But I hear the term racism thrown around as if it’s somehow worse than regular bullying. The thing is it isn’t.

Really just seems like the person writing this is someone with too much time on their hands is trying to over complicate kids movies with their own logic. We can’t just enjoy movies anymore is what I get from this article.

I’m not justifying anything. I’m just saying the comparison doesn’t really work. HowardC was bullied and that’s terrible, no joke. A lot of kids have gone through this bullshit. Power to anyone who lives through it to tell the tale.

“I’ve about had it with the self-deprecating remarks from Asians (almost always men) online.”

Remember when you were a white person and got mad at marginalized people for their internalized racism? THAT'S SO PRODUCTIVE

I am a Chinese-American male, and what you suggested, i.e. stop being humble / self-deprecating actually reflect how little you understand Asian cultures, but that’s fine, America is a big melting pot, blah blah blah.

This is the definition of white privilege, Ms. Fever. It is not your right to police Asian men’s performance of Asian-ness (for lack of a better word), as much as it’s not my right to police your performance of femininity. As several commenters noted below, what you perceive as Asian men “rolling over” for white…

Your opinion is valid, but it is wrapped in a layer of racism itself. Self-deprecation is a way of owning and defeating a stereotype. Comedy can be - and usually is - our way of dealing with being minorities in a white world. Look at Jon Stewart, 90% of his comedy is self-deprecation. He makes jokes about being…

I think that was THE ONLY thing he was trying to convey...