Karma is one hell of a bitch isn’t it? I’m totally relishing this, and from Mcdonald’s no less! The irony is amazing.

I’m sure this may prohibit some white folks from their relentless pursuit of satisfying their asian fetish in Japan.

I guess you haven’t seen or heard the numerous racist portrayals of people of Asian descent in many American shows and movies, and on radio, have you?

There’s the hate crime against a “J–” in The Goods movie, which also was shown in the trailers. And, yes, the word J– is used. But Ken Jeong’s character is Korean-American, and then the characters who beat him up, then decide to stage it so they can blame him, saying he attacked them first.

Then there’s the glut of gay Asian characters in TV shows and movies.

Then there’s the portrayals of Asians in commercials for such companies as Six Flags, Wendy’s and KFC, which present stereotypical Asians, speaking in broken English, while all other races shown speak in “normal” American English.

Then there’s the infamous Tsunami song, which was broadcast on the radio on Hot 97, which uttered a number
of racist terms against Asians.

In all these cases no one was fired.

Even such terms as “Chinaman” were used on regular television, and, again, no one was fired.

People of Asian descent are regularly portrayed in the most stereotypical of ways on American TV and cable and in movies, and no one’s fired or disciplined for such portrayals.

In such movies as Raiders of the Lost Ark, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry and Norbit, non-Asian actors put on yellowface, and again, no one was punished, no one was fired.

Do I also need to bring up the infamous Long Duk Dong character in Sixteen Candles? No one was fired over that one either.

And Hollywood is also filling roles for Asian characters with white actors — (Last Airbender, King of Fighters, Street Fighter: Legend of Chun-Li, 21, and Dragonball, just to name some recent ones).

Need I continue?

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20030516b5.html

Another more important problem with Japanese at
frij.net and crnjapan.net..
Save our childrens from Japaneses!!

Also I thin the Oasis advert is legendary. ^^

I’m looking at the more recent blog entries of his and he seems to be getting better already. Either that, or the complaints are coming in, or maybe even the Japanese audience can’t read the katakana-with-quotation-marks that they originally used in the stores.

Well there you go kids – it MUST be true, because it is on the internet!

Seriously, go outside. Play with other kids. Get a frackin’ life already and maybe, just maybe, you’ll find that actual, real Japanese people (not ones hiding behind a keyboard, who might not even be Japanese) are just like people everywhere, and nothing like you imagine them to be based on some anonymous netizens who may or may not have a clue what they are writing about.*

*and all too often, no, they don’t have a clue.

To say nothing of the other inhospitable behaviors some Japanese have. Seriously, go on Mixi and you’ll find that almost everyone there that hasn’t lived abroad has a very offensive opinion about what Western countries are like, and actually do seem to believe that everyone fits this stereotype.

That being said, this is probably just a troll.

Must admit, it did not occur to me while reading the article, and I continue to be conflicted as to whether I should be offended by this campaign or not.

I applaud you for your insight. Not sure what conclusions can be drawn from the use of this particular stereotype to schlep burgers and what this says about how the U.S. is perceived by other cultures…but it certainly does make one think.

Outstanding observation.

I really don’t give a shit about this.

1st) This would only bug you if you’re borderline loser, anyway. None of these things are a problem if your cool. This only pisses off the all the ugly, fat, stupid white men who go to Japan to teach English and become popular.

2nd) I make money translating Biotech product manuals from Japanese to English for 40$/hr. I’m tall, athletic, good looking and pork my hot Japanese girlfriend on a regular basis. My accomplishments are self evident.

3) Way to show those Japanese guys what men you are by being whiny little bitches about this.

4) I am a douchebag. I cannot go one day of my life without boring others to death with my own boastful claims of self worth. HEY INTERNET – LOOK AT ME!! I AM IMPORTANT!!!

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Another feature of this thread is the inevitable tedious and childish swipes at Debito. It’s possible to disagree with someone without behaving like a 9 year-old. It really makes me question the mental state of some J-lovers (who I also suspect would also condemn Banzai! out of hand.)

By “Western lands” you actually meant “the USA”. I live in Spain and I can assure you that in most Western countries stereotypes are still used in advertising and nobody gets sued.

Mr. James’ persona is almost a split image of Kent in so many ways. The Japanese for the most part of 80′s and 90′s have adored the lovable and harmless Kent Dericott as the ‘adorable gaijin’ who was more famous than Dave Spector on television at one time before his retirement. People absolutely loved him and his charming and nerdy character.

I’m not surprised one bit McD Japan decided to recreate that similar character, intentionally or unintentionally, as their ‘mascot’ given Japan’s love affair (and past marketing successes) with nerdy white gaijins.

So no, Debito and other people that get angered by stuff like this don’t represent you. And your opinions don’t represent us.

Ponta: “Camptown Races” is a comedy song taking the piss out of slave dialect:

Camptown ladies sing dis song, Doo-dah! doo-dah!
Camptown race-track five miles long, Oh, doo-dah day!
I come down dah with my hat caved in, Doo-dah! doo-dah!
I go back home with a pocket full of tin, Oh, doo-dah day!

Gonna to run all night!
Gonna to run all day!
I’ll bet my money on thee bob-tail nag,
Somebody bet on the bay.

For a wonderfully subversive take on this, I suggest you watch “Blazing Saddles.” In fact I suggest you watch it anyway.

A better analogy would be them creating commercials with black people eating watermelon and dancing to Camptown Races

Stereotypes are not universal.
The Japanese do not share the stereotypes of black people eating watermelon and dancing to Camptown Races(what is it?) .

Peter Sellers of course always had trouble getting a “ryooom”, and I remember a hysterical scene from an old Jerry Lewis movie in which he plays a police cadet learning self-defense from Togo, who appears as a “sumo wrestler” dressed in some kind of hakama, who procedes to do pseudo karate, judo and pro wrestling moves. Finally, Jerry Lewis has a conversation with him in pseudo Japanese that sounds a lot closer to Chinese.

Sometimes offense should be taken, even when it’s comedy, but for the most part, comedy is just supposed to make you laugh…so laugh.