Should we condemn Lisa Chan, an aspiring young actress and recent UC Berkeley graduate who, for her first role, used broken English to portray a stereotypical Chinese woman in a campaign ad that aired during the Superbowl? Should we hold Julie Chen, a host on The Talk who has had an inspiring career in a field where Asian women are rarely seen, accountable for perpetuating harmful standards of beauty with her decision to get plastic surgery to make her eyes look more appealing to the American public?
What are we supposed to think about these individuals? And moreover, how should we feel about a society and culture that forces an ultimatum upon us: adhere to stereotypes or be invisible? Perhaps yellow fever must exist before we can point to what it signifies in a larger discussion of stereotypes and discrimination. And maybe, it is necessary to first take steps backwards before we can tell which direction is forward. But, I believe that through education, open discussions, and a genuine desire to enact social change, we, as a society, are beginning to see which direction is forward — my hope is that we continue moving in that direction.
You must be logged in to post a comment. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Loading Comments In general, as rap becomes more prominent in popular culture, most Americans are becoming desensitized to raps blatant objectification of women in music.
He mentions Asian girls multiple times in his songs. The author goes on to explain why Asian girls seem to actually gravitate towards Gambino. Asian girls are seemingly nonexistence in popular American culture which makes them seem less attractive than the girls that are constantly being referenced in songs, television, movies, etc. This definitely creates a different perspective on objectification. Donald Glover is trying to pave his own unique way into hip hop culture because of his different upbringing.
I rarely even listen to rap. I have dated all women, but I happen to like Asian Women most of all. What I am trying to understand is. What am I missing? Come on man He's talking about a yellow porsche. And the Virginia Tech line is not lazy.
Thats a very clever line. The beauty of rap is a rapper can say things that goofy pop star can't. Im sure he meant no disrespect with that line. Wow, ur really offended. Like actually offended. A few things to realize about rap in general. One thing is that it's alot like comedy, which glover is a comedian, consider that most double entente in rap are actually jokes.
The verging a tech line was not lazy it was a pretty cool way of describing the girl as amazingly beautiful and Asian. Headed you to show respect for god sakes in the line b4. As for offending people, that's just what rap does, it offends people again like comedy. He offends black people all the time. All the time If u were a real gambino fan, which u just might not be, and listened a little more you'd realize that he regs on every race and probably himself most of all.
You know a man has needs, bullshitting about strep throat. Park fights against notions of weak, emasculated Asian men in a hypermasculine environment the only way he knows how: by exploiting women and denying them a voice for their issues. This adherence to sexist hip hop norms is another problem Asian American rap presents. At the same time, it highlights Asian American heterogeneity and the various conflicts and misunderstandings which arise from it.
At first viewing of his music video, I appreciated his message and at the end of the day, I cautiously applaud his inclusionary efforts. Your email address will not be published.
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