I Definitely Agree

Definitely gotta agree with Disgrasian Duo - this blows.

And it does make a good argument for not giving in to the Asian Ching Chong Self Hating Stereotypes because when something gets some attention - everyone else wants to follow along and we all suffer because of it.

Tumblr + heheheheheheheeheheheehehe (AKA Tao Lin)

http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.tumblr.com/

Ki Hong Lee + Pacific Citizen

Just a little snippet you might be interested in.

For showbiz newcomer Ki Hong Lee avoiding being pigeonholed as the geeky Asian American on TV was on his mind when he landed his first major role.

When the Korean American got the part of Paul on ABC Family’s “The Nine Lives of Chloe King,” he was careful not to play in to geek stereotypes by opting to wear his contacts instead of his glasses, among other things.

But Lee had nothing to worry about.

“When I first got it [the role] the description of him was kind of this comic book fan and when you first read that you think he’s a geek. So I was really worried like, ‘Are they going to dress me up nerdy?’” Lee said via telephone from Los Angeles, Calif. “But they’ve done a good job of showing different layers of the character.”

I just might have to bribe people to watch this for me.

Fucked Up: Korean American Adoptee Charged With Manslaughter (For Sticking Up For His Sister)

This is just messed the fuck up because we don't even know what really happened and I'm not saying Kevin Kennelly wasn't trying to step on in - but if all his friends were harassing Korean American Adoptee James Kieffer Malecek's little Korean sister (for wearing a red, white, and blue bandanna - because you know - you can't wear it if you're not White) - there's some doubt there that he was actually jumping on in to break it up versus help his friend.

But involuntary manslaughter?

For a racially motivated fight brought on by the White Kids against Asian American Kids?

Really?

So let me get this shit straight. If you're a Person Of Color and you're defending yourself (and again we don't know what else was said or if those White Kids touched his sister in any way) you're not supposed to fight back?

You should just sit there and take it otherwise you might get a beat down by the local justice system?

Give me a MF break.

And I Love This Quote

From the NY Times article:

Brian Godfrey, the head golf pro at the Long Beach Country Club where Mr. Malecek worked for a couple of summers, described him as a “golf rat.” “He could sit there and talk about golf forever,” Mr. Godfrey said [...]

But Mr. Godfrey, who has adopted two children from Guatemala said he had never seen any racism directed at his children or the Malecek youth in Long Beach. “Maybe other places, but here, never,” he said.

Yeah...sure.

Godfrey probably should have spent his money on a shiny new car to tout around versus his cute Kids Of Color because he apparently has no MF clue whatsoever.

I Give You Hide And Seek Baby

Could Be Good, Could Be Bad: Comcast And NBCUniversal Get Joint Diversity Council

I'm not sure it's going to make a difference - and who knows - it might actually hurt more if both companies don't actually listen to the new council but just tout them around as a trophy SO.

Maybe I'm just cynical though.

Here's to hoping?

As part of their drive to become industry leaders in diversity, Comcast and NBCUniversal have created an external Joint Diversity Council to advise their senior executive teams. The Joint Diversity Council held its first meeting in Philadelphia, where they were briefed on the Comcast and NBCUniversal diversity initiatives.

The Joint Diversity Council is comprised of four separate nine-member councils representing the interests of Asian Americans, African Americans, Hispanics and women. Additional council members represent the interests of veterans, Native Americans, people with disabilities and the lesbian /gay /bisexual /transgender (LGBT) community. The Joint Diversity Council held the first of its semi-annual meetings in Philadelphia in May.

Before the Comcast/NBCUniversal transaction closed in January, leaders from both companies created a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Asian American community that includes a number of commitments to increase the inclusion and participation of Asian Americans in the companies' corporate governance, workforce, supplier chain, programming and community investment. The Asian American Advisory Council will focus its guidance on executing Comcast's diversity initiatives, including the MOU with the Asian American community.

Karen K. Narasaki, president and executive director of the Asian American Justice Center (AAJC), serves as chair of the Asian American Diversity Advisory Council, and Don H. Liu, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of Xerox Corporation serves as vice chair.

Get it in full.

Random Monday Night 3X: FM

Because.



It's Monday.



And you really want it to be Friday.

Wu Denounces Anti-Chinese Rhetoric Campaigns (And Probably Should Have Done That With His Penis Too)

I'm not saying anything about anything but it is kind of funny and interesting that on one hand we have Rep. David Wu who was quoted in the Northwest Asian Weekly as saying:

“I am deeply disturbed by the xenophobic implications of recent political ads that use China as a scapegoat to discuss the U.S. economy,” said Rep. David Wu, from Oregon. “Given our country’s dark history of anti-Chinese discrimination — from the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act to the racially-motivated murder of Vincent Chin exactly 100 years later — these fear-mongering ads have potentially dangerous consequences, especially for Asian Pacific Americans.

Because this is true.

We all know it.

And we need people like Wu to help bring attention to the growing anti-Chinese sentiment that can be easily mistaken for anti-Chinese American and anti-APIA sentiment.

But then two days later we also get the following:

Rep. David Wu, facing an accusation of an unwanted sexual encounter with an 18-year-old woman and a request for an investigation by the House Ethics Committee, will not seek re-election next year and was pondering whether he would complete his term, a spokesman for the Oregon Democrat said Monday.

In a letter sent Monday, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi requested the Ethics Committee investigation. The Oregonian, Wu's hometown newspaper, had reported that a California woman left a voicemail at Wu's office accusing him on an unwanted sexual encounter. Wu, 56, has said the encounter was consensual.

*sigh*

I'm just glad Congresswoman Judy Chu (the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus chairwoman) knows how to keep her legs crossed when around young tight bodied eighteen year-olds.

Mari + Smoshpit Weekly + MILF Storage?

So I'll admit that I haven't watched all of this and I reserve the right to think anything about it whatsoever - and I'm not really sure - the "O Hai" thing kind of slowly annoys me right away as well as the "smosho pit a weekly" (that's the phonetic pronunciation thank you very much) - but who knows.

Maybe I just suck and get annoyed by random things that I shouldn't get annoyed by.



And isn't it wrong that I can't help but ask the question of why they decided to choose Mari and if they were just fueling WGAF?

That would be White Guy Asian Fetish if you were wondering which I've also decided should be pronounced as WTF (I reserve the right to possibly change this pronunciation).

Glenn Beck Is A Dick (Again)

If you don't believe me just see the following:

Glenn Beck, who in June aired his final cable tv show on Fox News, is still on the radio and has found a new way to get his name into the headlines around the globe.

Instead of calling the president of the United States a racist, Beck focused on the scores of young people gunned down at a camp in Norway. Beck said the camp reminded him of Adolf Hitler's infamous Hitler Youth.

"There was a shooting at a political camp, which sounds a little like, you know, the Hitler youth. I mean, who does a camp for kids that's all about politics? Disturbing," Beck stated in the first minute of his syndicated radio show Monday.

Random Deep Foundation

Cover It: Set Fire To The Rain + Nathaniel Tao

Got this sent in and just wanted to make sure and post it on up because no matter how many videos I see or how many tracks I listen too I still love to see our folks do their thing.

Model Minority, The Tiger Sons Tape, Invisible People, And Angela Yu

On THE TIGER SONS, emcees D-One, Grand Master Chu, and Inglish continue to speak about the lives of young, modern, Asian-Americans with their signature wordplay. Humorous, self-deprecating, and thoughtful, they address a range of subjects from growing up in Asian-American households (Battle Hymn of the Tiger Sons), online romance (Twitter Girl), historical struggles against racism (Vincent Chin.), and drop bilingual party tracks like Xian Kan Kan Wo (a Mandarin cover of Chris Brown’s “Look At Me Now”) and Ooh It’s Just Genetic, Girl.

The lead single from THE TIGER SONS, Invisible People (Where’d You Go?), and its accompanying music video, are dedicated to those people whose voices and stories have been lost or ignored. With a music video shot in San Francisco, directed by Angela Yu, the song sees the three rappers speaking out against injustice in the classroom, courtroom, and media.

THE TIGER SONS Tape is available for free download & streaming.

Kinda Grannis: The One You Say Goodnight To

Aziz + 30 Minutes Or Less + Tumblr (Not Fellatio)

Go Red Band Trailer go.

And you might as well pick up Tumblr while you're at it too (that would be Aziz is bored).

P.S.

If you're wondering about the use of the work fellatio than you'll have to watch the age restricted trailer which really isn't age restricted because anyone can put in any age they want so even if you're not quite of age you can still view it (but then I'd wonder why you're reading this blog when you have more fun things to do like actually getting a good CSCKING from someone you know - but then again I could ask that question of anyone reading this MF hack of a blog so fuck it).

Good Music Never Dies (AKA Listening On My Ride Home)

Somedays, especially in the light speed fast lane of the interwebs, one year seems like ages ago - but I say it just isn't a thing and good music never really does die.

Free Tunage: Rocky Rivera + Rockapellas

From the good folks down at Beatrock Music.

1) Pop Killer (acapella)
2) Swag'r Jack'n feat. Talia Taylor (acapella)
3) 40 oz Rap feat. Styliztik Jones (acapella)
4) Slick Talk feat. Bambu (acapella)
5) Day Dream feat. Nitty Scott MC (acapella)
6) La Madrina (acapella)
7) Las Rakas (acapella)
8) Beautiful Struggle feat. Otayo Dubb (acapella)
9) Under Pressure (acapella)
10) SF City Retrospect feat. Davinci (acapella)
11) GRLZ feat Irie Eyez (acapella)
12) Smoke Kush and Rap (acapella)

http://www.mediafire.com/?ystelnvyc50mk6q

In Pictures: Eat Ramen Help Japan

POW! WHIZ! BAM!

All I have to say is thank you to the good people down at Visual Communications for not just putting this on (because that's the real thing) but for also telling a poor slob like about such things (because this week especially I've been living under a rock).

Visual Communications, the nation’s premier Asian Pacific American media arts organization, will launch “POW! WHIZ! BAM!,” its first Animation Mini-Film Festival August 6 in the Tateuchi Democracy Forum at the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. “POW! WHIZ! BAM!” features short films by local animators, the Los Angeles premiere of ICE, and a special screening of Trigun: Badlands Rumble.

The massively popular multi-day conventions of the likes of Comic Con and Anime Expo may seem “completely overwhelming and insane for some casual fans,” Festival Programmer Alexis Kim said. “POW! WHIZ! BAM! is very simple. We just wanted to focus on the love of toons, support and showcase our local talent, show some subversive discussion-starting films, and just have some summer fun!”

The Local Animators Spotlight, “The Art of Movement,” will feature a selection of short films exhibiting a diversity of styles including sand animation, kinestatic (stop-motion) animation, computer-generated animation, as well as cut-out and 2D computer animation. In-person artists and additional guests will participate in an interactive conversation about their work, including clips, storyboards, models and other materials, generating increased excitement for their craft.

“Animation is a stimulating and accessible means of creating a cross-cultural dialogue,” Director of Visual Communications Exhibition Programs Abraham Ferrer said. “It’s no secret that Asians are extremely underrepresented in the mainstream film industry, however animation is one of those special outliers in which Asians have had a profound global influence. It’s a genre that has truly become a well-traversed bridge between cultures.”

The program lineup for “POW! WHIZ! BAM!” includes:

SHORTS:

OUT ON A LIMB by Daisy Lin
A young bird is isolated from other birds that do not share its interest in searching for dandelions. [multi-media animation]

FATHER AND SISTER by Soyeon Kim
A chance occurrence between a father and a sister leads to a unique case of workplace temptation. [cut-out & 2D computer animation]

THE CAP (Topi) by Arjun Rihan
Inspired by a true historical event in Pakistan, a violent communal riot at the train station separates a young boy, Bir, from his mother. Bir must find his mother before it's too late. [computer-generated animation]

FROG IN THE WELL (Ino Nakano Kawazu) by Ken Ochiai
Under his mother's wishes, Jo, a reclusive young tailor from Tokyo, journeys across Japan, discovering a country full of beauty and culture. Transforming like a frog climbing from a well Jo, opens himself up to a new world. [kinestatic (stop-motion) animation]

WHERE THERE HERE by Soyeon Kim
This kid-friendly workout is a playful visualization of “Hide and Seek” using African pictorial design and tribal music. [sand animation]

AMAZONIA by Sam Chen
In the eat-or-be-eaten world of the Amazon Rainforest, a little tree frog named Bounce is befriended by a blue-bellied tree toad named Biggy. With Biggy’s help, Bounce must learn to survive the perils of the jungle. [computer-generated animation]

FEATURES:

ICE by Makoto Kobayashi
An environmental crisis causes every male on earth to die by 2012, dividing the 20,000 surviving women into two groups: the hedonistic fatalists and those who believe science can save them. The two fight an intense battle over 'ICE,' an object said to be the last hope for humans. [cell & computer-generated animation]

TRIGUN: BADLANDS RUMBLE by Satoshi Nishimura
Vash the Stampede, a professional killer with a mysterious past, saves the life of the infamous robber named Gasback, setting off a chain of results with disastrous consequences. Flash forward 20 years, Vash has to deal with the repercussions. [cell & computer-generated animation]

The “POW! WHIZ! BANG!” Animation Mini-Film Festival is presented in association with the Japanese American National Museum. Films will be screened at the Tateuchi Democracy Forum in Little Tokyo at 111 North Central Avenue, Los Angeles. Parking for all programs in Little Tokyo is available at City Lot #7 (entrance adjacent to David Henry Hwang Theatre; enter at Judge John Aiso St.). All program selections are unrated; parental guidance suggested.

Single Screening Tickets starting July 16: $10 general admission, $8 students, senior, Visual Communications and JANM members. Early Bird Special Festival Pass starting July 11-15: $20 general admission, $15 students, senior, Visual Communications and JANM members. Festival Pass starting July 16: $25 general admission, $20 students, senior, Visual Communications and JANM members. Tickets are available online at vconline.tix.com or at the door. All proceeds will benefit the year-round education initiatives of Visual Communications.

Established in 1970, Visual Communications is the nation’s premier Asian Pacific American media arts organization and is dedicated to the honest and accurate portrayals of Asian Pacific American peoples, communities and heritage through the media arts. Visual Communication promotes intercultural understanding through the creation, presentation, preservation and support of media works by and about Asian Pacific Americans. Every spring, it presents the prestigious Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.

Visual Communications is funded in part by the Aratani Foundation, California Community Foundation, Getty Foundation, James Irvine Foundation, Japan Foundation, Japanese American community Services (JACS), Sony, Takahashi Foundation, National Film Preservation Fund APCF, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, National Endowment for the Arts, Academy Foundation, Union Bank, National Endowment for the Arts Recovery Act Grant, VC Stakeholders and corporate and community supporters.

For more information contact Visual Communications (info@vconline.org or (213) 680-4462) or visit www.vconline.org. You may also visit “POW! WHIZ! BAM!” Facebook Event Page by searching for “POW! WHIZ! BAM! VC’s First Animation Mini-Film Fest” or follow Visual Communications on Twitter at www.twitter.com/vconline.

Wendi Deng Takes The Pie

When I was watching the news coverage of the Rupert Murdoch meltdown (maybe spiraling downward is a better word) I wondered who that Asian woman was behind him - and then I remembered - and then I threw up a little more in my mouth because really - she actually fucks him?

Yes she does (at least I'm guessing they give it the old college try).

And she also takes a pie for her man.