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Race and Jeremy Lin: A Compilation of the Best Articles This Month

Posted in Awesomeness with tags asia, asian, jeremy, jeremy lin, knicks, lin, nba, new york, new york knicks, ny knicks, NYK, taiwanese american on February 21, 2012 by aznheartthrob

There are a lot of Jeremy Lin articles out there. And by a lot, I mean A LOT. I was going to write about how we’ve followed his game from the Harvard v Santa Clara U match up with his parents all wearing We Believe shirts sitting in front row and the whole arena (which seats 2 people) chanting “Over-rated” to the time we saw his first play in a Warriors uniform (2 steals!). But instead, I decided to take all the articles I found the most relevant and interesting and wrap them up Christmas Eve-style for your viewing pleasure. I especially liked the ones sent to me by my friends who do not follow sports. So a few of these go deep into racial theory, which is still very new to me. So read these, and skip all the superfluousness ones about “Chink in the Armor” and enjoy. And if you need a quick primer to the Jeremy Lin Show (or basketball in general), check out this Linfographic and I promise you that will be the one and only Lin Pun I use:

Linfographic: Jeremy Lin’s journey, illustrated

Linsanity: There Goes the Neighborhood by Rembert Browne of Grantland

Asian Men Can Jump by Gish Jen of The New York Times

Will Lin-sanity tame Tiger Moms? by Jeff Yang of The New York Daily News

‘We Don’t Have Anything to Call Our Own Yet’: Jeremy Lin and Narratives of Achievement Among People of Color by Ryan Davis, Negro Sunshine (People of Color Organize)

Why Jeremy Lin Matters: Asian Male Image in the Media by Ky Phong Paul Tran of New America Media

But easily my favorite is the SNL opening last week that pointed out the double standard that the media has enjoyed when it comes to being political correct for African American athletes while totally disregarding Asian American ones. GO SNL: Saturday Night Live.

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Hasan Minhaj on Jeremy Lin: Saying What We’re All Thinking

Posted in Awesomeness with tags asian, asian american, China, chinese, jeremy lin, knicks, lin, new york, ny, ny knicks on February 9, 2012 by aznheartthrob

Best line: ‎”You cannot have a neck tattoo and get dunked on by a guy who took Calculus BC.”

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Sh!t My Asian Dad and Your Asian Dad and Everyone’s Asian Dad Says

Posted in Awesomeness with tags asia, asian, asian dad, asian dads, shit asian dads say, shit girls say on January 26, 2012 by aznheartthrob

The irony of writing this post is that I’m at a random cafe in Cupertino right now and just ran into my friend Craig’s Asian Dad. Said hi to him and he said all kinds of sh!t that you can see in this:

Just how accurate is this? and is the dad Vietnamese or Chinese? Yes, yes, and yes is all I can say.

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Asians are Real Humans Too

Posted in Barf Me Out, Bitch please! with tags asia, asian, asian scandanavian, asian swede, chinese, girl with the dragon tattoo, hubots, real human, real humans, sweden, swedish on January 17, 2012 by aznheartthrob

What is it with Swedes and fetishizing Asians? First it was Lizbeth’s girlfriend in Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and now its Real Human, the Swedish knockoff of NBC’s Beautiful People. We get it, she’s a robot that’ll be great raising kids AND great in bed for pops. BEST lines from the trailer:

Dad: Relax, it can shop, do dishes!
Moms: Its a sex toy!!

(later that night)

Dad: Its past your bedtime, Tobbe.

Classic Swedish cinema. Did I tell you how my friends just came back from Stockholm and were physically accosted everywhere they went for being Asian? YAY SWEDEN!

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THIS IS THE MOST AWESOME DRUMMER OF ALL TIME

Posted in Awesomeness with tags asian, drummer on January 13, 2012 by aznheartthrob

SO AWESOME THAT I NEED KANYE WEST FONT TO EXPRESS MY TRUE EMOTIONS.

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This Year’s Recipient of Best Asian Themed Minor League Baseball Mascots goes to… The Vancouver Canadians

Posted in Uncategorized with tags asian, chef wasabi, japanese, mascots, sushi, sushi mascot, sushi mascots, vancouver canadians on November 7, 2011 by aznheartthrob

I’ve given some shit to the Milwaukee Brewers before for having a hot dog race that includes a Mexican themed hot dog wearing a sombrero. Yes. That was Milwaukee. But this here sushi race in at the Vancouver Canadians‘ stadium is downright awesome. Chef Wasabi is Cbruh’s favorite. But I can’t go against the avocado maki with the creeper smile. He wants that California Roll reeeaaalll bad. But in terms of the actual Sushi race, who has the leg up? Apparently Chef Wasabi has a huge ego and celebrates way to soon while he’s in the lead and ends up losing every time. Or pulling a “DeShaun Jackson” for short.

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Dear Asian Client, Please Cover Up Those Slanted Eyes. Sincerely, Your Publicist

Posted in AUDACITY, DANGER! with tags asian, asian american, asian americans, asians, conspiracy, far east movement, fareast movement, sunglasses on September 7, 2011 by aznheartthrob

This thought crossed my mind whenever a new Far East Movement video came out. Back in the day I would roll up to ~~what I thought was a Mountain Brothers show~~ a Far East Movement show on campus and see them perform looking like this:

But over the past few years, every time they came out with a new video: Rocketeer, Like a G6, Girls on the Dance Floor, they looked like this:

Do you see the difference? Sure, these guys are ~~my age~~ older than your average new pop artist and probably need sunglasses to cover up all the wrinkles they accumulated from studying for the bar exam, but I’m gonna call conspiracy on this because that’s what BcB does. I’m gonna go right out a say it:

Publicists and Ad Execs are Putting Asians in Media, Print/Online/TV/Video, Only if They Cover Their Eyes Up with Sunglasses!

How sure am I of this theory? After my friend sent me this video of a Heineken ad because there’s an Asian guy partying with two white girls and another white guy, I was pretty sure about my theory. Sure the white guy has on sunglasses too, but he don’t have on some thick, dark Ray Ban lenses like my Asian brother.

You’re gonna call this a stretch, I know. But now that I’ve Incepted the seed into your brain, you’re gonna notice more and more Asian dudes on TV wearing sunglasses. And yes, I said Asian dudes because I don’t think this is happening to women. Just Google “Kelly Hu Sunglasses” or “Grace Park sunglasses” and you’re not going to find an official photo of either Asian American beauty in a magazine wearing sunglasses. Google “John Cho sunglasses” and you get this magazine photoshoot:

This shit screams Complex photoshoot based on the font alone

and this red carpet event:

John Cho's publicist in the limo with him, just before the red carpet, Shauna Roberts-Vinnie Chase style: "You better cover up them eyes John! Ladies don't wanna see John Cho the corner store grocer's son, they want Lieutenant Commander Harold Lee"

Conspiracy? Maybe. Pattern? Definitely. So either subconsciously, publicists in Hollywood and ad agency execs in Manhattan are setting up an effort to cover up our eyes. Or I’m being paranoid. Either way, don’t look at my Facebook page for further evidence, cause I’m wearing my Ray Bans or Asian Fit Oakleys in 80% of the photos… Paranoid.

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Reel Asian Int’l Film Festival in TDOT

Posted in Awesomeness with tags asia, asian, reel asian, toronto on November 9, 2010 by aznheartthrob

The 14th Annual Reel Asian International Film Festival is hitting up Toronto from November 9-15. I wouldn’t normally advertise an Asian ~~American~~ Film Festival out of the blue like this, but I will so happen to be in Toronto this weekend. So if you’re in town, let’s meet up at the closing night party. Its $5 CANADIAN. Which is practically FREE in US dollars, right AMERICA?!

Au Revoir Taipei Trailer (Reel Asian 2010 Official Selection) – This shit looks good enough to be a KOREAN FILM!:

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Jewish (Guys) & Asian Girls

Posted in JAG with tags asian, asian girl, asian girls, barney, HIMYM, how i met your mother, jew, jewish, Jews, social network on November 9, 2010 by aznheartthrob

Twice in 2 months must be a record. I’m going to start tallying all these little gems I keep hearing in my favorite movies and tv shows. Maybe I’ll start a new category: Asian Girls and Jewish Guys or Jews & Asian Girls so I can just use the acronym JAG. Either way, two references in 2 months is a kinda big deal:

First comes the Social Network and Aaron Sorkin’s witty, bullet-speed dialog: “There’s an algorithm for the connection between Jewish guys and Asian girls. They’re hot, smart, not Jewish and can dance.”

And then comes Barney in How I Met Your Mother: “Asian girls love them some Jews!”

JAG! You heard it here first.

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The Incredibly Asian Grandma

Posted in Bitch please! with tags asia, asian, grandma, incredibly asian grandma, japan, japanese on April 29, 2010 by aznheartthrob

Courtesy of Ally Chandler, an aspiring actress (or so it seems), comes the adventures of The Incredibly Asian Grandma. Why is she incredibly Asian? Nothing really special, I guess AllyCat seems to think she’s hella Asian. But I know a busload of grandmas taking the San Jose to Thunder Valley gambling bus that would think otherwise… Cause I don’t think she’s incredibly Asian as much as Ally is unincredibly Asian… Either way, this grandma is the real!