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Marie Claire's Asian "Trophy Wives": We're Not Only Fetish Objects, We're Brain-Dead, Too

Disgrasian | Posted 09.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Interracial Dating, Exoticism, Wendi Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch Wendi Deng, Sexual Politics, Asian Americans, Interracial Marriage, Marie Claire, Soon-Yi Previn, Orientalism, Suzie Wong, Marie Claire Asian Trophy Wives Article, Fetishes, Asians, Richard Bernstein, Asian Fetish, Sex, Trophy Wives, Geishas, Sexual Fetishes, Media News
Disgrasian

The complications of sexual politics notwithstanding, fetishists are easy to spot. They come at you with their prayer-bead bracelets and their suspiciously in-depth knowledge of your "culture."

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Philippine Prisoners Dance to Michael Jackson's "Dangerous"

Disgrasian | Posted 08.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Dancing Filipino Prisoners, Filipino Thriller, The Philippines, Michael Jackson Dangerous, Dancing Philippine Prisoners, Philippines, Dancing, Michael Jackson Death, Viral Video, Viral Videos, Asians, Prison, Filipinos, Michael Jackson Dies, Dance, Prisons, Rehabilitation, Entertainment News
Disgrasian

The prisoners at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center make incarceration look really awesome with another Michael Jackson dance video, this time to "Dangerous."

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Anna Wintour Has an "Oriental" Face, Apparently

Disgrasian | Posted 08.02.2009 | Style

Read More: Vogue, Asians, Vogue Magazine, The Devil Wears Prada, Anna Wintour Bob, Anna-Wintour-Bob, Charlie Chan, Anna Wintour, Hair, Celebrity Hairstylists, Style News
Disgrasian

The man responsible for Vogue editor Anna Wintour's signature bob is a Malaysian-born Londoner named Charlie Chan.

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People Who Suck at Math (Ahem, Iran Election Riggers)

Disgrasian | Posted 07.27.2009 | World

Read More: Math Is Hard, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Math, Asians, Iran Election, Iran Protests, Iran Election 2009, Iran Election 2009 Demonstrations, Iran, Asians and Math, Iran Elections, Math Scores, Iran Election Fraud, Ahmadinejad, World News
Disgrasian

Two Ph.D. candidates performed a mathematical experiment, looking at "digit frequencies" in the vote counts to come up with a statistical probability that the election was fair. The probability came out to .005.

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Marcus Epstein Gives Everyone a Bad Name

Disgrasian | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jews, Hate Crimes, PAC Leaders, Asian Americans, Marcus Epstein, Marcus Epstein Calls Woman "Nigger", Team America, Tom Tancredo, Tancredo Speechwriter, Conservatives, Bay Buchanan, Asians, Karate Chop, Racial Slurs, Marcus Epstein Assault, Paleoconservatives, Politics News
Disgrasian

Marcus Epstein should know by now: Shame never dies. After all: shame, disappointment in self, feelings of failure and a deep sense of self-loathing ...

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Old White Men

Norman Horowitz | Posted 07.01.2009 | Home

Read More: Greeks, Christians, Jews, Asians, Blacks, Old Jewish White Man, Home News
Norman Horowitz

I am "an old Jewish white man." I am also Father, Grandfather, and an ex Husband. How else or who else could I be? I have an opinion about everyth...

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Quick, Which Ethnic Group Is More Patriotic Than the Average?

John Ridley | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Asians, Asian Heritage Month, History Months, Hispanic Heritage Month, Black History Month, Minorities, Politics News
John Ridley

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month doesn't get nearly the play that Black History Month does. But then neither do Women's History Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, or American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month.

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That Chinese Sperm Bank Photo: You've Been Shanghaied

Disgrasian | Posted 05.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Sperm Donors, Lies, Gender Stereotypes, Chinese, Sperm, Chinese Sperm Banks, Stereotypes, Hoaxes, Sperm-Banks, Asians, Chinese Culture, Ethnocentric, Racial Stereotypes, Asia, Memes, China, Happy Ending Massage, Cultural Differences, Asian Sperm Bank, Asian Sperm Bank Photo, Shanghai-China, Media News
Disgrasian

I conducted a little investigation and found that this picture first surfaced on the interwebz in late 2008, and it was immediately dismissed as a hoax by officials at Renji Hospital in Shanghai.

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"Should I h8 AZNs?": When Satire Fails, It's Racist

Disgrasian | Posted 04.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Music Blogs, Bloggers, Racist, Economic Crisis, Asian Americans, Hipsters, Race, Hipster Runoff, Blogs, Asian-Americans, Asians, Economic Recession, Satire, Racism, Racism and Satire, Racial Stereotypes, Hipster Kids, China Economy, China, Humor and Satire, Asia, Media News
Disgrasian

Unfortunately, "Should I h8 AZNs?" is not satire. It highlights a very real cultural anxiety and its attendant racist backlash without taking it to task in any substantive way.

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'New' Markets + New Media

Michael Hastings-Black | Posted 03.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Latinos, Advertisement, India, Gnarls Barkley, Kanye West, Asian Markets, Ethnicity, Nerd, Asian Americans, Music, Race, The Beatles, Ethnicities, Asians, Blacks, Advertising, Marketing, Jay-Z, Asian, African-Americans, African Americans, Cliches, Business News
Michael Hastings-Black

When brands aim to reach minority markets, most opt to play it safe with the tropes that Blacks value 'soul', Latinos love 'family', Asians are 'sedulous', etc...

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Asian Women: Rape And Hate Crimes

Jaemin Kim | Posted 03.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Gawker Media, Ethnicity, Chinese, White People, Michael Phelps, Gawker.com, Videogames, Anime, Sexism, Dating, Defamer, Racism, Racial Stereotypes, African Americans, Korean, Rape, Rachel Getting Married, Gawker, Asian Americans, Washington State, Los Angeles, Sexuality, Black People, Stereotypes, Spokane, Asians, Japanese, Nerds, Hate Crimes, Violence Against Women, Prejudice, Legal, Prosecution, Justice, Bigotry, Interracial Dating, Sexual Violence, Interracial Relationships, Fetish, Sexual Assault, Laws, Asian Women, Bias Crime, Living News, Women, Asian Fetish, Caucasians, Sex Crimes, Salon.com, Media Responsibility, Media Bias, Living News
Jaemin Kim

Reducing Asian women into a sexual object is not funny, it is not flattering. It is perilous. We can see this when Asian women are subject to race-targeted sexual violence.

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On Gran Torino and Christ Eastwood

Disgrasian | Posted 02.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Reviews, Clint Eastwood, Heroes, Asians, Asian-Americans, Gran Torino, Asian Americans, Hmong, Redemption, Movies, Entertainment News
Disgrasian

Once again, Big White Dude saves the Little Yellow Dude -- unable to protect himself or his family, of course -- and gets to be the hero.

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Katherine Heigl Wants to Adopt a Korean Baby

Disgrasian | Posted 11.16.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Celebrity Babies, Grey's Anatomy, Katherine Heigl Vanity Fair, Actresses, Katherine Heigl, Emmys, Asians, Celebrity Adoption, Babies, Celebrity Kids, Knocked Up, Emmy Awards, Adoption, Entertainment News
Disgrasian

According to the National Enquirer, Katherine Heigl wants to adopt a baby from Korea--where her sister Meg was born--because she hopes that gett...

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