I try to keep up with that reader but I sometimes fail miserably, so having people to act like Deb (my old roommate who used to scroll BE for me so I didn’t have to), to point me to items I might not have picked up in a timely way is nice. Thanks to both Kaitlyn who is living with me temporarily and Casey’s gf who is living with me until May, for passing this along to me, they were reading my Google reader and found this, another piss me off. There’s never a drought on these things that is for sure.
I am going to point out that Kait is currently teaching in the public school system and says see’s quite a lot of this kind of thing; she finds it quite disturbing. I’ve always found it disturbing, consequently I had to post it.
The referral post is Miley Cyrus Thinks It’s Cool to Mock Asians
A nation of mockers we have become.
What do you expect from the daughter of Billy frigging Cyrus — whoever the heck he is — and her minions.
Is this the best you have for a role model?
God help you and your foolishness.
Bunch of little twerps being raised in this country. What do you expect, and the one who sits by feeling uncomfortable, the Asian American, letting it happen anyway as you do at that age, just gets that built up rage going on.
I wanted to mention the tax thing because your comments were off there- it’s amazing how many people don’t pay taxes, you know as well as I there are many, both legal and illegal. Didn’t Bush sign a law into effect way back which makes is more likely an average income American would be audited then a wealthy American?
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Little twerps, I like that.
You’re right, the teens imitate the adults and so it goes. You sound eerily like my grandmother.
It’s why I never had kids – no decent role models.
This is the internet silly. I am your grandmother.
Although there are kids that are going to grow up warped no matter what a parent does, it is what they see and hear in their own homes that affects them the most.
I make no declarations about my college-age kids being perfect, but I can promise you that great fear would cross their hearts if they found themselves mocking any other ethnic group.
Our children were reared to view and respect people out of Christian love, not because they were Black like us. But I guess that’s “old school.”
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Parents are pathetic sometimes, as we’ve clearly seen with that wacko myspace suicide case parent.
Now all you need is a bunch of asian kids making fun of white people. I don’t know how exactly that would be accomplished, but it’d be fair play.
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wouldn’t accomplish much I don’t think.
This is heartbreaking. However, Miley C isn’t living in the real world. If Michael Phelps is in the hotseat, she certainly should be, too, since racial mockery is much more damaging to her audience than a little weed. IMHO.
Oh, and your tax blog reminded me of Leona Helmsley, back in the 80′s, the one who said, ‘only little people pay taxes.’
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I guess Leona was right then????
I was so jealous you had Deb :)
Many Asians have moved into my sister’s slice of upper middle class America or whatever it’s called today.
Many live in multi family households–grandparents, parents, kids. We’re not used to that though once most families lived liked that
She kept saying there was something really wrong with the family across the street. Her husband and I called her prejudiced. She kept saying “no there’s really something off about them”
The father/son was a cop who ended up being arrested for running a huge protection thing in the brothels in Queens
It was funny but played into all of us. My sister’s perceived prejudice; my b-i-l and my perceived liberalism. We all grew up in lily white neighborhoods
Their daughter doesn’t understand any of this. She has grown up with these kids. They’re her friends. My sister was an actress by profession and has been able to keep her feelings away from her daughter. As she grew older she did discuss them and tell her she doesn’t like that part of herself that types people.
Maybe admitting your prejudices to your child and saying that it’s not a good thing is a first step
I wish I could really write about my family on my blog as they are hilarious
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Maybe admitting your prejudices to your child and saying that it’s not a good thing is a first step It would help.
OK seriously, who is saying Miley is their role model? Seriously?? I clicked the link… I love the comment: “Look at us spoiled punkass hipster kids…” sums it up nicely.
Coop, please stop by & pick up your award. :-)
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That is a great comment, you’re right
Award, award,…..I’ll be right over….
Disney can’t find any decent role models so they make them up.
It’s up to parents to be role models, what you see up there is a direct result of where they came from, add in the fact that she is famous..
Cyrus has issued a wet noodle apology saying they were just trying to make funny faces. Not believable as I see no suckergoldfishmouths, just the eyes. That an Asian is sitting next to her makes no difference to me.
There’s all kinds of wacko things going around public schools these days, including sexting. It’s reaching such a level here in pennsyltucky that I was forced to tell my little angels that if I ever catch those types of photos on their cells that I’d take the cells away and return to them two cans joined by strings.
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Unless they were high, you can’t tell me the one Asian kid in this picture didn’t find this offensive. I guess not because he’s doing the opposite of everyone else.
Let that be me, and my friends would have had a lesson in racism 101…
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The state of the nation, look at it and weep.
There is a difference between males and females, females share their Google reader information, males do not. ;)
and thank you for not subjecting us to Billy R Cyrus singing “achy breaky heart”, that would be worse than Paul Anka doing “Smells Like Teen Spirit”.
Oh really – a picture out of context of a bunch of kids goofing off. No idea what notions were in their heads, what was meant, or what was perceived within the group. I cannot have an opinion about this group’s personal event, taken out of context.
Are we all clear on the meaning of “prejudice”?
Where is there more pre-judgement? In the pictured group, or in the above comments?
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Didn’t say it was prejudicial, just racist, as it clearly is. Do you want me to explain the difference?
The silly kids are noting that Asians appear to have eyes shaped differently than Europeans – which is true. Did they mean to cause harm to anyone within their group? My guess is not. Was the picture meant for others outside their group, with intent to harm? My guess is not.
Which definition of “racist” does that fit? Certainly not the most commonly used connotations.
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Girlfriend is young, dating an underwear model and has a HIT show that’s making her millions–HAVE HER MAKE FUN OF MEXICANS–I can’t take it!!
Just hold a few burritos in your hands and say cheese–and I’m sure the whole world will toast “tacos buenos” to you Hannah Montana!