Asians in the Library - UCLA Girl going wild on Asians

[koreancuber]

I'm surprised this hasn't been created before.

So.... what do you think are the best responses/spoofs? What do you think about this whole thing?

 

[Zarxrax]

LMAO, awesome.

As far as racism goes though, doesn't seem THAT bad to me.
Living here in the southern united states, I hear far worse stuff on a daily basis.

 

[amostay2004]

Awesome song

I feel bad for the girl though. There're so many ignorant Americans, she just happened to be one that is slightly more popular and made a video about it. She definitely doesn't deserve death threats/needing to leave the university, especially after publicly apologising.

 

[koreancuber]

Some other good ones

 

[cmhardw]

Awesome song! Yes, it does suck for the girl. This kind of stuff really scares me actually. Yes, what she did was terribly insensitive and racist, and I do not condone it. However, the fact that some people sent out death threats to her over something like this is equally as ignorant to me. Sometimes the internet feels like that book Lord of the Flies to me. Whichever tribe has sharper spears and the signal fire will get their way. Ignorance on both sides of an issue makes me a sad panda

 

[Cubenovice]

[holding shell]
Chris, it is not your turn to speak!
[/holding shell]

 

[qqwref]

I wouldn't even say she was racist. Insensitive, sure. Ignorant (and stupid), absolutely. Racism is all about the belief that one race is inherently better to another, and there's none of that in the video, not even close. All you have is complaints about people's behavior (honestly, don't you think she'd be annoyed at people talking on phones in the library no matter what their race was?) and an insensitive joke that she probably thought her friends would appreciate. I gotta agree with Chris and Amos here - it sucks to be her, because even though this video was bad, the response and consequences were far, far worse.

 

[Dene]

That video is hilarious

 

[cubeslayer]

Political correctness , when taken to the extremities it is today, is going to be a limitation upon creativity and thus its death in the long run.

 

[Rubiks560]

His voice.

 

[DavidWoner]

Racism is all about the belief that one race is inherently better to another, and there's none of that in the video, not even close.

No, racism is making distinctions/generalizations based solely on race. There is usually a negative connotation to racist remarks, but it's certainly not "all about" saying one race is better than another. Her imitation of "asian language" was racist.

 

[shelley]

IMO, a lot of people are overreacting to Alexandra Wallace. Kids yelled "ching chong" at me when I was in 3rd grade and I just ignored them; I don't see this as much worse. Sure, at her age she should know better, but it's not exactly hate speech - she's just one of many, many ignorant and insensitive people on the internet, probably not deserving of this much attention, and certainly not deserving of the death threats she's been getting. There are bigger things going on in the world.

That said, Jimmy Wong's use of humor and music in response to ignorance is pretty amazing. Check out his other videos too, he's quite talented.

 

[Jungleterrain]

we are all racist to one degree or another. cool to see that cubers are generally moderate in opinion on such social issues. It shows the superiority of cubers over noncubers lol jk

 

[TheJCube]

This is another response I found hilarious!

 

[qqwref]

No, racism is making distinctions/generalizations based solely on race. There is usually a negative connotation to racist remarks, but it's certainly not "all about" saying one race is better than another. Her imitation of "asian language" was racist.

The first definition at http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/racism is "a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race". Prejudice and real discrimination are pretty serious things, and I don't like seeing the word watered down so much that it basically means "noticing that different cultures exist". Really, "making a generalization" does not always imply that there is anything close to racial discrimination or prejudice going on. In fact, sometimes making a distinction based on race (and/or the associated culture) can even be valid and useful, such as noticing that Hispanics are statistically more likely to speak Spanish as a first language, and thus using English-Spanish signs in areas with a proportionally large Hispanic population.

The "Asian language" imitation could be thought of as either a stereotype or a very poor imitation of an Asian language (exaggerated for an attempt at humor). I'm guessing she has no knowledge of actual Asian languages, and probably isn't actually capable of providing an imitation of "Asian person answering a phone in a foreign language" that wouldn't be seen as stereotyping. I really don't see any malicious intent here, and extrapolating from an exaggerated impression to a full-fledged belief in racial superiority is pretty silly. This was insensitive for sure, but what's in the video is not even close to racist.

 

[koreancuber]

I agree with qqwref. That girl is just stupid and ignorant.

 

[irontwig]

lolrascist!? u4srs?

 

[maggot]

i actually laughed at this. -ng.