Comedian/actress Puja Mohindra put together a unique response to Ashton Kutcher’s brownface ad for PopChips. Her alterego Vidyasagar Patel aka Kimmy Patel is Ashton Kutcher’s biggest fan and gives some helpful tips to him with all the flack he’s gotten. She critiques his accent, mustache, & dancing and willing to do whatever it takes to help him.
How to Make Fun of Indians. To Ashton Kutcher, Love Kimmy Patel
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How to Make Fun of Indians. To Ashton Kutcher, Love Kimmy Patel (longer version)
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This is a video letter addressed to the President of the United States of America Barack Obama, the U.S. Congress, the U.S. Senate, and the U.S. Supreme Court from a group of Khmer Exiled Americans (K.E.A.s).
Their previous video “My Asian Americana” was a finalist for the White House AAPI’s “What’s Your Story” video contest. They won the highest popular votes by a landslide. But the White House decided to disregard the votes and silence our voice in this election year. They formally refused to invite their movement’s representative to the event. This video was intended to be shown at that “Champions of Change” event at the White House.
Despite this treatment, they seek to inform the public of the devastating effects of so called “criminal alien deportation” which allows no appeal in the court. Many of the deportees, whom they began to call “exiles”, were living respectable lives after their incarceration, having their own business, going to school, starting their own family. And one day, I.C.E. (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) would come pick them up, detain them in some cases up to 2-3 years without any charge or trial, and sent them back to their supposed homeland, like Cambodia, leaving wives, husbands, fathers, mothers, and their young children in utter financial and psychological devastation. Often these K.E.A.s (Khmer Exiled Americans) had never seen Cambodia until they were escorted off the airplane by the agents at the Phnom Penh International Airport.
Watch more videos about deportations: Resident Aliens, Undocumented Students and the DREAM Act, Ordered Deported, Jose Antonio Vargas.
Return To Sender
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Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra ran a super racist campaign ad in Michigan during the Super Bowl. Most of the country did not see it, but it’s gone viral on the internet. The political ad entitled “Now” tries to bring down his opponent Debbie Stabenow for her reckless spending. However, the campaign used an Asian woman on a bike speaking broken English “thanking” US for jobs in China while stereotypical music plays in the background. It doesn’t end there. This racist ad comes complete with a racist website here with rickshaw fonts galore and why China sucks. Debbie Spend It Now. Pete Spend It Not. What is this stuff?
If you would like to tell Pete Hoekstra what you think of his ad, you can contact him below:
Website : http://hoekstraforsenate.com/contact
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/petehoekstra
Twitter: @petehoekstra
Campaign Phone Number: (616) 301-3105
Racist Super Bowl ad by Pete Hoekstra in Michigan
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Duplicate ad if the original gets taken down
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A disturbing video is going viral on MLK Day. Attackers video taped their assault on an Asian teenager in Chicago. Seven teenagers surround and mercilessly punch and kick a lone teenager making his face a complete bloody mess. This isn’t the dream that Martin Luther King Jr. had.
The original video has been deleted, but mirror videos are popping up all over YouTube. Early reports show that some of the attackers were white and others were Asian. The reason for this fight is still unclear. Hopefully justice will be served quickly.
Update: The attack happened around 4 pm in an alley in the 2800 block of South Princeton Avenue, just south of Chinatown.. The 17-year-old boy assaulted in the video was robbed of $180. Police report that the attack is a retaliation for a previous assault.
update: Looks like a case of Marie Curie Metropolitan High School vs Thomas Kelly High School.
Helpless Asian Teen Attacked and Jumped By 7 Others Behind School (contains violence and profanity)
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update: Chicago CBS news report on the beating
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update: CBS Chicago is reporting that the victim in the video allegedly took part in an October 2011 attack in which 20 teens jumped on two others.
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7 Teens Charged In Brutal Attack (six boys and a girl)
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Philosopher and Activist Grace Lee Boggs, who has been an active participant in the struggles for social justice for over 70 years, has this message for the people of Occupy Wall Street and the growing movement across the country and around the world. This is the start of a dialogue, the beginning of a conversation.
Learn more about Grace Lee Boggs and her upcoming documentary American Revolutionary.
Grace Lee Boggs message to Occupy Wall Street
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Grace Lee Boggs message to Occupy Wall Street (part 2)
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I AM NOT MOVING : Short Film on Occupy Wall Street
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The syndicated TV series The Doctors tackled the controversial topic of Asian eyelid surgery in today’s episode. Jeannie Mai, host of Style Network’s HOW DO I LOOK?, sits down with the co-hosts to discuss the controversy behind the “Asian Eyelid” procedure to Westernize Eyes, that is creating rifts in the Asian community as more and more women and men opt for the surgery that gives their eyes a more Western look. The video below also offers a graphic presentation of how the surgery is done. Props to Jeannie Mai for being on the show. Here’s more about the episode featuring Asian Eyelid Surgery : Erase Your Race? on The Doctors:
Would you alter your ethnic features if given the chance?
Janine, a 22-year-old of Asian decent, says she feels that bigger eyes are more beautiful. Surgeon of Asian plastic surgery Dr. Charles Lee widens Janine’s eyes with a double eyelid surgery. Janine also undergoes a rhinoplasty and chin implant to balance out her features. See Janine in the operating room.
“Blepharoplasty, or eyelid surgery, is the most-requested treatment by Asian-American patients,” Dr. Ordon says.Approximately half of all Asian people are born with mono-lids or a “single eyelid” without a crease. The eyelid surgery is a one-hour procedure that creates a natural-looking fold in the eyelid to give it a larger, rounder appearance. The patient is first given local anesthesia, then a small amount of excess skin on the lid, tissue beneath the lid and fat pads are removed. Recovery time is approximately six weeks and the results are permanent.
Dr. Lee and Janine join The Doctors one week after the surgery, and Janine says she’s happy with her results. “I look more alert and outgoing,” she says.
Host of Style Network’s How Do I Look?, Jeannie Mai, who is also of Asian descent, does not advocate eyelid surgery. “I really love the shape of my eyes,” she says. “The surgery is polluting our culture. Every single person was made to be completely individual.”
“When I see [Jeannie] right now, I see big eyes and eyelash extensions to make your eyes look even bigger,” Dr. Lee retorts. “The only difference is, I’m using a knife and you’re using makeup.” “I like the different styles I can acheive through makeup,” Jeannie responds. “I can make my eyes five times bigger than they are now [without surgery.]”
Cindy, 19, recently underwent the double eyelid procedure as well. She says she is so pleased with the results that she plans on having it done again to widen her eyes further. “I am an Asian-American, and my pressure [to undergo the surgery] came from Asian culture, not Western culture,” she says. “The point wasn’t to fix my sleepy-looking eyelids, but more of the obligation to look pretty for my Asian counterparts.
“If you put a picture of Caucasian eyes next to Asian eyes, they are completely different,” Cindy adds. “The double eyelid surgery given to most patients is to flatter the Asian eye. We see it as getting a prettier, softer look. We’re not trying to Westernize our eyes.”
“Whatever you decide to do, you have to do your homework,” Dr. Ordon says. “Since it is surgery, there is the potential for complications. Make sure it’s a board-certified surgeon who specializes in the type of plastic surgery you want to have done.”
See these other videos about Asian Eyelid surgery: Asians seeking surgery to look Western, Western Eyes, and eyelid surgery for high schoolers.
Eyelid surgery (contains graphic images from surgery)
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Asian Eyelid Surgery : Erase Your Race? on The Doctors (Part 1)
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Asian Eyelid Surgery : Erase Your Race? on The Doctors (Part 2)
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