Hm second blog of the day. It's kinda like a new pattern. Anyway, I'm watching Desperate Housewives right now and this new commercial for the 5 dollar Quiznos subs just aired. It depicts an old Asian woman working in a laundromat stuffing a 5 dollar bill in her mouth.
Whoa. Rewind! Asian...working in a laundromat. Did anybody catch that? There goes another great stereotypical depiction of Asians in the media. Are you serious? Did you ACTUALLY just make a commercial mocking the people who took all your shit during those waves of Asian immigration? Gee thanks for ridiculing the past, the very past that you assholes forced upon them; like the way you pushed them into their own little towns or designated what types of jobs they were allowed to have, remember that? Now this "you" I'm referring to isn't exactly Quizno's, but THE MAN. Learn your history before you start enforcing this stupid image and shoving it down every mediawatcher's throats. People of color have been taking this shit for too long, and another little commercial can just push someone to the edge. That's just racist. Ugh. People need to realize that everyday, so subtly they are being humiliated. I hope that the media realizes that they're doing this and stops it. But then again, what do they care? $$$ is what they care for. More subliminal oppression. Gosh I'm on a roll today. But this can end, only if all of those systems break down. We have to do it ourselves.
Of course there are bigger issues at hand than a little commercial. I'd like to care for those more, but it's little things like this that just disappoint me. Choose your battles wisely?
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Can't write it any better than i did :)
that commercial disturbs me. not awesome, but your suggestion about what to do about it is. very nice.
now, i dont want to be pessimistic, but in a country where anything in the name of making money is holy, i doubt itll change if left alone.
but like you said, we have to take action if change is ever gonna occur. awesome post.
i love your blogs. they are so inspriring.
Thank you!
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