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May 30, 2008
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done.

May 10, 2008
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I'm done relaxing my hair.

My hair seems to have gone through a change for the better and I'm going to let it grow. Curlingly, twistingly, blonde/orange/red/browningly (my hair color) grow.

Cus I've been thinking about it for a while. And since I've been thinking about it, I haven't put a relaxer in it. The last one was in January (?) and I'm finally done.

I have about 2 inches of naturally curly, twisty, blonde/orange/red/brown hair. I just like to touch it sometimes.

let's go back 100 years, shall we?

Feb 5, 2008
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This commercial came on during the Super Bowl this past Sunday:

commercial 1 - 2008

Gut reaction: 'Uhhhhhhhh.' Apparently, panda's inherently have Americanized-Chinese accents and, while these pandas have learned to write through some miracle, they write English words in Shanghai font.

Coincidentally, the other night (prior to the Super Bowl), M pulled up this link. The worst ad, by far, was this one*:

commercial 2 - 1960's

40+ years, and not much has changed.

Asian folks are severely underrepresented and misrepresented in media. The commercial during the Super Bowl ain't helping much.

Hey. Media. How about we have an Asian/Mixed/Black/etc. person on TV without it being about an Asian/Mixed/Black person on TV? I'm sure it's hard, but I shouldn't damn-near piddle my pants when I see a Mixed couple on TV. If there's one desensitization I'd like to get from my TV, it's the whole race thing.

Now, I'm not so naive as to think that stereotypes aren't real. I don't live in some monochrome world, and I don't want to. BUT, stereotypes are kinda something that the group being stereotyped gets to have for themselves. While stereotypes overall kinda make me nervous, I know they're there.

To an extreme: the N-word, while not a stereotype, is just NOT ok for people who aren't Black to say it. It's Black folks' word. Asian folks doing Asian stereotypes is for Asian people to do; it's not for whoever did that commercial to put on blast during the Super Bowl.

And this brings us back to underrepresentation of Asian people in media. What would the backlash be if commercial had monkies, speaking Ebonics, typing on a keyboard made of watermelon rinds? Yeah. Jesse Jackson would be ALL over it. It's the SAME thing (if you beg to differ, please, let me know. It'll be interesting to put you in your place about this.)

So, this commercial was in poor taste and I blame whoever made the commercial, whoever paid for the commercial, whoever approved the commercial, etc. etc. etc.

*youtube automatically has tags that it prefills into vox. I had to delete the tags, they were so bad (ie. oriental, rasbelly, etc. Sheesh.)

edit: After some thought - Without getting too wordy, I am not above a sterotype. I'm not perfect. DUH. This commercial, though, is coming from a money-making standpoint. THE MAAAAAAN trying to make money off race-based stereotypes of any kind is what bothers me most.

edit 2: After more thought - Dave Chappelle is funny! He makes race cracks all the time. I don't get all Al Sharpton on dat ass if I hear a non-Black person repeats a skit from Chappelle. Am I making sense? There's just a thin line between ok and hella-not-okay when it comes to race. Or maybe a not so thin line. I'm confusing myself now. Someone help!