Worst Asian Ever: Ken Jeong

Ken Jeong (정강조) #WAE
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   Ok, maybe he's not THE worst, but I'm not a big fan of Dr. Kendrick Kang-Jo Jeong

   I have nothing against Ken personally. I understand how difficult it is for Asian Americans to make it in Hollywood.

   What disappoints me is the whiny, annoying, obnoxious, weird characters he always plays & it's because of these roles that he is one of the most successful & prominent Asian American actors of this decade.

   I know people gotta pay their bills & if Ken didn't play these roles, casting would always find someone else.

   The rationalization is always the same, it's a first step, foot in the door. First we play slave, pimp, mugger, ho & that paves the way for future generations to play the hero, president, cowboy.

TOP 8: Asian TED Talks

Yellowmenace reveals the 8 best Asian TED Talks

   A doctor, engineer, computer musician, actor, model, aid worker, internet guru & artist, I gathered the most interesting talks from various fields to entertain & educate.

   I love TED Talks. I discovered the site in 2007 & it has been blowing my mind ever since. While this may be a slight detour from my usual posts, I wanted to share some of the interesting Asians who are trying to make a big different in our world.

   TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks. TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, but it wasn't until 2001, when media entrepreneur Chris Anderson took control from founder Richard Saul Wurman that TED started to become the beacon of idea sharing it is today.

Click below to see The 8 Best Asian TED Talks

TOP 8: Asian Hip-Hop Videos

   Yellowmenace counts down the 8 greatest Asian Hip Hop Songs of all time.

   With Asian Hip Hop it's really difficult to find decent artists. The problem w/ most Asian Hip Hop is that it's not legit, meaning it's lots of upper class Beiver-esque pretty boys who identify w/ 'bling rap' or have 'gangsta' fantasies. You also get lots managers & producers packaging up some dopey sucka as an MC because their market research indicates hip-hop is trendy.

Keep reading to see the
Top 8 Asian Hip-Hop Artists of All Time.

VID: Tattoo VICE - The Maverick, Master, Moneyman & Monks

Tattoo VICE
The Maverick, Master, Moneyman & Monks

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The Maverick - Jimmy Ho Tattoo Artist

   With his traditional Chinese/Japanese patterns, Jimmy Ho, now in his sixties, remains one of the coolest and most forward ­thinking tattooists in Hong Kong.

   Jimmy opened his first tattoo shop at the age of 14, followed by more than 40 years serving clients including film stars and local gangsters.

VID: Eating Dog in China (& beyond)

Vice: Dining on Dogs in Yulin

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   A common stereotype & joke, the fact is eating animals, all kinds of animals & all their various organs is part of Asian culture. In white culture, many of these animals &/or parts are considered taboo, in this case, dog meat.

Viewer Discretion - Graphic depiction of market realities such as butchering meat, in this case dogs.

   Level & objective coverage of the Dog Eating Festival in Yulin, China. Even though the reporter clearly has a bias, she's a dog owner. She manages to show articulate arguments on both sides of this hyper-divisive issue, going as far as sampling the cuisine at a family celebration. 

   Southern China has always had a tradition of dining on dogs, despite becoming more prosperous in the 1990s, Yulin has maintained the unique tradition of holding a canine banquet every summer.

 Where do you stand? 

 Would/Have you eaten dog?

"People from other parts of China joke that, Southerners will eat anything with legs but the dinner table."

Take the Meat Eaters Challenge below.
My number's 24, what's yours?

VID: Endless Asian Basketball Stream

    In honor of the start of the 2014-15 NBA season, here are a trailer load of not so serious, non-professional basketball vids from some of my fav Asian Youtubers.

David So  -  Fung Bros  -  ISAtv 

Street Ballin Basics - Let's begin w/ a funny sketch showing an Asian trash talker taking one step beyond.

   What am I supposed to do, talk about the only active Asian player in the NBA, Jeremy Lin? Man, I caught Linsanity when he was in the GSW Warriors Summer League.

   There's FOB Asian player coming up, Yuki Togashi who I believe will make into the NBA this season as a replacement for an injured PG.
U heard it here 1st!

Watch the YT Playlist or checkout the rest of the vids below

VID: The Best of David So Comedy

David So
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   David So is a Korean American comedian & serious R&B musician. His Youtube channel is huge w/ close to 1 mil subscribers & over 130 mil views. 

   Ball Handles - Especially for Bball fans, this is the rec league player we all know & hate, the dirtiest, weakest baller who thinks he's got pro skillz.

   Just do it pt2 -  Accurate characterizations of Koreans, so glad this is in Korean. Here is the difference between racism & comedy, when ur part of a culture U recognize certain stereotypes that exist in reality, when ur an outsider the conclusions ur making aren't based on intimate knowledge of the culture, but thru the filters of media or ur 1 friend of color (who is ur friend bc they're an outcast from their own heritage).

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VID: Best of FEMM?

Far East Mention Mannequin

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"FEMM are like food that looks better than it tastes."

Haiku: FEMM by Yellowmenace

Manufactured pop
15 min flash in pan
Milli Vanilli

FEMM - Fxxk Boyz Get Money

   It's not that good, but it sure is pretty. Like the seductive plastic molded sushi platters displayed in Japanese restaurant windows, FEMM are all spectacle w/ zero substance & it seems like they planned it that way.
   It's "their" message to the world; be an empty, vacuous object w/ no memory of the past or concept of the future. "Kcuf boyz get $$$".

4 more beautifully empty videos below.

VID: Asians Making Fun of whitey

Jenny Yang: If AZNs said the stuff whitey says

   5.5 mil views & counting, 70K likes, 11K comments in less then 2 months. It's safe to say this video has gone Viral w/ a capital Oh My Buddha!

   If U enjoy 'white whine' (TM) check out the comments section. I fortunately, have become allergic to 'white whine'. It was the result of living in Asia for the past 15 years & hearing the mumbles, moans, & mewls of whitey experiencing discrimination for the first time. I now must avoid whitey at all cost because hearing about FWP (Fapping White Problems) gives me a severe rash & migraines.

YM's Fav YT comment:

"White tears... my favorite drink!"
- Chelsy Thenigrette

   & yes, I've experienced most of these multiple times, especially the:
W: But where R U REALLY from?
YM: Canada.
W: Ok, but where was your father born?
YM: Canada ..& my grandfather was born here too.
W: Wow, ur English is really good.

   Jenny Yang is a Los Angeles-based writer and stand up comedian who produces the first-ever (mostly) female, Asian American standup comedy tour, Dis/orient/ed Comedy. She is the regular co-host of AngryAsianMan.com Phil Yu's "Angry Asian America" talk show on ISAtv.

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VID: Vice Interview w/ a Cannibal

 Vice Interview w/ a Cannibal
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   Issei Sagawa murdered an innocent woman and spent three days eating her flesh.

"Maybe if we'd had dinner once more, I wouldn't have eaten her."

   On the afternoon of June 13, 1981, a Japanese man named Issei Sagawa walked to a park on the outskirts of Paris, carrying two suitcases. The contents of those suitcases was the dismembered body of a fellow student -- a Dutch woman named Renée Hartevelt, whom Sagawa had shot three days prior and had spent the days since eating various parts of her body. 

 "I put my most favorite parts, like the thigh in the fridge."

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VID: Seriously AZN Videos

   Here are 4 videos that define the Asian-American or AZN outside of Asia experience.

   With over 20 mil combined views it's safe 2 say these vids resonate w/ a whole lot of Yellow folks.

What kind of Asian are you?

Directed by Ken Tanaka and David Neptune
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   What Asians dealing with white ppl must cope with *sigh*. 

Shit White People Say to Asians by Ralf Wyn

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Shit Asian Moms Say

by Just Kidding Films

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   A gross stereotype U can't believe until U meet someone who is exactly like that. 

   IMO this is an acurate impersonation of his Mom, which is why she's such a charming character.

AZN Card

by The Fung Bros
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   Take the test & check Ur score.
   R U a true yellow sista/bro or R U just a banana fakin' the flow?

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VID: Vice Japan – Kenbo Yakuza Musician

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8 fingered Kenbo w/ Eng subs

 Kenbo is a local celebrity in Okinawa.

   Kenbo wasn't always the smiling, good natured Buddha-like character he is today. For eight years he was a member of one of Japan's Yakuza syndicates. His two missing pinky fingers reveal a troubled past consisting of alcohol, drug abuse, fights, and gambling.

 

   After getting ex-communicated from his Yakuza clan, he eventually turned his life around with the help of his love for Okinawan music - the Sanshin in particular, which is like a banjo with three strings.

Source: VICEビデオ・リスト YouTube channel

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