Still Talking About That Shit

This... http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/67770119.html

... has said it very well. Just going back to that scene in (500) Days of Summer (seriously, will I never shut up about it?). Imagine if they had played on other racial stereotypes instead: a Black family with fried chicken or a Mexican family that looks like a drug cartel. Okay?

Just because stereotypes about Asians are relatively harmless doesn't mean it's alright to propagate.

Talking about racism in the Aboriginal Health tutorial Big Michelle and I hosted last Monday has made me think about it a lot. I've already told this story before... but in year five, I was playing downball with some friends. Me and one of my best friends at the time were in a heated argument about it. She then said to me, "Your eyes are so squinty. You can't even see the ball."

I think from that point on I realized I would never be an "Australian" to everyone else. People will always look at me and think "ASIAN!" as their first impression of me. I will never be a "first class" citizen in Australia. It's obviously not to the same degree as Aboriginal people (where they are more like 17 class citizens). I enjoy the benefits of living here; opportunities and the such. But if any shit goes down, people will say to me, "Fucking Asians. Taking our jobs." If I ever cop any abuse from randoms on the street, it's always something racial.

Fuck that. I want to be abused for something else; because I'm fat or because I'm ugly or because I've got toilet paper sticking out of my shoe.

J