Ok, before I start, I really wish to warn you all about what I'm going to write here because some of you may find it very disapproving, disgusting and inappropiate. And quite frankly, it is. So if you think this may offend you, I'd advise you not to read it. I do admit, it is rather disgusting and sick and I feel ashamed of it. Right anyway I'll move on, but I'm thinking one thing. This happened a while ago but my friends were going about TV shows that they were watching. I know this is usually a "guy" thing so I'm not sure girls will know alot about this. But anyway, one of my friends decided to bring up the subject on TV shows and what they watched in the past week or so. One of them was going on about this TV show, which I heard about but I refused to watch it because it was demoralising from a Viet point of view. This is because it was going on about Vietnamese and underage prostitutes which really started to annoy me. This is because my "friends" decided to start taking the piss and linking it to Gary Glitter, thinking that it was funny as anything, which started to get on my nerves. Furthermore they were going on about how I came from Vietnam and after watching it, they linked some stupid stereotype that all Vietnamese people were underage hookers at one point. Not only this annoyed me, I believed it was targeted at me and I was fuming while they were basically hysterically laughing. Then what is even more stupid is that they started about websites they've gone on, more specifically Asian porn websites. I was shocked about this, and I just backed away from them to leave them in their own little world. It made me feel ****ing sick, on how my friends talk about women in that way, but because they added the "Asian" part into it, I just couldn't take it...then the next day I see someone downloading a video onto his iPhone, he thought he'd be funny and show me it, and I was shocked because he's 16 and sick in his own little "perverted" world. Honestly, with all this I feel very very very ashamed of Asia on the whole and how we got ourself in this horrid situation. I also am fairly ****ed off with the way they represent us on TV and such like this, especially the first one. And I don't know what you guys think about it, but I think it's sick that they put it on TV. Well that's my ranting over, I really can't say anymore because then it'll be way too extreme and I could get into a lot of trouble...Honestly, it just doesn't give us a good image as Asians with TV shows like this. Even Little Britain pisses me off with their Ting Tong sketch with the "lady boy" and "mail-order bride" subject (the name goes for itself, I think it's play of the racist phrase: ching chong...". I've had enough of this now..blowed off some steam...
Why should you be ashamed of Asia?????!!?!?! You should be ashamed of your friends who take the piss, the people who exploit the vulnerable and those who are racist.
Yeah even in the newspaper here,i've seen how badly they represent Asia and how badly people can be racist.I remember when the Chinese President came to here and the government had to use money for security,etc...Non-Asian people were complaining about the misuse of money... When people annoys me with "Ching Chong",i just ignore them as if i didn't heard anything.Sometimes i could swore them in Chinese language,they would then shut-up because they don't understand but if i'm in a bad mood,i could insult their culture/religion.
I don't see how you should be ashamed of "Asians"... Many prostitutes do not become what they are by choice but because of many factors: poverty, lack of education, etc... What you really ought to be ashamed of is your friends. They call themselves your friends, yet rub topics that aggravate you constantly in your face.
I agree with the posters above. You have no reason to be ashamed. It's your friends who should be ashamed of acting immaturely, and being racist. If they knew it would piss you off, and were rubbing it in, pressing your buttons. What kind of friends are they? Not much at all. Why are you conforming to their way of thinking? You know better than them what Asians are like. They 'learn' from what they see on TV.
fuck bro, don't be a pussy. The world isn't a very nice place and the reality is that things like underage prostitution and trans-sexualism are pretty prominent in Asia. Look at Japan, its the porn capital of the world. You just gotta develop a thicker skin and accept that on the whole Asia has some serious problems. You've also got serious child labour issues in Tibet and China, major drug production in places like Laos and then there is Thailand, which is basically a cesspool of sex and sodomy. There's no reason to be ashamed about it though. Europe and North America have many of the same issues, but they just have way better methods of sweeping it under the rug. You can either make light of reality or take everything to heart and turn into one of those people who gets angry about anything. You're clearly the member of the group who takes shit way too seriously, and i can see why they would be trying to push your buttons. I find it hilarious when people can't take a joke. I love racial satire as a form of humor, just because when its done tastefully you know that the person making the joke has a good understanding and appreciation of the culture. Look at Russel Peters, the guy has made a career from making fun of Chinese and Indian people. My advice is either don't take shit too seriously or else try to do something constructive about addressing the issues that bug you. Its hypocritical to stand back and point fingers and say, "hey, i don't like that, that's not cool." and then to sit around and do shit all about it.
^ I agree with him except the joke part. If you feel strongly about the issue, then you should have done something about it. Underage prostitution doesn't just happen in Asia but all over the world and that include the United States. Poverty, lacked of education, sodomy, and whatever else shit out there are only a piece of the Asian world. How can you say that you're ashamed of Asian or being Asian? That's just pathetic. I guess you're still a kid and haven't seen enough of the real world yet. I think you should question what's the root of the problem here and that's your friends. Asian is not the answer and pointing the finger doesn't resolve anything. You should learn to distinguish what's meant to be joke and serious .. don't mesh them together. Life will be difficult for you if not know so.
Now thats the curse of getting mentioned in the same line with Phil, he shall be thinking of Phil everytime now Muhahahaha!!!
are u a chick or a guy LOL if ur a chick then i understand but if your a guy.. then yeahh i sorta agree with fearless
man why the fuck are you ashamed of the Asians?? Be ashamed of your so-called "friends".. they don't respect for who you are... plus why are you pussying out on telling them NOT to take the piss out of you no more? maybe they will stop?? if you don't tell they wont stop.. real friends stops when you tell them your limits Every race has prostitutes and all that, it is just the fact we are in the westernised world where the western people are more dominant than the Asians so they started to be racists.. and this world is not a fair place.. if you go into China.. you'll see most of the Chinese are very racists on the Western people and the Blacks. I presume you must be racists in some way to people.. are you disgusted with yourself too? EVERYONE is bloody racists in some way therefore you can't just say you are "ashamed" of us Asians only coz your "friends" exploited us in a bad way.. see the good sides... and tbh if you have the blood of being Asian.. you should be ashamed of yourself too coz you are Asian..
Because I've tried, and it always goes horribly wrong as they do it worse so I end up going aggressive and start throwing in punches, which I can't be bothered to do because violence solves nothing but trouble really and I don't wanna get kicked out of school or anything.
Language can be lost in translation, ideas are often difficult to express. However, a swift punch to the throat means the same thing in every language.
why bother with them then on the first time you told 'em? sometimes violence do solve something.. sometimes it gains respect to those who takes the piss out of you.. im not condoning violence here but sometimes it is needed well like i said you should be ashamed on the people you used to "hang around" with... find people who do respect you for who you are and do not actually become racists towards you or your culture EDIT: i have hung around with the wrong people who started becoming very racists towards me and what i did wrong was still calling them friends after i told 'em that i'm getting offended... now that they are out of my life.. it's much better and not ever thought of any shame towards myself or even being Asian
