On 11/4/2010 1:20 PM, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:13:41 -0700, Dan > wrote:
>
>> In article
>> >,
>> Ranée at Arabian > wrote:
>>
>>> In >,
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 11/3/2010 5:50 PM, Ranée at Arabian Knits wrote:
>>>>> In article
>>>>> >,
>>>>> Cindy > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> As George pointed out, desserts are not an Asian concept. Stupid
>>>>>> round-eyes.
>>>>>
>>>>> Liking dessert makes westerners stupid? And deserving of a racial
>>>>> epithet?
>>>>>
>>>>> What about my husband who has almond eyes, but is western European in
>>>>> descent? What about me with round eyes, but of Saudi descent? Does the
>>>>> answer change if I admit that we both like dessert?
>>>>
>>>> I believe she was just giving omniscient Shelden who verified from his
>>>> comments that he has never been in a real Asian restaurant a well
>>>> deserved dig...
>>>
>>> Okay. I was confused. I still like dessert, though. Even after
>>> Korean food.
>>
>> I'm not so sure. Just because someone deserves a nasty comment doesn't
>> mean it's OK to make one. And just because someone is a racist doesn't
>> mean it's OK to make racist comments about them.
>>
>> But I guess when I'm perfect, I'll be allowed to do it?
>
> Besides, he had it wrong. They call us "foreigners". I looked it up.
> They seem to be pretty much nondiscriminatory about who a foreigner is
> too. It can be another person of 100% Korean heritage who is a
> citizen of another country. We aren't called "round eyes" in China
> either. They call us "big nose". Now you know.
>

It makes me cringe when I see how Americans are portrayed in Asian films
but that's mostly how folks of one culture view other cultures - in the
most simplified of ways. I don't care much for how the Japanese and
Chinese and Koreans portray each other in their films. Even I can tell
that it's simply not true. I think all this will change as we get
widespread interaction between East and West and learn more about each
other. At the moment, our ignorance about the people that live on this
Earth is gosh darn embarrassing.