Chinese Ching Chongs and Japanese Niggas
Openly gay talk show host Rosie O'Donnell is catching a lot of flak for her recent Chinese "ching chong" comments on ABC's The View. Many Asians - here and abroad - are offended by Rosie's humor.
Then check out the video below......
It is from a comedy show sketch out of Japan. The Japanese comedians use the word "nigga" pretty liberally. I recall reading a comment on a blog posted by a Black American woman living in Japan. She talked about how shocked she was at how racist some Japanese citizens could be toward Blacks. This video left me stupefied by its audacity, and now I am inclined to believe her.
Much of the innuendo in the sketch - especially regarding the chicken and waffles breakfast - made me very uncomfortable. It's perplexing to me that these people would feel so comfortable using such images and the word, "nigga". The only element missing is black face. What's worse is that a Black man participates at the very end. If a sketch like this went down on Saturday Night Live, the show would be OVER.
Props to my buddy Jeff in New York City for sending me this video.
Then check out the video below......
It is from a comedy show sketch out of Japan. The Japanese comedians use the word "nigga" pretty liberally. I recall reading a comment on a blog posted by a Black American woman living in Japan. She talked about how shocked she was at how racist some Japanese citizens could be toward Blacks. This video left me stupefied by its audacity, and now I am inclined to believe her.
Much of the innuendo in the sketch - especially regarding the chicken and waffles breakfast - made me very uncomfortable. It's perplexing to me that these people would feel so comfortable using such images and the word, "nigga". The only element missing is black face. What's worse is that a Black man participates at the very end. If a sketch like this went down on Saturday Night Live, the show would be OVER.
Props to my buddy Jeff in New York City for sending me this video.
Labels: Racism
posted by Terrence | 8:16 AM
6 Comments:
You know something? Racism only bothers me now when it affects my money, my health or my God.
If we continue to put stock in folks hating for no reason, we just stifle our own positive energy for creating a solution for the thought process of being outwardly racist.
Jarrett, I don't know if fully understand what you meant but......
I agree that we should not surrender power or positive energy to people who are racist, but I do believe that people need to be taken to task for inappropriate, hateful and racist comments - especially if they are public figures. We, as people, do not advance socially or in harmony if we do not confront racial ignorance and bigotry in most forms.
Words can often translate into action(s). If hateful words aren't addressed they become cancerous.
Eventually bro, hateful words will sooner or later impact your money, health and God.
Terrence you are right on the money with your comments. This "comedy" sketch is a perfect example of how negative words and images can impact a people. The Japanese as well as other cultures have very little interaction with or knowledge of black people, yet they have picked up on the modern day Jim Crow characterization of blacks that America markets to its citizens and the world. What is sad is that too many black clowns like Snoop Dog, PDiddy, Flavor Flav and others are all too willing to sell out their people by taughting the prison, pimp, hustler image which has become the modern day Step and Fetchit image. Terrence keep doing what you do and enlightening the blogosphere!
Welcome. And thanks for your support.
Oh, Terrence. Terrence, Terrence, Terrence. Had you gone to the excessive lengths to google the title of this video, you would have seen that it's not from a Japanese TV show, but a short film––produced by Americans––that parodies the Japanese perception of American hip-hop culture. The film criticizes the very same casual stereotypes that you accuse it of propagating. Did you really think Japanese sketch comedy would be spoken in hilariously broken English with Japanese subtitles? "It not so bad"? "Wassa missing hea?"
And did you mean a sketch like this on SNL?
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/75/75ginterview.phtml
Seriously, dude.
HAHAHA I remember that SNL skit.
That was a funny one. God Bless Richard Pryor!
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