Monday, January 08, 2007

Why didn't anyone overhear this in NY?

Being a Chinese Jew is all fun and games; we get the best of both worlds, even the stereotypes. When I say those two words together you must think of a cheap, short, slitty eyed, big nosed, yellow skinned, but oddly too much hair having guy with an oversized T-shirt and undersized hat -- hilarious. However you're imagination couldn't be farther from the truth, or at least 7/8 farther from the truth. Of course mixed kids are by far the hottest, but of the Chinese Jews I know (2), one stereotype does seem to hold. Allow me to explain through a story:

My brother, a fine looking 6-footer, used to frequent a Chinese restaurant and he would always get the same dish: a steaming entree of beef loaded to the gills with broccoli. A fine meal for a growing boy. In any event, one day when he's paying at the register the cashier says to him "You Chinese? You look mix." To which my brother responds
"Yeah, I'm half Chinese."
"What the other half? Jewish?" You must understand, having someone guess that you're half Jewish is rare. Jews can be anything, including a variety of different whites. Needless to say, my brother was shocked.
"What made...you're right...why'd you guess that?"
"Oh," she replied "you always get cheapest thing on menu."

Wow

Someone Should Say Something

It's been a while but have you noticed that the WB (Where da Brothers) is now CW (Completely White). The WB's decision to eliminate even tanned caucasions was followed by a commensurate change in UPN 9 to MY9. Citing low ratings as the reason for re-branding, UPN blamed black people for its failure. UPN's new flagship show is Fashion House - an odd Frankestein of Morgan Fairchild and models vs. Bo Derrick and models. Having never seen the show I nonethless recommend thinking of Nip/Tuck style soft core porn (but for network TV) to get an idea. Having never seen Nip/Tuck I must add the special disclaimer that if there are any minorities on that show, remove them.

Last Halloween I encountered a young black woman handing out flyers for MY9 and told her it's sad that black peolple have been stricken from the air. She agreed but asked what anyone could do. I said It's a good thing that she got a job handing out flyers since she sure as hell isn't going to be on TV.

Well, I didn't really say that, but I thoght that someone should say something.