an open letter to all the rosie o'donnells

UPDATE: rosie has given a truly heartfelt response to my work in her blog.

after a brief overview of some comments, here's my reply:

1) regardless how ya'll felt about the video, i truly appreciate all of you taking the time to provide your honest opinions of it. i believe
this can help address where we're really at and
improve everyone communicating with one another

2) i understand that rosie was joking. i am actually addressing her defensive reaction upon being told why, "ching chong," might be
inappropriate or offensive.

3) i do not hate rosie. this situation is merely a way to frame the discussion of people being
open to learn from one another, admitting that
they might be ignorant about some things. i
actually believe the sentiment in the piece applies to all groups. hence, "to all..."

4) i am currently under the impression that the
terms, "queer community," "plus-size," and,
"lesbian," are all politcally correct. however,
i will research the validity of that belief.

5) i am not threatening that asians will punish
all the non-asians in the future. i am implying
that the population of the world is predomi-
nantly asian, and that just because in one context she does not interact with asians, doesn't mean that a context will not occur in
which she will have asians in her life.

6) woody fu produced this. ryan ling edited it.
thank you to tinnie chow 4 everything.

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[coolmicah777]

Thumbs up if your asian and ur watching this and feels proud.

asian pride<3

[killzline]

@redsoxvette were you paying attention to the video and what he was saying? he is simply saying that what Rosie was saying was ignorant. He doesn't have a complex towards white people. He is trying to make a point that when other people use the phrase "ching chong" is something that the asian community finds somewhat insulting. and what do you mean he is too defensive and angry? he wanted to make a point and that's what he did. the purpose was to inform not "stir hate". you ignorant cow.

[jugernautjuggalo]

Wow what an amazing speech.

[chaowalker]

@b1rdn05 It's only as wrong as me Voting Up your comment. ;)

[SoleilOmbre]

Very well said, amazing job. I am blown away.

[ikcjjtt]

@PeaceLoveAndCrafts u know my nephew once came to me after a portuguese kid called him a nigger. He didn't quite know what to do (he was really young), so he asked me. I told him its simply a word to insult you, like idiot, asshole, ect. Just ignore the guy and go about your business. You have more important things to do than deal with ignorance. He was training for a soccer team in Brazil. Take what u want from that story. Let words have power over u or u have power over words, its your choice.

[PeaceLoveAndCrafts]

@ikcjjtt I'm asian and my friend says "ching chang chong" to me ALL THE TIME. I act as if I don't care and I do nothing about it. But a couple of days later, I always feel as if I should've done something. But I never do.... The the Ching Chang Chong thing has gotten too far, that some people don't even know that it's a racial slur..... like this kid in my school......

[GuicyGuice]

I take my hat off to you Sir. you are articulate beyond the measure of any artificial intelligence the ignorant possess.

[xXxsTePhIe16xXx]

im not asian tho but i rly agree with u, i dont know why ppl think chinese talk like this ''CHING CHONG PING PONG'' i know hw annoying that is bcuz ppl like to make fun of our african language too

[ikcjjtt]

@godessoflove2468 its not that big of a deal. it was just jibberish that he took wayyyy out of proportion. I say ching chang chong to asians all the time, and so do the people at my school. And after a few fights, we go get drunk together and have 3 somes. No harm done. Stop being so sensitive! and the dude in this vid did the same thing. That was terrible Manderan, it made my ears bleed, but im not offended. im blue btw.

[LIGHTRONIX]

im white, there need to be more people like this on our planet