Ching Chong! Asians in the Library Song

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<p>(Oops, CC, sorry about violating the TOS in my previous effort. The following is officially approved by a mod :slight_smile: )</p>

<p>Last month, a UCLA student posted a rant about Asians on youtube (excruciatingly timed, 2 days after the earthquake/tsunami). Within days, she had taken down her video, apologized at least twice, and withdrawn from school. Too late. Youtube responses blossomed like spring flowers, most of them as dim-witted and heavy-handed as the original. </p>

<p>But there was one response which stood out as billiant satire – deft and humorous, effective without being mean-spirited, a scalpel rather than a sledgehammer.</p>

<p>On youtube, search “ching chong” – it’s the first video, posted by jimmy. </p>

<p>You might also want to watch Ms. Wallace’s original, linked at the end of jimmy’s video. You’ll see just how skillfully we worked her rant into his song.</p>

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<p>What a hoot! Jimmy for American Idol!</p>

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<p>Yes! Have seen Jimmy’s video and loved it.</p>

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<p>What a great response, and he can really sing too! After seeing Miss Wallace’s video, I think there was at least one other thing Jimmy could have joked about besides her makeup…but he kept it “polite.”</p>

<p>I was also surprised that some girls from CA really do talk in the sing-song “valley girl” manner we used to joke about here on the East Coast. I also watched a reponse from an Asian teenager and she sounded the same! Too funny.</p>

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<p>I heard about this on npr. They interviewed the guy and he didn’t seem at all mean-spirited. Good for him!</p>

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<p>Isn’t he the Asian American satirist rapper from Hawaii?</p>