Chappelle, eh??

[NsXMas]

Hey Viper Driver, when are you going to let me fire a couple of missiles out of the F16?

Merry NSXmas!!!

 

[NsXMas]

If you read what I wrote again, very carefully, you will see that you are completely over-reacting.

White people don't know what it's like being a minority.

Being a "minority" in this country means, de facto, through media and society, NOT WHITE. This is why they coined the term "minority-majority". Because it's not determined by numbers, it's determined by history.

So, let me rephrase.

White people don't know what it's like to be NOT WHITE.

I don't know how much clearer I could possibly make this.

Mike, let it go. You don't know what it's like to be white, so don't go there.

I'm the mostest minority on this planet. I'm pink with a bit of fuschia, and I can declare that no one else don't know how it feels to be a minority that is colored pink with a bit of fuschia.

I feel so discriminated against, because I can't wear my pink and fuschia colors at work. :biggrin:

 

[Mike Hughes]

Sorry for stealing your context in this subthread, but this is yet another thing that white people have no possible way of empathizing with or understanding.

Asian people have to deal with this kind of representation day in and day out on television and movies. "The media" is extremely effective at brainwashing people, in case you haven't noticed.

Sorry, white people, all you can do is laugh, not empathize. This is racism in the modern day. It's not being told to sit at the back of the bus, and it's not a limit on the amount of money you make.

I mean, I don't see there's any movement killing William Hung, as he giving all living Black hair asian a "dork" image...

 

[Mike Hughes]

Don't go where? I don't claim to know what it's like to be white. In fact, that's pretty much my entire point.

Mike, let it go. You don't know what it's like to be white, so don't go there.

 

[NsXMas]

Sorry for stealing your context in this subthread, but this is yet another thing that white people have no possible way of empathizing with or understanding.

Asian people have to deal with this kind of representation day in and day out on television and movies. "The media" is extremely effective at brainwashing people, in case you haven't noticed.

Sorry, white people, all you can do is laugh, not empathize. This is racism in the modern day. It's not being told to sit at the back of the bus, and it's not a limit on the amount of money you make.

Mike, it seems to me you've got an awful big chip on your shoulders, being Asian and what-not.

You seem to infer that white people are superior to everyone else, hence your attitude that white people don't know what it's like to be discriminated against, and that Asian people suffer injustices day in and day out.

Guess what brother? I'm Asian, I live in an area that is heavily dominated by whites, and latinos. I have never felt discriminated against. I feel that all people are equal, and I don't have a chip on my shoulders.

I have many white friends, and many asian friends, and friends of other colors.

I don't feel inferior, or superior. Reading your posts make me feel like you've been brainwashed into feeling like being Asian equals automatic discrimination. That is pure BS.

You know the saying "perception becomes reality?" If you perceive that you're being slighted against, and discriminated because of your skin color, well that's your reality. I choose to not think that way.

In a way, I feel sorry for the blacks in New Orleans, because they have a victim's mentality. That mentality causes them to behave in ways that make others then infer that they are truly not able to fend for themselves. The vicious circle continues, becomes very hard to break.

I wake up every day, knowing that my perception makes my reality. I intentionally try not to have a chip on my shoulders. I hope you will someday have the same experience.

Have a merry NSXMas.

 

[NsXMas]

What a conspiracy theory! Very entertaining, but extremely hard to believe...

It sounds like this thread is changing topics. Let me share a story before I make my point.

A Japanese American friend of mine is an avid climber. He and a few Asian friends were traveling through a remote part of Utah on a climbing trip. On the way home, they stopped at a Denny's to grab some lunch. They parked their Toyota Camry in a parking lot full of American pickup trucks. There was no other type of vehicle in the lot. Perhaps that should have tipped them off to what was to come...

They walked into the restaurant, bustling with noise and activity. Then everything stopped. You could hear a pin drop as everyone was staring at them. And they were staring in disapproval of their very presence. They decided to order their food to go.

They quickly ordered, and when the food came, two of them went up to the cashier to pay and the other two went outside. My friend gave the cashier some money, and then the cashier said, "Here's your change," and threw it at him in a baseball pitch fashion. Needless to say, his money went everywhere. In disbelief, he looked around the restaurant at people's reactions. They returned his look with a look of "that's what you get for being here."

As he was picking up his change, the two friends who had exited the restaurant came back in. They pointed out the restaurant window to his car, which was surrounded by men with sticks and bats. They had no choice but to walk out to the parking lot to try to leave. My friends had to apologize for their presence, just to get into the car to leave.

To top off the day, they stopped at a gas station in town to fill up. A family of Mexicans happened to be passing through town also, and they were lost. The father was asking the attendant for directions, but was having trouble communicating due to his poor English (though my friend said he was completely understandable to him). He kept repeating the same street name that he was looking for, but the attendant acted like he couldn't understand. "Speak English!" He began to speak louder and louder, in frustration. The attendant's response? "Don't make me get out my stick, BOY!"

Now my friend is a fourth generation Japanese American; he doesn't even speak a word of Japanese. He's also a high school teacher, a brilliant musician, and a kind and generous soul.

So what was his reaction to what had happened to him? He was SMILING and LAUGHING as he was telling me the story. He can only thank God that nothing bad happened to him, and never return to that area again. Sometimes, the world is an ugly place.

Now my point is this: although Mike may have chosen his words poorly by making generalizations about ALL white people, I agree with the sentiment. MOST white people in this country will never hear about an experience like this from one of their white friends, let alone experience it themselves. I imagine something like this happening is beyond comprehension for most rational people, regardless of color. I'm not so sure I would have brushed it off so easily.

So folks, please don't rush the judgement on Mike's comments. I don't think he meant to offend anyone. I read his comments as meaning that sympathizing is not the same thing as going through it.

Mike

Well, the japanese guy's problem was he went to a Denny's. Denny's is known to be discriminatory. :biggrin:

Ok I only half-kid, because I recall a story about blacks being discriminated at Denny's and filing and winning a lawsuit of some sort.

Ah yes, here are some links:

http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/1999/01/04/story6.html

http://www.asianam.org/updateon.htm

http://www.cnn.com/US/9601/mlk/denny/

I avoid Denny's not because of discrimination, but because I hate their fatty foods.

 

[pvmike]

Well, the japanese guy's problem was he went to a Denny's. Denny's is known to be discriminatory. :biggrin:

Ok I only half-kid, because I recall a story about blacks being discriminated at Denny's and filing and winning a lawsuit of some sort.

Ah yes, here are some links:

http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/1999/01/04/story6.html

http://www.asianam.org/updateon.htm

http://www.cnn.com/US/9601/mlk/denny/

I avoid Denny's not because of discrimination, but because I hate their fatty foods.

Yeah, I've read about the lawsuits. But you'd imagine the discrimination coming in the form of not being seated or something of the sort, not someone bouncing coins off your chest. :tongue:

"Oprah Winfrey leaned forward and whispered in my ear "you better watch your step — we're representing interests more powerful than you can imagine. You do remember that Farrakhan killed Malcom, and that Cosby, Johnson and I have more money than God — we can keep this harassment up forever. Is this what you want your life to be like Dave?""

lol. I didn't realize Oprah was such a badass.

Lol. Oprah talking smack in your ear while you lay in your own bed, at home in the middle of the night. That's classic.

 

[Autophile]

My B.S. meter started up when I read this sentence on the Chappelletheory website:

"This complex, well funded, and well thought out plan was to employ a "by any means necessary" approach to ensure that the 3rd season of the Chappelle's Show would never air on Comedy Central."

Come on, does that sound like a cheesy movie cliche, or what? Part of the "mastermind criminal" image that movies always try to portray.

 

[ak]

The chappelle show episode with Wayne Brady is really funny

 

[NSX-Stalker]

I stopped reading when the story stated that Oprah's first comment during the Tom Cruise episode only went to Dave's house. Sorry not possible.

I like Dave myself, however he's no different from the Mexican commedian who pokes fun at his own people.

This whole story is total BS.

NSX-Stalker