Comments on: I’m not a bigot you retarded twats

By: Laser Potato

Laser Potato — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:16:33 +0000

Whenever someone says “Hong Kong Phooey”, all I can think of is Scatman Crothers…

By: Kaytie

Kaytie — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 15:59:59 +0000

Donna, Thank you. You can imagine how horrified I was to think I might be stuck with that early impression around here!

I’m going to make sure, in the future, that my posts are clearer than that one was.

Cheers,

By: Donna Darko

Donna Darko — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 06:49:53 +0000

Kaytie, sorry. I misread your comments.

By: It's Me... Maven

It's Me... Maven — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 06:28:55 +0000

What's everybody's stance on Hong Kong Phooey?

By: Dan S.

Dan S. — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 21:11:14 +0000

from the wikipedia link: “[Shaquille] O’Neal was quoted as saying, “You tell Yao Ming, ‘Ching-chong-yang-wah-ah-soh.’” Yao Ming responded with: “Chinese is a hard language to learn.””

Shaq 0, Yao Ming 1. Nice.

By: tzs

tzs — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 18:03:45 +0000

I don’t think that the “Harajuku girls” comment is racist–it’s descriptive. And I know EXACTLY what the person is referencing because I used to quite often take visitors to Meiji-jingu on the weekends and see the teeny-bopper clones.

“Shibuya gaaru” was the term I ran into more in discussion with friends. “Shibuya gaaru” at the time I was there referred to: young female, hair dyed grey, moonboots, pale lipstick and very over-made-up eyes, kaleidoscopic clothing. The “uniform” has undoubtedly now changed.

God I love Tokyo….

By: Kaytie

Kaytie — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 16:30:08 +0000

Donna Darko, Mnemosyne and all –

No, I do not think people should relax and let people be harmlessly racist. I clarified my point in my second post, that I was referring to two mainstream pop culture phenomenons where this “relax” attitude is perpetuated, in response to Gordon K’s possibly rhetorical question about where this relax attitude comes from.

Posts 17, 18, 19 and 23.

And yes, I regret that I wasn’t clear enough the first time around.

By: Mnemosyne

Mnemosyne — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 05:52:56 +0000

Ah, okay. That’s what I thought, but I wanted to be sure. You see people say some weird things on the intertubes sometimes. ;-)

By: Donna Darko

Donna Darko — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 05:33:26 +0000

Mnemosyne, he was referring to cutely clueless Kaytie who thinks people should relax, chill and get over it.

By: Kai

Kai — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 05:30:25 +0000

Mnemosyne, sorry that line was confusing, especially since I just kinda dropped it and took off, letting it stand alone…but I was referring to white folks who aren’t convinced that “ching chong” is racist. White folks who see the obvious racism are not the ones I’m calling clueless…

Peace.