<p>You may want to read past the first few sentences of what somebody writes before passing judgement on them.</p>
<p>Refer to the last two sentences of my post:</p>
<p>“So I understand how the writers at the Princetonian would be angry. However, maybe an article which examined the ‘Asian-American handicap,’ much like what I have written here, would have been more tactful than a racist sketch of a stereotypical Oriental person.”</p>
<p>Since you show little propensity for reading, allow me to simplify that for you: the article = unnecessary; it would have been smarter to write about the supposed handicap Asian-Americans suffer. </p>
<p>Do I support wanton racism? No, although I would like to personally thank you, kateapollo, for wrongly deducing and saying that I do.</p>
<p>You must remember that this article was written as a comedic commentary, not a political dissertation. It was published as a joke in a college newspaper, not the New York Times under the Current Events section. </p>
<p>Here, I would like to quote you quoting me:</p>
<p>“While the article is not very funny, and taken out of context may seem very offensive, I do believe that given the circumstances it is understandable. It’s obvious that whoever wrote it is a Princeton student who is angry that somebody is suing his school because they ‘think’ they should have been admitted; the sentiment is understandable.”</p>
<p>The “sentiment” to which I refer is not the offensive racial diatribe; I am referring to the anger one would feel when your home is slandered by some fool who is determined to quantify the unquantifiable, and thereby shame the very institution in which you are placing so much of yourself. Again, since you probably didn’t read past “which,” I’ll simplify it. You called me a racist. That makes me angry. Can you understand that? However, unlike the unfortunate Princeton student whose comedic endeavor was so misunderstood, I am instead presenting a rational argument.</p>
<p>And yes, it was a COMEDIC endeavor. As in, not to be taken seriously. As in, statements made for entertainment, not to be representative of one’s true thoughts and feelings. Have you ever, I don’t know, turned on a television? Comedy is rarely, if ever, politically correct anymore; a lot of it is racial. A lot of it is funny. When you lose your ability to differentiate between comedy and, well, everything else, you have lost the ability to think. As McMurphy said in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, “When you lose your sense of humor, you lose your footing.”</p>
<p>One more point, kateapollo…have you ever listened to Chris Rock do standup? How about Dave Chapelle? No? How about somebody more contemporary, a la Richard Pryor? Coming from anybody else, these standup routines would be considered so heinously racist, they could almost pass as Klan rally speeches. However, since they come from African American mouths, they are hailed as pioneers and geniuses. You see, when considering comedy, and more on point, literature, you have to consider the speaker. Hell, that’s the first thing they teach you when reading literature: identify the speaker. The writer of this article “racially debasing” Asian Americans….is Asian American. </p>
<p>So that was the long version. The short version (again, I know how much you despise reading): you were wrong to extrapolate from my comments that I support racism, as a means of coping with anger or otherwise. Learn to read. Learn to think. Get a sense of humor, for everybody’s sake.</p>