in the bud any chinks in the armor of critics..before I saw this I thought all asians looked alike and all had brack hair and brow-n eyes and were hard to understand.. oh wait I guess I was right:.) lol

why does asian dental insurance only cost a dollar?

Cause they all have buck teeth.

What does an asian lawyer do when he is losing a case?

He plays the rice card.

Did you hear about the funeral home in Japan?

Its called "Jap in the box"

[LanceHertford]

@sawdudeful Better yet, an Asian Jimi Hendrix. Including the hallucinogens, and otherworldly music. Gotta be spontaneous.

[LanceHertford]

@sawdudeful That's a good question. The creation of new culture is such an elusive thing. If you could just get an asian Kurt Cobain, or something. I don't know. Frankly, I like the trend of asian men being responsible, successful, good fathers, etc. Give it a few more generations, and I'm sure it'll start to take on a life of its own. Kind of like when a lot of Irish people first started coming to America, and now we just think of them as part of the fabric of our culture. You're getting there.

[sawdudeful]

@LanceHertford so how do you think us asians in the u.s. could make a change? should we just follow what media has portrayed us and make it positive? or should we create our own new type of culture? im just wondering....

[LanceHertford]

@sawdudeful We're media obsessed by design. The media is the fourth estate of government. It wasn't supposed to be, but ever since President Wilson, it's been used as a tool of social engineering. They want us media obsessed, because it allows them to control us. After a few years away from TV, it was really shocking to see how blatant the propaganda and brainwashing was. You'll notice the people who control it all claim to be very evolved and progressive, yet they're totally racist.

[LanceHertford]

@CaciqueUrraca I'm an aspiring writer. I'm white, but I've always wanted to make my first big screenplay or novel have a black man as the leading character, and make him devoid of any stereotypes, and have a woman of a different race be the love interest, and not have anyone in it act like it's a big deal. That's how I was raised. I was raised in a part of the country where you just don't think that much about race. Man, going to the south was such a culture shock. Unbelievable.