Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
Person X: “Do you know who you remind of?”
Me: “Nooooo, who?”
Person X: “You know, that one funny lady. OMG, she’s so funny.”
Internal Monologue: (Oh God, here it goes … the Margaret Cho comparison )
Me: “Hmmm … I’m not sure who you mean … Sandra Bernhardt?”
Internal Monologue: “Make ‘em work for it.”
Person X: “Noooo not her. You know, the one that looks like you.”
Me: “What do you mean … Asian?”
Person X: “Yes, I think she’s … uh … you know … one of your people.”
Internal Monologue: “Never mind, it’s futile. Just get it over with.”
Me: “Korean? Do you mean Margaret Cho?”
Person X: “YES! THAT’S IT! MARGARET CHO! YOU LOOK LIKE MARGARET CHO! Oh God, wait until I tell Allen.” (more…)
Tags: anal bleaching, ellen forney, humor, kathy griffith, korean, margaret cho
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Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
I don’t like to make wide-sweeping generalizations but from my own familial experience, Korean-Americans have been known to be racist against African-Americans. This is widely discussed in the media and there have been a variety of articles on this topic – just read here and here. Heck, in some circles darker skinned Koreans are shunned upon – so as you can imagine anything darker than white is pretty much too dark.
Imagine my delight when CityMama “tweeted” about this YouTube video. If you can convince a 68 year-old Korean grandmother to change her mind about something, then you’ve done something remarkable.
At around 2:26 is where she gets all pensive about the whole Sarah Palin mess.
Obama-Biden ’08!
Tags: biden, korean, obama, palin, politics, racism, video
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