http://mylifeisasian.net/2009/11/reader-submission-she-must-be-friends-with-miley/ Just another day in Asian America Sun, 02 Oct 2011 03:16:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://mylifeisasian.net/2009/11/reader-submission-she-must-be-friends-with-miley/comment-page-1/#comment-38 tobias Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:12:51 +0000 http://mylifeisasian.net/?p=26#comment-38 this post captures why i find this blog kind of unnecessary. it just plays on ethnic stereotypes without really trying to be smart about it. mymomisafob.com at least frames the stereotype as an endearing representation, but this just racializes it in uneasy terms. first of why, why refer to your eyes as chinky? it's fine as a reference to a racist ideology or style (such as "that movie was so oriental") but i wouldn't call myself that. these friends seem to be non-asian and not laughing with you but at you. but then again, it sounds like rebecca is making fun of her herself to begin with, in a self-protective way. to me, it reveals how insecure the humor is. this post captures why i find this blog kind of unnecessary. it just plays on ethnic stereotypes without really trying to be smart about it. mymomisafob.com at least frames the stereotype as an endearing representation, but this just racializes it in uneasy terms. first of why, why refer to your eyes as chinky? it’s fine as a reference to a racist ideology or style (such as “that movie was so oriental”) but i wouldn’t call myself that. these friends seem to be non-asian and not laughing with you but at you. but then again, it sounds like rebecca is making fun of her herself to begin with, in a self-protective way. to me, it reveals how insecure the humor is.

]]> http://mylifeisasian.net/2009/11/reader-submission-she-must-be-friends-with-miley/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Jenni Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:23:31 +0000 http://mylifeisasian.net/?p=26#comment-31 omg that ALWAYS happens to me! omg that ALWAYS happens to me!

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