Re: dogma protests

Gene Woo (pariah1980@yahoo.com)
Thu, 02 Dec 1999 21:57:07 -0800 (PST) 

Is there such a thing as a non racist ethnic culture?
Even in Asia, there are some tensions between the
differing nations. With no offense to white people,
I've never had a black guy comment on my slanted
eyes(I'm Korean). Black people have been here for a
long time, struggled, and finally got some clout in
America. Korean's don't have as long a history or as
large a population in America as Caucasians, Africans,
Hispanics, and others have. But I do like to try and
be optomistic(maybe I'm a
cynical/pessimistic/optomist). When I was younger,
people would ask me if I was from China or Japan, and
I'd say "Korea" then have to show them on a map where
it was. Now, I say Korea, and it's not as big a
surprise. As much as white people might hate being
referred to as "cracker" or "white boy", think of how
asians feel about being called "chink" or "jap", or
how Africans feel about being called "nigger" or
mexicans being called "wetbacks." what goes around
comes around. Chris Rock is a comedian. Comedians
aren't supposed to be politically correct. Many
comedians take get their material from life: Lenny
Bruce, Richard Pryor, etc... etc... 


--- erespess@nji.com wrote:
> >Blacks and whites, I see where you're coming from.
> I as well have noted
> >that white people are excluded from the racial
> comedy issue. They can't say
> >the "n word" for fear of being branded rascist. On
> the other side, black
> >people can call eachother that and nothing is
> wrong, they can also call
> >white people "crackers", "honkeys" and whatever
> white derogatory term is
> >available/in fashion at the time. Really though,
> after 400 years of
> >oppression (in the UNited States alone, don't
> forget Africa) I 
> >suppose they can call white >people whatever they
> like.
> 
> I'm replying to the thread before having read all of
> the responses, 
> so please forgive me if I'm repeating thoughts
> similar to those that 
> have already been expressed.  Just some quick
> thoughts.
> 
> 1 - Kevin Smith (the writer and director of Dogma)
> is a practicing 
> Catholic.  He is pointing out issues he sees within
> his own 
> community.  There are black people who do the same
> thing.  White 
> people too.  It would be (and is) great when people
> can get together 
> across those barriers and exchange opinions in a
> non-hostile way (and 
> I do NOT mean non-emotional), it just doesn't happen
> that way enough.
> 
> 2 - Just as there are white people who would not use
> the "n" word, 
> there are black people who don't go around calling
> people cracker and 
> honky.  Let's put this in perspective.  There are
> people on both 
> sides who have hatred and/or resentment (if you even
> want to call 
> them sides).
> 
> >Nobody even knows if they're related to the slaves
> or not.  They don't care.
> >They want us to pay them back for stuff that we
> aren't responsible for, and
> >they didn't go through..
> 
> And where exactly do you believe that "they" came
> from?  Maybe "they" 
> aren't upset about what "our" ancestors put "their"
> ancestors 
> through.  Maybe "they" are pissed off at being seen
> as "they" by YOU.
> 
> Just a thought.
> 
> And another thought, why do you (whoever you are)
> assume that you are 
> talking to only white people on this list?
> 
> Elizabeth
> 
> 

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