I watched “Corpse Bride” last night.
Interesting premise: Nervous groom accidentally “marries” a dead woman and finds himself stuck in the underworld. It’s quite simple, but the movie is really charming. Too bad it’s only about 70 minutes long.
(For a corpse, she doesn’t look too shabby…)
Anyway, the whole “Featured Content” listings have peaked my interests, and so I’m putting up another link to another site that I found to be of interest:
http://www.xanga.com/shekwanisback
By “interest” I mean “appalling,” and by “appalling” I mean “how the hell did this site get on Featured Content and I didn’t?”
This man, I guess his name is Shekwan, writes an entry about how he wants racism to end. But by racism, he only means racism by white people against black people. And he furthers his argument by putting up a website link to a page that documents crimes against white people by black people. Then he finishes it off with hoping that white people all get raped and lynched.
A previous entry of his, which apparently no longer exists, says that white people caused hurricane Katrina.
That last bit was supposed to insinuate that he’s crazy. The rest of my prose indicates that he is a complete hypocrite. Where is racism defined as being purely “white vs. black”? And why does racism that’s “black vs. white” not fit that definition? On the one hand, I am one of the many who believe that African Americans deserve reparations for the slave trade—but there has to be an end to the give-and-take or else all we’re doing is perpetuating the discrimination.
And apparently wishing that all white people have bad things happen to them doesn’t constitute racism. I guess I’m missing something here.
I was called a chink today, and told to go back to China where I belonged. That said, I agree that racism is an everlasting stain on American culture. Regardless of how you choose to define it, it pushes humanity back every single time someone uses a racial epithet. And it’s not hurtful, it’s just annoying. Because who are you to judge me based on my race? Who am I to judge you for yours?
In no way am I going to condone this man’s site. I find that it is the epitome of everything that is wrong with race relations in this country today. The double-standard where you can pull cheap shots at me, and I can’t do the same to you because my actions would be categorized as racist while yours would be hailed under the banner of free speech. Give me a break. I pay my taxes just like the next American does (well, I don’t…but I will eventually), and as far as I’m concerned there is no rightful excuse to point out someone’s ethnic background and try to turn it on them like it’s a sin. That’s wholly unfair and truly mars any form of justice and tolerance some of us have tried to build.
Am I a chink? Hell no. I’m Chinese. My parents are Chinese. I have no reason to be ashamed of who I am, and no one is going to make me feel that way.
It’s pretty sad that this man thinks that white people caused Katrina. How is that even remotely possible? Last time I checked, I don’t recall any particular advancements in weather control by anyone. And I’ll be he thinks white people caused Rita as well.
Well I have news for him: Rita was caused by penguins. Duh.
See, this is why I should be on Featured Content—more complaining! Less racism!
absolutangel64 
Ahhh the good ol’ topic of racism… I guess I’ve been reasonably fortunate for my high school life where in Australia there are things known as “Selective High Schools” which take the top academic students from around the place and put them all into these special schools with a higher focus on academics- ie. Some 85%+ of our school is NESB (non-english speaking background). Prior to this though I was in a private Anglican school whereby there was definitely racism; everything from calling someone a “chink” to “ching chong the china man sitting on the dunny can” (dunny is Aust. slang for toilet) and everything in between. In high school we (as Chinese) look back on it and laugh at their ignorant comments of “too wong’s don’t make a white” and somehow we get a feeling of superiority but it’s not so much that, but I think once you are comfortable with who you are, then there’s nothing anyone can say or do to change that. Deep inside when you know what you are good at, you know what you’re not, even if it is further epitomising the stereotype, it doesn’t make you inferior or superior but rather, you are who you are. If anything, those who resort to crude remarks about race as a form of discrimination are not only showing how insecure they are about their own race and identity, but also also proving they are in a lower echelon in life.
You Sylvia amaze me in that you are a Chinese girl studying law. Sure there are an increasing number of asians becoming lawyers, but it’s still a very difficult career path- not the academic side, but when it comes to getting a job later on, a lot of people (even myself included) find it difficult to trust an Asian to represent us in a court of law. This brings me to my next point- sometimes there are stereotypes which exist because of a past-reality (eg. Asians can’t speak English as eloquently as White folk) and that the new generation (possibly you) buck the trend but suffer the attitudes towards those of the past. I wouldn’t say I feel sorry for you as that’s probably not the right word, but I’ll say that in your chosen career path, there are plenty of challenges which await you. If anything, it’s a test of character. Best wishes with it though^^ I know in my field there was a stereotype that “only Whites can become accountants” but as seen in the most recent cadetships positions for Big4 accounting firms in Australia, there was quite a large amount of non-AngloSaxan people employed.
As for the Shewan Xanga, I feel somewhat sorry for him though. He seems so intolerant of others being intolerant and has likely been the target of many ‘hate crimes’ (I think that’s the name). It’s sad that there’s so much anger inside of him and that he’s incapable of seeing how he himself epitomises the people that he supposedly hates… unless of course this is all just a joke. The first comment in his Xanga post does amuse me though; Dude, go kill white people yourself, lazy ass nigger. At least the white people paid for a domain name – all you did was make a Xanga. …. Ahh… Racial stereotypes.
And I just realised I’ve made very few (if any) points in this entire post of blabbery. Nice post to you though Syl =] Maybe one day I’ll add you to msn or something~
wtf is seremify talking about??? “a lot of people (even myself included) find it difficult to trust an Asian to represent us in a court of law.”
I think Master Yoda said it best, “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger; anger leads to hate; hate leads to suffering.”
thanks for reading my crap and for the record, I was not trying guilt you into reading my steaming pile of ****, I just like your writing and thoughts
@Digital_K_OS – It’s not crap and you’re not guilt-tripping me. 🙂 For the record, yours will be the first blog I will have read from beginning to end. 🙂
@absolutangel64 – Wow, ummm thanks … seriously it’s just random crap, most of the link are broken from age =/. Looking back I have a serious hate against organized religion and Japanese revisionists. Anyways, have a ninja attack mini =D.
stupid me forgot to click the little button … Here is the ninja attack mini
Corpse Bride is a good movie, but I like the Nightmare Before Christmas a lot better.