racist rosie

good lord... now rosie o'donnell has joined the fray... so maybe you heard that a pretty much drunk ass danny devito was on 'the view' the other week. well later rosie said this (watch this clip, it's really short) about how it was such big news that there were even talking about it in china. after the broadcast the asian-american journalists association (aaja) said "the use of distorted phrases is insulting to the chinese... and gives the impression that they are a group that is substandard to english-speaking people". then rosie's rep actually releases a statement which said "she's a comedian... i certainly hope that one day they will be able to grasp her humor. (emphasis added)"...michael richards is also, sorta, a comedian. that doesn't in any way forgive his racist tirade against black people. or does it? maybe those people simply don't have a good sense of humor. maybe they just didn't get it. i mean, come on, he's just doing his job right? he's a comedian; he's just being funny. like how rosie was being funny. granted, richards went way too f*cking far. but o'donnell also crosses the line. cause, you kno, you don't have to use actual racial slurs to be saying racist remarks.

UPDATE: yay! rosie apologized. i'm not entirely sure wat to make of it tho... she says that she just really didn't kno any better, which is fine. but then she says that "there's a good chance that i'll do something like that again... not on purpose." ...um... how about instead of just dismissing the whole thing based on your utter ignorance you try to be sensitive towards the issue? like after the whole mel gibson anti-semetic remarks, he met wit some jewish leaders to discuss stuff. i mean, yeah, some of that was just publicity. but that shows that at least he cares enough to pretend to care. rosie just... makes light of it. 'oh, i'm stoopid. please forgive me, and next time too! harhar.' i feel also that since she is in a rather well acknowledged minority (she's gay) she should show a little sensitivity. as in, it's not like she doesn't kno wat it's like to be discriminated against.


the superficial had this to say (which i find freakin hilarious): "Yeah, who would've guessed 'ching chong ching' would be offensive to Asians? Summing up the most widely spoken language in the world into two single-syllable noises? I mean c'mon, that's tough work."
and someone commented this: "Rosie... you're fat. And unfunny. Ching-chong that." lol, totally not the point, but hilarious anyway.