I'm not going to say too much about all the controversy surrounding this clip. The Filipinos (who I have not included myself in this particular case) are protesting and want to boycott ABC for airing this clip in all its ignorance. I think I've already given too much of my attention to this nonsense.
1.) The clip and the statement was funny. Filipinos, in general, laugh at racial jokes on a regular, but we're not allowed for other people to joke about us? Where was the riot when you heard the countless "I'm not Chinese. I'm Filipino." or "I'm not Japanese. I'm Filipino" jokes were getting tossed around? Where was the 1000-signature petition? Would you not call that racist: the fact that America thinks Filipinos look/are treated just like any other Asian?
2.) The joke was very founded. Check ichiwichi.blogspot.com for solid reasoning.
3.) Filipinos who are trying to petition and boycott ABC are making Filipinos look bad. We're like the brown people who cried wolf because the next time some real oppression goes down, no one's going to take us seriously. We will have been known to react to one-liners and label it as oppression. The Jena 6 is real oppression. If you don't know about the Jena 6, look it up.
4.) Here's my last point. To fellow Filipinos, shame on you for watching Desperate Housewives (sorry to those who actually watch it)! How can you logically protest one line on a TV show that chronicles the lives of 4/5 upper middle class white women, (yes Eva Longoria counts as white) which the producers of the show have decided was more interesting than any of your stories or struggles to put on a screen? The show invalidates your existence in American culture. You should be lucky they decided to sprinkle you on in this vanilla cake party. Yet, you guys decided to protest one funny line on a show that you should have boycotted a long time ago. Shame on you!
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2 comments:
Like I said on Trici's blog, I'm having a very hard time finding any (aka: zero) legitimate sources describing the one-liner as "oppressive." Calling the specific incident oppression is not the same as describing a group of people as oppressed. This is not to say that Filipinos are the only oppressed people, either. You make some good points, but I find the reaction against the reactionaries just as "bullsh*t" as "this protest."
Sorry, there was no actual sources that described the one-liner as oppressive. It was described as "hurtful" and "derogatory" but not as oppressive. I confused it with the way we were acting like we were oppressed and demanded an apology over one line.
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