an Asian American perspective on Shaq's comments on Yao (Old but good)

Th3rdCoast211 · Jan 8, 2003

its not racist unless the comment is made against people of your race!

Perl Ghost · Jan 8, 2003

Originally posted by Mr. Clutch
That doesn't really make sense though. I don't really think it's a big deal when comedians make fun of white people more. But when we are talking about discrimination it's just wrong.
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Making fun of white people is like breathing, it's too easy.
Shaq's comments just go to show he isn't the smartest man in the NBA. It's not like he is winning most intelligent baller.

= I don't support the use of insulting terms against Western-European-Americans--I mean whites.

drapg · Jan 8, 2003

Bruno was, in fact, misrepresented. I've listened to the show in question and remember him and Jim Rome being 2 of the few AM sports talk show hosts that questioned Shaq's statements and brought up the facts that they could be defined as racist.

Timing · Jan 9, 2003

Originally posted by drapg
Bruno was, in fact, misrepresented. I've listened to the show in question and remember him and Jim Rome being 2 of the few AM sports talk show hosts that questioned Shaq's statements and brought up the facts that they could be defined as racist.
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Why are you always in these race threads man? First Shockey and now this... geez!

Invisible Fan · Jan 9, 2003

Originally posted by zenithnadir
here is the latest response from Tony Bruno. Pretty good I think.

Junwhang@aol.com wrote:
If what this article says is true, then you owe an apology to the Asian American community. Racism is not more benign because it is directed at one community as compared to another. And for you to condone and promote racial stereotyping of Asian Americans and Chinese Americans is despicable.

Tony Bruno wrote back:

I am glad someone finally forwarded me the comments I allegedly made about Chinese people or ANY Asian-Americans. I have received many nasty e-mails and wondered why. Mr. Tang's column is utterly innacurate! He points out how he called all of these different news agencies in Los Angeles and no one wanted to write about it.

That's because the LA media worships Shaq and is afraid to say anything about him..even when he's wrong! Mr. Tang didn't have to call me and ask me to do something. I heard the comments and played them ON MY OWN. I did play the Shaq comments and said.."how come no one thinks Shaq is a racist for doing something he thought was funny?" Is is racist to me? I don't know because I am not Asian..just like I don't know how to feel
when someone makes insensitive comments about blacks or others groups of which I am not a member." My intent was not
to ridicule Asians. I purposely wanted to illustrate how African-Americans(in particular) demand people be fired or punished
severly for making any type of insentive comment about black people, yet I saw or heard no outcry from the Asians about something I felt was insensitive. I went on to point out how the Miami Heat held a "Fortune Cookie" night when Yao Ming was playing in Miami and echoed further..isn't that insentive? This same Shaquille O'Neal sound bite was played all over LA by radio stations who thought it was funny. I was the ONLY person in Los Angeles with the guts to play it and point-out it's insensitivity. I NEVER invited callers to make insentive comments about Chinese people. I read a couple of stupid e-mails which contained typical comments about people eating chinese food and coming back an hour later for more. My intent was to point out how we accept certain stereotypes about the different people who make
America what it is as funny..yet some more vocal groups won't tolerate ANY comments - even if they are meant as humorous and not malicious.

If my mission to help make a point was offensive, I do apologize, but if Mr.Tang had called in to help me by confirming Shaq's was indeed wrong, he would have done more good than by totally mis-representing what I was trying to do on the national radio airwaves. thanks for taking the time to write in and not resort to threats or name calling as many others who never heard my show have done as the result of Mr. Tangs's column.
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Tony Bruno
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That makes sense then. Funny how Irwin Tang never thought of confronting those he accused. Totally wack man.

PC frenzy does not equal better race relations.

ROCKETS1972 · Jan 9, 2003

first I want to say that I believe that Shaq was wrong in the way he addressed Yao Ming racism from anyone to any one is wrong
we are all human beings but with every race there are racist people one of the things that I have to take into account is that Asians can be as racist as anyone else ask the Americans that live in south Korea
their are stores and restaurants that have signs that say Americans not welcome or some whites that have had problems in Chinatown in New York or San Francisco where whites have been harassed for going in to a certain shop or Americans that have visited China and have seen Chinese in massive anti American demostaistions where they would shout hateful slogans at Americans and then burn our flag my point is racism is every where every race has been a victim of racism and every race is guilty of racism remember the old saying treat people the way that you want others to treat you

gotoloveit2 · Jan 9, 2003

Originally posted by ROCKETS1972
first I want to say that I believe that Shaq was wrong in the way he addressed Yao Ming racism from anyone to any one is wrong
we are all human beings but with every race there are racist people one of the things that I have to take into account is that Asians can be as racist as anyone else ask the Americans that live in south Korea
their are stores and restaurants that have signs that say Americans not welcome or some whites that have had problems in Chinatown in New York or San Francisco where whites have been harassed for going in to a certain shop or Americans that have visited China and have seen Chinese in massive anti American demostaistions where they would shout hateful slogans at Americans and then burn our flag my point is racism is every where every race has been a victim of racism and every race is guilty of racism remember the old saying treat people the way that you want others to treat you
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Totally agree that racism is not a monopoly, every race is capable of doing that. But the examples you presented is anti-American mostly because of political animosity , not anti-white or black. As far as some white being harassed in certain shops in Chinatown really puzzled me. As far as I know they are there to do business, mostly for locals and tourists alike. Why would they be anti-white, probably just misunderstanding or bad manners of some people in general.

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