Breakfast At Tiffany's @ MindSay

My Old Man and I went shopping for a costume that he needed for an upcoming performance so we went to our local Halloween Adventure store.

 

While browsing around,  I saw this:

 

They're reminiscent of the ones that Mickey (may he rot in hell) Rooney wore as Audrey Hepburn's Japanese neighbor in that way overrated piece of fluff, "Breakfast at Tiffany's".

 

They're about as realistic as the ones he wore, at least.

 

They're called "Chop Suey" specs.

 

Obviously disgusted, I turn to my husband and say sarcastically, "Wow, Honey! Look! I wonder if they have matching buck teeth to go with them!"

 

Without missing a beat, the salesperson goes, "Oh! We sell those over there!" (gesturing to the next aisle over).

 

Ugh.

 

Guess where they're made?

 

CHINA.

 

 

 

Are you laughing?

 

Adam Carolla, former co-host of that pinnacle of moronitude and slob humor show, "The Man Show", thinks it's funny.

 

He did a skit poking fun at the Asian Excellence Awards and thought saying "ching-chong"" was so funny that he did it 42 times- consecutively. http://racerelations.about.com/b/a/244914.htm

 

Are you laughing your ass off?

 

Woo-hoo!! What a hoot!

 

What next? "Me Chinese! Me make joke!" skits?

 

How about resurrecting that bucktoothed slanty-eyed, glasses-wearing abomination that Mickey Rooney portrayed in "Breakfast at Tiffany's"?

 

You up for some "Chinese, Japanese, dirty knees..."?

 

Remember when I said that I am usually shocked when I hear about things like this?

 

I'm getting less and less surprised.

 

Asians are considered "fair game" when it comes to stuff like this. We're considered the folks who don't fight back- the invisible and silent minority.

 

Unreal.

 

Stereotypes and blatant racism are, plainly put, for the feeble minded.

 

They're for the folks who can't conceive of, comprehend or imagine viewing life outside of their field of vision. It's easier after all to cling to the old standby- the belief that people are, because of the color of their skins and their cultural, racial or ethnic background, a certain way.