<p>er.. that line about the bulldogs is not cool</p>
<p>he didnt assume asians are smarter, he based the lawsuit on non arguable facts. if princeton indeed admitted someone else that is a different coloured skin than him, with the same extra curriculars, GPA and classes taken, but a lower SAT score, then discrimination is obvious, is it not?</p>
<p>If Jian Li was an arrogant prick deserving of public, institution-authorized ridicule, then why is affirmative action a controversial and important mainstream topic for discussion in America today? Affirmative action is a big deal (just look at all the threads on CC!! not to mention state supreme court cases!) so it's not like Jian Li is some extremist to be poked fun of...you may disagree with him but he's certainly not the first or last to say what he's saying</p>
<p>actually, i think it was funny, partly because i think its ridiculous that Jian Li sued Princeton because he didnt get in--nobody "deserves" to get into a school. </p>
<p>also, i fail to see the racist bias. it makes fun of JIAN LI...NOT asians. and im not some ignorant, racist prick--im involved in the multicultural club at my school and im a minority. and even though im a minority, it annoys me when people are PC and suddenly get uppity whenever a stereotype is talked about. FYI, sterotype means from its Latin roots "strong impression" stereo (strong) and type (impression) </p>
<p>anyway, back to article. it was funny. as the same reason why people imitating george bush are funny, why SNL is funny. we can all be offended, or we can laugh. i choose to laugh.</p>
<p>They weren't making fun of Asians? Just Jian Li? Really?</p>
<p>"What is wrong with you no color people? Yellow people make the world go round. We cook greasy food, wash your clothes and let you copy our homework. Brown people are catching up, too but not before the 2008 Beijing Olympics...I would have taken one engrish class and be liberal arts. Writing seminar count, right? Multiply, I make DDR varsity sport.""</p>
<p>Right. What is this, the 1800s? Chinese laundries and chop suey? Give me a break.</p>
<p>and Jian Li is using his race as an explanation as to why he didnt get in. So yes it is about Jian Li</p>
<p>yeah seriously, "we"?
it would've been fine if the article used "I" and not constantly referred to all asians as clothe washers</p>
<p><<Regarding 'Princeton University is racist against me, I mean, non-whites' (Wednesday, January 17, 2007):</p>
<p>Ooh, I am so funny. I know how to make racist asian jokes. I am hillarious. Playing in orchestra? So dorky! I drink five gallons of beer every day in my private school. I drink tea every afternoon with dean. Dean is friend of family.</p>
<p>I will make asian satire. Make fun of chinese people. Yes I am so funny, everyone laugh. </p>
<p>Ooh look. I can drink beer. Let's play beer pong. Pong! Pong! Pong! Look I am playing beer pong, I must be chinese as well! Ching Chong Chong.</p>
<p>Please, Please, My name is actually Jian Li, because I am afraid of writing my real name for being lynched on the railroads by angry Chinese one billion. </p>
<p>I eke out loser existence in Daily Princetonian, because I know that I have no talent in anything, and so resort to racist joke. </p>
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<p>P.S. Anyone can start spewing out racist jokes. Why don't you actually go learn some skills instead of being a dumb bastard who can't even sign with his real name? If this was targeted against blacks, Samuel Jackson would be all over Princeton's behind. Since Asians usually stay silent, I'm actually gonna bother posting a reply to your fake self.>></p>
<p>Above was my letter to the editor. It would have been a pretty funny post, but some of the stuff about working on railroads was full of crap and reminded me of serious jones vs jin (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF6wyhYo9N8&mode=related&search=%5B/url%5D">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF6wyhYo9N8&mode=related&search=</a>) rap battle. You add so much racist stuff to an article, anything can be funny. It would be a pure opinion article if the guy would at least sign his name to it. It just *<strong><em>ed me off that the guy wouldn't even at least post his name, and instead attacked the chinese community because we're the least likely to retaliate. I make fun of myself and other chinese people all the time, but this condescending attitude from the princetonian is just full of *</em></strong>.</p>
<p>Wait, I'm confused. You're sending that to the editor of the Daily Princetonian? Or you're just posting it here?</p>
<p>Sorry, I just can't figure it out.</p>
<p>It's already sent to the editor. Just thought I'd repost it here.</p>
<p>Great message Kwave but your beer pong and tea-with-the-Dean thing isn't much better than the article...and did you really have to put us through that awful "Chinese accent" crap again? But anyway I'm just quibbling...kudos to you for speaking up, I really mean that. They better get a LOT of letters.</p>
<p>"MallomarCookie, two things: 1) Asians aren't minorities, as you implied. 2) Attacking the Prince for publishing an (according to you) off-color article does not guarantee that one is "very appreciate of diversity" as you implied. It just shows that the person happens to agree with your views on diversity."</p>
<p>Asians are a minority--in the whole United States and at Princeton where they are 13% of the population (as opposed to over 60% white).</p>
<p>I have not conversed with any Princeton people about this article. I have however spoken over the years in benign conversation with many people associated with Princeton (students, friends, strangers, professors, and my interviewer). They were ALL extremely friendly, accepting, and appreciative of diversity (they brought it up themselves, too). I don't know what you mean by bringing up the article--I was just talking about my past experience with Princeton in general not matching what I read in this article/joke.
I don't see what this has to do with "views on diversity." It's a racist and offensive article. That's not really an issue of "diversity." I happen to think Jian Li is utterly wrong and misguided...but that isn't the issue. It's the treatment of Asian Americans in general in this article that hurts me.</p>
<p>I'm Asian but not Chinese, and I still find this article pretty offensive. I'm usually tolerant but sometimes race-related jokes aren't that funny. It's like when these catty girls in my grade are too afraid to insult each other directly and just call out insults amended by a "just kidding" even though they are not just kidding.</p>
<p>Talk about stereotyping. That piece is not funny, it's fairly offensive to Asians in general, to Chinese in particular. A really bad attempt at satire.</p>
<p>^^^^ asians are not a minority when it comes to college admissions which is what we are discussing here.</p>
<p>Yeah they are, what are you talking about...You're crazy if you think the majority of students applying to college today are non-white. "Even" those applying to Princeton.</p>
<p>are you saying that > 50% of college applicants are asians? i really don't think that is the case</p>
<p>Asians are not considered an URM (under-represented minority) on college campuses today in America. They are over-represented as per their representation in the general population, and they don't qualify for affirmative action. But this is off the topic.</p>
<p>Kamikazewave, I think your "letter to the editor" is dumb. It defeats the whole purpose of what you are trying to communicate. "Anyone can start spewing out racist jokes. Why don't you actually go learn some skills instead of being a dumb bastard who can't even sign with his real name." Your letter is like someone who has been stolen from stealing from someone else while claiming that they don't support stealing.</p>
<p>lol some of you need to lighten up</p>
<p>It doesn't matter that they're overrepresented relative to the the general population--how would that affect the inherent racism of the piece? Because Asians are "overrepresented," suddenly calling up every derogatory stereotype of them in a "joke" article is okay?
Saying we should "lighten up" is taking the easy way out--it's offensive, regardless of the context. There isn't any evidence that these stereotypes were used jokingly. The whole article takes a tone that SUPPORTS these stereotypes, instead of poking fun at them.</p>