I didn’t know I inherently hate Asians, however, Kenneth Eng says I do. But it’s ok, because Eng hates everyone. His trilogy of rants graced the pages of Asian Week, a San Francisco publication and the entries still stand on its website http://www.asianweek.com/.
If AW was looking for worldwide recognition, it certainly accomplished it. But was it a brilliant or not so bright quest for attention on the paper’s or Eng’s part? Will Asian Week retain or gain any readers or will Eng’s book sales plummet or skyrocket? He published “Dragons: Lexicon Triumvirate” in 2005 and his sophomore effort set to hit shelves today is unavailable from Amazon.com and BarenseandNoble.com. “Reincarnation” features a female Asian protagonist named “Cosine.” Hm… is Eng inferring all Asians excel at math? Could that be… …a stereotype?
Perhaps Eng will sell a script about Asians that don’t fit any stereotypes, or better yet, are impossible to relate to. That’s what he wants, that or to enslave blacks and whites. Since Eng’s a screenwriter he could pen a movie where inferior races lived to serve conceded jerks like him. Yes, token Asians provide comic relief in films, but there are just as many fat blacks and buffoonish whites; see “Norbit” and “Weekend at Bernie’s.” What’s wrong with that? Some comedians like Margaret Cho and Henry Cho (no relation) invite all races to laugh with them. My Asian friend Brian picks up dates with a guessing game: “what nationality am I?” I can’t tell you, it’ll spoil the fun. Everyone should lighten up a little, loosen our death grip on political correctness, and find the humor in Eng’s childish written tirades. In his delusional column titled “God of the Universe,” he writes:
The third thing I hate about Asians is how apathetic many of them are in terms of honor these days. If I saw an Asian being stereotyped in a movie theater, I would immediately stand up and shout incessantly at the screen so that none of the white audience members could enjoy the film.
Kenneth Eng, Asian Week
I see a career in self deprecating humor for Mr. Eng, or maybe he should stick to s
cience fiction.
If AW was looking for worldwide recognition, it certainly accomplished it. But was it a brilliant or not so bright quest for attention on the paper’s or Eng’s part? Will Asian Week retain or gain any readers or will Eng’s book sales plummet or skyrocket? He published “Dragons: Lexicon Triumvirate” in 2005 and his sophomore effort set to hit shelves today is unavailable from Amazon.com and BarenseandNoble.com. “Reincarnation” features a female Asian protagonist named “Cosine.” Hm… is Eng inferring all Asians excel at math? Could that be… …a stereotype?
Perhaps Eng will sell a script about Asians that don’t fit any stereotypes, or better yet, are impossible to relate to. That’s what he wants, that or to enslave blacks and whites. Since Eng’s a screenwriter he could pen a movie where inferior races lived to serve conceded jerks like him. Yes, token Asians provide comic relief in films, but there are just as many fat blacks and buffoonish whites; see “Norbit” and “Weekend at Bernie’s.” What’s wrong with that? Some comedians like Margaret Cho and Henry Cho (no relation) invite all races to laugh with them. My Asian friend Brian picks up dates with a guessing game: “what nationality am I?” I can’t tell you, it’ll spoil the fun. Everyone should lighten up a little, loosen our death grip on political correctness, and find the humor in Eng’s childish written tirades. In his delusional column titled “God of the Universe,” he writes:
The third thing I hate about Asians is how apathetic many of them are in terms of honor these days. If I saw an Asian being stereotyped in a movie theater, I would immediately stand up and shout incessantly at the screen so that none of the white audience members could enjoy the film.
Kenneth Eng, Asian Week
I see a career in self deprecating humor for Mr. Eng, or maybe he should stick to s
cience fiction....I wonder what Eng thinks of the dragon race...
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