From AsianWeek.com:
NEW YORK HOT 97 WQHT-FM radio host “Miss Jones” returned to the airwaves a month after airing a racist musical parody that ridiculed victims of last December’s Asian tsunami, calling them “screaming chinks” and “little Chinamen.”
The outspoken shock jock had been suspended indefinitely.
“I should have known better and I didn’t,” said a seemingly subdued but matter-of-fact Jones. ” I’m sorry and hopefully we can move forward from this.”
Station owner Emmis Communications fired co-host Todd Lynn and producer Rick Delgado for “socially and morally indefensible” conduct and pledged $1 million to tsunami relief efforts.
“We are not looking for sacrificial lambs. We are looking for real change and remorse,” said Doris Lin, executive director of Asian Media Watchdog, which, along with Asian Media Watch, was instrumental in coordinating grassroots efforts thus far.
I’m astounded that a publicly traded company would send such mixed messages to its stock holders, sponsors and advertisers by continuing to broadcast her show,” said Elbert Oh, founder of Yellowworld.org, a nonprofit group specializing in web advocacy campaigns.
“If they don’t fire the people responsible, we’ll close them,” said New York City Councilwoman Christine Quinn. “The more time goes by, the more people will be responsible.”
Abercrombie & Fitch Pulls T-Shirts
Thu Apr 18, 5:24 PM ET
By DEBORAH KONG, AP Minority Issues Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Clothier Abercrombie & Fitch is pulling a line of T-shirts that triggered protests from Asian groups who said they reinforced negative stereotypes.
The T-shirts, some of which show smiling men with slanted eyes and conical hats, will be pulled from all of the company’s 311 stores in 50 states, company spokesman Hampton Carney said Thursday.
“We are very, very, very sorry,” Carney said. “It’s never been our intention to offend anyone.” Read the rest of this entry »
An excerpt from a conversation I had with someone I don’t even know. I think he found me from [url=http://www.asianguy.com]asianguy.com[/url]…
Session Start (AIM – achtungbaby74:Mark poon): Sun Apr 07 20:39:07 2002
Mark poon: hey
Achtungbaby74: hello
Mark poon: hey, are u from the bay area or LA?
Achtungbaby74: LA
Mark poon: man…i feel like…like we gotta act NOW
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When dealing with a person of a different ethnicity or race, try and refrain from speaking in the person’s native language and/or style of speaking — thereby demonstrating just how different you are from the person.
Example:
Typically when I’m out walking my dog, I’ll sometimes encounter black folk, who are usually always gracious, but try and jam in every Korean phrase they know in their conversation.
Another example:
When I’m at the Korean supermarket and I overhear the Korean clerks punctuating their orders to their Mexican counterparts with “amigo” over and over again.
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Some whites males…complain about racism and xenophobia…but then they continue to be drawn to Asians like a magnet, because still they think we are on the average less intimidating than their own white people. They think we would never physical hurt them, and they can see that in our demeanors.
In other words, they are not afraid of us, no matter what we do. — a post from a message board.
Some thoughts on being an Asian American male:
When it comes down to it, no one should tell everyone who we are but *us*. This is not an attempt to be divisive and separate us from Asian females, who, quite honestly, have lead the empowering of the Asian American community, in terms of activism, visibility, and scholarship.
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