It's the end of the week and I have so many questions swirling through my mind. First and foremost:
1. Is everyone else feeling a renewed sense of hope and possibility with the announcement that President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize this morning? And at the same time, are you wishing that all of the people who feel compelled to whine and complain that he doesn't deserve it, would just shut up already?
2. Does anyone else not really care all that much that Mattel has released a new set of Black Barbies and in fact wonders what all the hoopla is about considering there have been Black Barbies on the market since the 1960s? But at the same time, wishes that if they were going to update Black Barbie, they wouldn't have named her Trichelle?
3. Is anyone else out there thinking that right now, Jon Gosselin is like the most photographed Asian-American man right now, and yet the Asian community doesn't seem to embrace him? Why is that? Or am I wrong? Does Jon Gosselin have any kind of Asian fan base? Do Asian-Americans even claim him? Does the rest of America even view him through a racial lens? Or is he just the dad of multiples from TLC?
4. How many people are going to see Chris Rock's new movie, Good Hair, which opens this weekend? I've already seen it and had mixed opinions.
5. Did anybody else hear about the TV show in Australia where White actors performed a comedy skit called The Jackson Jive in blackface and find themselves secretly saying, I knew Australia had issues with Black people, but this just proves it? And even though there have been several public apologies by the show's producer who invited the buffoons on the program,and even though you know you shouldn't judge an entire country by one stupid act, do you still feel like that flight to Australia might not be worth it? I'm just wondering?
Friday, October 09, 2009
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8 comments:
1. yes, and HELL YES!!!! so exciting.
2. i don't care about black barbie at all. tell your little girl she's beautiful, every day. end it.
3. i've only heard other asians talk about kate and how she fetishizes jon and the kids. they never actually talk about jon. further fetishizing him, imo. but really tho, i just wish he'd get back with his family.
4.depends. did he really jack a sister for that idea?
5. yes. i was mostly just proud of how harry connick jr. shut 'em down. he was all, 'not ok'. i'd still suggest you visit australia. if for no other reason than to keep an eye on them fools. hope floats.
1. Yes
2. I don't care about Barbie.
3. I don't know who Jon Gosselin is.
4. My husband grew up in Australia and was horrified by this news. I think Australians racists. I know they completely disregard the aboriginals and don't really acknowledge to what was done to them. I haven't been to Australia yet to visit my in-laws.
1. Yes and YES!!! The haters can go jump in a lake! Obama is here to stay! Get over it!
2. Barbie is still BARBIE!!! It doesn't matter what color she is! I never liked Barbie dolls anyway.
3. Jon Gosselin is such a narcissist it's not even funny! He falls into the category of "Celebrities I Don't Give A Damn About"
4. Not sure. The idea is not entirely original. Did he ever read your book Hair Story?
5. This is the first time I'm hearing about the blackface fiasco in Australia. Australia of all places! Why? Oh well, there goes another country I can cross off the "Places I Can Go Without Thoroughly Researching First" list.
I don't know why the Asian community should have to embrace him. Just because he is half-Asian? I know that the Asian community does not necessarily see half-Asians as Asians, but I think they do embrace them more than the white community does. Why doesn't the white community embrace more half-white people? Mixed people are part of BOTH communities. John should be seen as a Eurasian rather than half-Asian, which only emphasizes his Asian half. Even if he was full Asian, I think the response would be the same. He's not notable like Yul Kwon. He's just an average guy living his life.
Here is a post by an Asian person that embraces John:
http://youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com/in-defense-of-jon-gosselin/
In response to ieishah,
Disregarding someone is not fetishizing them. Fetishizing is about coveting something in a dehumanizing way. So yes, Asians don't fetishize Jon. In order for them to do that, they would actually have to care about him.
jstele, honey, as much as people worship at the alter of critical theory and terms they've learned in AFAM 101, jon is sort of like a talisman, one that's trotted out with a strange obsessive devotion to challenging the validity interracial unions.no matter how jon may feel about it. or more accurately, like he has no feelings worth considering. like he's an object. essential to fetish-hood, no? in the context of these situations where he's already considered a fetish, this disregard for whether or not he feels wronged FURTHER fetishizes him. there is a nuance there. it's in the words object, context and further.
or we can agree to disagree. that's my reading.
1. I'm really excited about it, and YES...the haters REALLY need to get over it.
2. Not a Barbie fan.
3. I think Jon and Kate both need to get back to the business of raising their kids and leave the rest of us alone. Period.
4. I saw 'Good Hair,' and thought it was cool. I'd love to know your thoughts on it.
5. YES -- and I'm so proud of Harry Connick Jr. right now. I never really thought about how Australians viewed Blacks, but I'm glad Harry was over there to set them straight.
Ieishah,
Some may fetishize Jon. Kate may fetishize him from what I've heard. But how can one possibly fetishize something that they are not interested in? I think a lot of people could care less. So why would they care if he was wronged if they don't care at all?
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