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You Remind Me Of Margaret Cho

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…)

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That Woman Worries Me.

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!

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