For the Chinese, Vietnamese and appropriate Americans out there: Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! One of the traditional Chinese holidays with a ridiculously long history that I don’t really know much about because I’m American, the Mid-Autumn Festival to me is the Thanksgiving of Chinese holidays – it’s not the Lunar New Year, but a day off from work to eat seasonally appropriate things? We’ll take it! Well, maybe not those mooncakes, which I’ve never been a fan of. And apparently, neither are the Chinese; read more, after the jump.
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As most of you may know, this year’s 9/11 marks the 10th anniversary of the tragic attacks on the World Trade Centers and the Pentagon that has resulted in the deaths of 2,973 Americans and forever changed the United States as we know it. There are countless articles that one can read that goes in depth of the multitudes of people who were affected directly and indirectly. But the bottom point is: it didn’t matter what race or nationality you were, everybody was tainted in some way by tragedy. We either knew someone in our lives or that of another’s that suffered a loss.
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Besides offending golfers, TV personality and actress Olivia Munn was on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon recently plugging her book, Suck It, Wonder Woman!: The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek as well as her movie I Don’t Know How She Does It. Fallon lauded Munn’s work on The Daily Show, which I think has been a bit mixed. But Fallon, as well as myself, loved her bit on her Tiger Mom.
I’ve always been anti-immigration. When my car glides past the borders of Chinatown and I see the throngs of people, signs completely in a foreign language, people shouting with abandon, pushing and shoving, litter on the streets, flies swarming above crates of fruit, I shudder. “Go back to China,” I want to say to them. “If you love living in Chinatown so much, isn’t China even better?” When I read about immigration reform, I say to whoever will listen, “Laws should make it tougher for immigrants to come here, and prevent them from taking advantage of our system. I’m not against immigration.” I will caveat my words with, “I’m against those who come here to reap the benefits only and avoid the responsibilities. Nothing personal.”
One time, a woman said to me, “We all have someone in our family who was a paper son.” I had smiled politely at her and kept silent. Not my family.
I hear stories, true stories, about how Chinese immigrants cheat the system, lie, bribe, sell their souls or the soul of a daughter to get to America. I’m so disgusted by it.
From Korean Beacon: “…The widely popular franchise has just been crowned America’s No.1 frozen yogurt/smoothie in Zagat’s 2011 National Chain Restaurants Survey. To attain this prestigious title, Red Mango beat out Jamba Juice, Smoothie King, TCBY, and most notably, Pinkberry.” I’ve never had it, but definitely have had Jamba Juice (my go-to when it’s accessible), TCBY and Pinkberry. TCBY carries me to my childhood days, and Pinkberry is mouth-watering. What do others think?
In Community (Season 3 premieres Sept. 22 on NBC), Alison Brie plays Annie, an less creepy Tracy Flick-like character who excels at everything. So what do you do to dethrone such an overachieving character? You cast an Asian American actress. Specifically, Irene Choi.
You may recognize Choi’s face from some shows such as Entourage, Greek, and Wilfred, but in Community she will give Annie a run for her money as an equally ambitious (if not more) student who will probably kill to be the best. Think of her as Sunshine Corazon to Rachel Berry on Glee — except more tolerable and funnier.
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So, after trying this a couple of years ago, let’s do this experiment again: we’ve seen other sites doing “open threads,” so I figured why not try it here — most of the time we here at 8Asians ask you to keep it on topic, usually Asian American “stuff”. Here’s a chance to blab about whatever: 9/11, unicorns, Conan, earthquakes. If it proves popular, we might do this every week. Or may not. In any case, have at it.
Happy Friday, kids – for your completely random YouTube clip of the day, here is actress Jenny Zhang kicking the living bejesus out of two white guys who dare to mug her in the parking lot of a Whole Foods. There’s a lesson to be learned here kids, and that lesson is DO NOT STEAL CANNED CORN FROM AN ASIAN GIRL BECAUSE SHE WILL GODDAMN SHOOT YOU IN THE THIGH.
From New American Media: “A report in the Korea Daily Los Angeles highlights a growing trend among Korean parents of gift giving and other practices seeking to gain special treatment for their children in public schools. According to the paper, it is becoming increasingly common for Korean parents to offer high priced gifts such as designer bags or wallets to teachers in the hope that their child will receive special attention…The report also notes that in addition to gifts, a number of Korean parents are opting to go directly to the school principal or district office with complaints or demands, violating the normal procedure of first raising concerns with the student’s teacher.” Sounds like an issue of privilege/entitlement and communication. My parents never did this while I was growing up, but I know I would have been horrified if they even considered it. But, I’ll be honest, I’ve never heard of it.
A piece written by Eddie Landsberg for Japan Today hits home for not only the word gaijin, but any other racial word or slur. In a short form, the article is about how a Caucasian moved to Japan and his experiences in not only being called a gaijin, but how he was treated in both positive and negative scenarios.
Jezebel scored an interview with model Crystal Renn, who was seen taping her eyes back in a photo shoot for Vogue Nippon. Renn states that she wasn’t trying to look “Asian” but often taped her eyes back to transform her face: “No-one told me at the shoot to tape. It is something that I often do to add to the look of the character if I feel that the look makes sense, and often I suggest it. I have very heavy brows, and they’re more curved than straight, and sometimes when you’re doing a character it might require more of a straight brow. Which sounds like such a small detail, but it can completely transform the face.” So there you have it. Eye taping is all about changing your face for fashion, not about trying to look like a different race. That being said, I’m off to tape my nose up for a new Facebook profile picture.
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