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Seriously? This got published in the Daily Cal? Someone up there actually sponsored this ignorance?
Now I have no problem with Pang hating on people who use emoticons and flash peace signs while taking pictures. It’s her life; she can choose to associate with whoever she wants. She is entitled to her free will. But when she generalizes a group of people and diminishes their humanity, that’s when we should reign in the free will.
The problem that I have with Pang’s article is that she reduces Asian Americans to a bunch of emoticon abusers and Hello Kitty lovers. What happened to individualism? Are we all just a bunch of animals with no unique thoughts and characteristics of our own? Are we capable of nothing else but emoticons, peace signs, and Hello Kitty paraphernalia?
Now hate is never good. But if she must hate on emoticon abusers and Hello Kitty lovers, then open up her hate to all the emoticon abusers and Hello Kitty lovers of the world. Don’t pigeon hole just one specific ethnicity group.
I think the larger problem is that the Daily Cal actually allowed this piece of internalized racism to be published. At a prestigious university that supposedly celebrates tolerance of all ethnicities, genders, and religions, this article is a disgrace. The Daily Cal should be promoting tolerance and open-mindedness instead of perpetuating stereotypes. I call on the Daily Cal to be more responsible and socially conscious in their journalistic efforts.