http://www.fillinourfuture.org
http://www.facebook.com/FillInOurFuture
http://www.twitter.com/FillInOurFuture

The Census only happens once a decade. Don’t miss your chance to make a difference. C’mon, represent!

Photo jacked from AngryAsianMan.

Have you filled out your form yet? And btw, can someone fill in an extra one and write in “Taiwanese” for me? Haha

Btw, that whole Taiwanese / Thai confusion happens all the time. “Oh, so you’re Taiwanese? So can you speak Thai then?” o_O Totally different, yo. And the whole Chinese vs. Taiwanese issue… some of you may know Taiwanese peeps who get offended if you call them Chinese… well, though ethnically 90+% of Taiwanese are of mainland Chinese descent, culturally, politically, socioeconomically, historically, etc… there’s a big difference in being Chinese or Taiwanese. Anyway, enough about this political stuff. How ’bout that Taiwanese American Barack Obama?

“Soy Sauce is Love Potion” from Disgrasian

Just Your Typical Soy Sauce Love Story Commercial” from 8Asians

I’m not surprised at all.

My two cents: why a White guy and an Asian girl? Most likely somebody in marketing’s idea. From what I gathered, they were trying to make it “modern”… interracial couple, man cooking for woman… something like that. The same exact story could’ve been told with an Asian guy. Totally. If it were up to me, I would’ve casted an Asian guy + White girl. But until more politically conscious peeps write things differently…

I personally didn’t and don’t find anything wrong with the commercial. If you disagree, well, then, please be the one to write things differently and I’ll support you all the way (as long as it’s not Kenneth Eng style).

Anyway, political stuff aside, a lot of the comments and blogs totally cracked me up. I was definitely questioning the onion rings dipped in pork belly and soy sauce juice, too… lol.

And well, you sure made a statement with that photo of yours, which once again, I feel bad for you, cuz’ I’m sure that photo was not supposed to be distributed publicly (the suck of being famous). So if you didn’t know before, you obviously know now that making the “slant eye” is offensive and you probably should avoid doing it again… especially when cameras are around. I’m pretty sure you didn’t need me to tell you that.

Now, you are still a teenager. That is another reason why I forgive you. However, you are also a huge star and probably a role model for many young girls out there (heck, my younger cousin loves you). Therefore, I would hope you would truly take this as a learning experience to better yourself as an individual.

That’s all I really have to say about that.

I highly doubt Miley will ever see this… but I am writing this because I just think this whole thing is super blown out of proportion. It was not cool what her and her friends did, but was she really trying to circulate that photo around and anger us Asians? I don’t think so. And I’m pretty sure it ain’t gonna happen again, at least not with her. Maybe this is the vessel to make a loud statement to the mass media… but seriously… a class-action lawsuit against Miley Cyrus for this? C’mon now.

http://www.linklosangeles.org

LiNK in Los Angeles is holding an event this weekend. It’s a seminar with:

Charles Cho
Jericho Institute
Stephen Haggard, Ph. D
Professor of the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at UCSD
Chaibong Hahm, Ph. D
Director of the Korean Studies Institute at USC
Adrian Hong
Executive Director of Liberty in North Korea
Young O. Kim
District Representative and Director of Asian Community Affairs for Representative Ed Royce
& Judy Wood, Esq.
Executive Director of the Human Rights Project

There’s no cost to go, and it’s sure to be a very informative seminar and a great networking opportunity.
A reception will follow.

February 24, 2007
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
USC Sal 101

for more information contact link.losangeles@gmail.com

Just found out yesterday that they are trying to shut down MTV World (MTV CHI, MTV K, MTV Desi). These are channels for Chinese Americans, Korean Americans, and South Asian Americans. If we lose the channels now, it would be a crippling blow to everything that we’ve been working towards.

There is a petition being signed online and I was hoping you can pass this email onto your various contacts and peeps.

The petition is here:

http://www.petitiononline.com/huanying/petition.html

Also, the websites for the channels:

www.mtvchi.com
www.mtvdesi.com
www.mtvk.com

Sign the petition to cancel “Maui Fever”

When I found out that they were doing a Laguna Beach spin-off called “Maui Fever”…my first thought was: wtf, where are the Asians at? (kinda like how it was with “The OC”) But you know…that’s not why I’m so upset with a show like this. I’m actually GRATEFUL that I haven’t seen an Asian kid in one of these reality shows. It’s like, people do these things because they’re freakin’ attention hungry or something. Most of the time I don’t even want to hear about it or see it…but it’s EVERYWHERE. Grocery stores, when co-workers talk, when people are watching TV… maybe it wouldn’t be so bad to be a hermit or move to some island.

It just makes me sad and frustrated that American pop culture has been and is dominated by tabloids, sex, vanity, he did this, she did that, “OMG, look at how anorexic they are!”…”oh no! he’s left her for another woman” etc, etc.

When will it stop?