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very well said.

I am among those not ready to hear it. My first thought at hearing the “Asian girls are out of Asian guys league” joke was when I asked out a vietnamese gal in highschool and her reply was, “I only date white guys.” instead of “I'm not interested.”

I can't fault her for her naivete (we we're in highschool and kids are mean) but I can fault her for what I felt at the time was a complete betrayal to all Asian peoples.

Of course this kind of humor is always dangerous since we're not all in the same place and it's important to approach it carefully with the expectation that it may not be what you want to hear. That's what I'm trying to do in my quest to not get worked up over racial/identity issues.

I thought some of Esther Ku's stuff was funny. Some of it wasn't. Some of it might of had some sort of commentary behind it, but most of it was just her trying to be funny.

So it might be racist. Some people might have laughed at it because they believed the stereotypes. I laughed because I saw the absurdity of the stereotype. I don't think it propagated racism. People aren't going to suddenly decide that all asians are losers just because Esther Ku said so. If they believe that, they are already racist.

I used to think that there were outside sources were at work that prevented Asian America from moving forward but I do agree that it's 100% the fault of Asian Americans.

Unless a message is closed ended, it can be interpreted many different ways. Who are you to tell someone their interpretation is wrong? Also, how are you able to gauge the audience's view on it? How do you know they were laughing at the irony or actually laughing at Asian men which will perpetuate a stereotype?

One good example is that Dave Chappelle quit his show when he realized that white viewers and support staff were actually laughing AT blacks in racially charged skits, not at the idiocy of racism.

Christ, the arrogance on you. What a great way to get people ignore whatever you have to say.

I think someone's mad. I think we did “criticize” the subject matter, but your retort was insufficient. No need to continue.

And if you look at Brian's rant, he doesn't really address the racist nature of Ku's comedy. He only whines that the “Comedy police” (whatever the hell this is) doesn't also criticize other minority comedians for the supposed ly same type of comedy.

First of all, I don't know who or what this “comedy police” is, except a lame catch-phrase with no meaning. If you are talking about Asian Americans who criticize Ku's comedy, they primarily focus on her because, guess what, they are Asian Americans and are firstly concerned about AA issues.

There are also plenty of African Americans, for example, who will criticize the comedy of Chris Rock or other African American comedians for the stereotypes they pimp. So your “concern” about this issue does not seem to be warranted.

BTW, Howard Stern-style rants and faux attitude is not a substitute for an actual argument, no matter what the American media tells you.