"My Wife is Korean!" and how I was solicited by Samwise Gamgee
The election to replace Jane Harman, the blue-dog Democrat House of Representatives incumbent of my District, is today. (As noted in previous blog posts, to me, Harman was a big "meh.")
No less than 16 candidates have emerged to replace her and this is the first test of California's new open-primary law.
I'm not a registered Democrat, but I pretty much think the only Republican platform position superior to the Democrat's is the Republican party's position on Taiwan. Still, reading the sample ballot I was impressed by the Libertarian candidate's statement.. Even if I didn't entirely agree with Steve Collett, I agreed with a lot of it. He is anti-war, supports teachers, immigration amnesty, decriminalization of marijuana, same-sex marriage, etc. I wish more Republicans were like him.
He is also single and owns five large dogs.
Anyhow. The election for the 36th was relatively quiet until a few days ago when former Disney Imagineer Dan Adler jumped onto the scene and this commercial popped up.
"There's not a single person I've met, honestly, who's been offended" - Dan Adler aka a guy who is not reading Asian American blogs...
Sooo awkward. So awkward. (My wife is Korean, too, buddy.) Even more awkward? Glenn Beck--yes, that Glenn Beck--calling the guy out, criticizing the ad for "featur[ing] several offensive stereotypes of Koreans and Asians...people should vote based on principles and values, not race or creed." (And then essentially endorsing Adler for the lulz.)
I mean sure, Beck did it in most offensive way possible, and really he's one to talk since it's not like he ever perpetrates offensive stereotypes of Asians or any other group like ever...but yeah. A broken clock is still right for a split second every once in a while.
As much as I hate to say it, Beck is right in that Adler's ad, featuring the heavily accented Korean American laundrymat woman (who doesn't know what a "mensch" is hurrhurr) did exploit Asian American stereotypes for a punchline. Adler is Jewish, making him an ethnic minority, but that doesn't mean he knows what it's like to be a person of color in the 36th. Dude, Asian Americans are commonly told "my wife is Asian" by people trying to justify why they're allowed to say something racist. (He might as well have said, "some of my friends are black...")
I should note that Adler's campaign manager is Sean Astin, who played the hobbit Samwise Gamgee in the Lord of the Rings movies. Yesterday I received an email from Astin asking for money for Adler in response to Beck's actions.
But yeah...no.
No less than 16 candidates have emerged to replace her and this is the first test of California's new open-primary law.
I'm not a registered Democrat, but I pretty much think the only Republican platform position superior to the Democrat's is the Republican party's position on Taiwan. Still, reading the sample ballot I was impressed by the Libertarian candidate's statement.. Even if I didn't entirely agree with Steve Collett, I agreed with a lot of it. He is anti-war, supports teachers, immigration amnesty, decriminalization of marijuana, same-sex marriage, etc. I wish more Republicans were like him.
He is also single and owns five large dogs.
Anyhow. The election for the 36th was relatively quiet until a few days ago when former Disney Imagineer Dan Adler jumped onto the scene and this commercial popped up.
Click to view"There's not a single person I've met, honestly, who's been offended" - Dan Adler aka a guy who is not reading Asian American blogs...
Sooo awkward. So awkward. (My wife is Korean, too, buddy.) Even more awkward? Glenn Beck--yes, that Glenn Beck--calling the guy out, criticizing the ad for "featur[ing] several offensive stereotypes of Koreans and Asians...people should vote based on principles and values, not race or creed." (And then essentially endorsing Adler for the lulz.)
I mean sure, Beck did it in most offensive way possible, and really he's one to talk since it's not like he ever perpetrates offensive stereotypes of Asians or any other group like ever...but yeah. A broken clock is still right for a split second every once in a while.
As much as I hate to say it, Beck is right in that Adler's ad, featuring the heavily accented Korean American laundrymat woman (who doesn't know what a "mensch" is hurrhurr) did exploit Asian American stereotypes for a punchline. Adler is Jewish, making him an ethnic minority, but that doesn't mean he knows what it's like to be a person of color in the 36th. Dude, Asian Americans are commonly told "my wife is Asian" by people trying to justify why they're allowed to say something racist. (He might as well have said, "some of my friends are black...")
I should note that Adler's campaign manager is Sean Astin, who played the hobbit Samwise Gamgee in the Lord of the Rings movies. Yesterday I received an email from Astin asking for money for Adler in response to Beck's actions.
But yeah...no.