Yeah, no, being gay is the gayest thing ever, and waaaay more awesome than hazing. A+ would be non-heterosexual again.

The “gayest” shit ever? You couldn’t find literally any other way to express yourself other than a homophobic slur?

After seeing what the CalTech house system did to my previously quite tolerable sister, I’m gonna stand against artificial tribalism in every form. College is time to learn to be a grown-up, not shoot potato cannons at someone who was assigned randomly to a different sportsball team.

You sound very ignorant and homophobic. Educate yourself.

Good. They’re little more than Old Boys Networks that bully and harass under the name of “Brotherhood”.

But neither Kumail’s character nor Aziz’s character ever portrayed or acted as if whiteness as an “ultimate prize,” so why hold up these works as examples? Why call them masturbatory fantasies? The first girl Aziz falls for in the second season is a black woman who is lovely and smart and funny and in no way a…

Considering the article was attacking an actual relationship, maybe it’s a realistic take on a really bad article?

She says “In choosing an Asian man, these white women also symbolically reject all the white men who have oppressed Asian men for centuries. And by earning white love, the Asian man gains acceptance in a society that has thwarted them from the very beginning.” She is explaining to Asian men that their dating and…

Yeah, it’s super easy to see it as a trope instead of a deeper issue when white women are depicted as a caricature and “the One” in the same movie. They get to be seen in multiple ways.

Haha, the way that commenter Hachi proves he or she doesn’t hate on your bi-racial identity is to tell you you are incapable of comprehending the article you’re commenting on. That’s classic!

I feel like any woman who is not “the ONE” that our protagonist is supposed to end up with (destiny, duh) is presented as a caricature. If we can connect and relate to the ancillary characters that we know are not the true love interest of the story it muddies up the “pure” love we just know the protagonist has for…

THANK YOU. Totally agree with you.

Yes, Kumail Nanjiani is a representative for all male POCs and his life choices represent the effects of colonization. Nailed it. /s

Personally I agree, and in addition I’m also tired of all these people who are piling on you in their delusions about what it is “really about”. Girl didn’t even pick the right story to hide her agenda (this was after all based on a real story). Another case point for it really being about biracial people: the…

It’s yellow fever when it’s Asians. Know your insulting tropes.

Apparently white women in interracial relationships - real of fictional - are the enemy.

The only people mad that I (a brown guy) was marrying my white spouse were her feminist friends who thought I was some savage and a handful of her redneck family we don’t talk to. I’m actually bi-racial too but I look more ethnic. Our kids look like white kids with a nice tan lol.

Yeah...I sort of hate that this movie is being used as the laundry line that airs these issues. It’s an important point that deserves to be heard, but this is literally the third article I’ve read online about The Big Sick mainly discussing issues with white women/Asian men onscreen. It starts feeling like a…

Thank you. I came here to say this. People keep asking for stories about real people that are inclusive. THIS IS A FUCKING REAL STORY THAT IS INCLUSIVE. SO REAL IN FACT THAT IT FUCKING HAPPENED. Unless white women now have to either date within their race or no one is allowed to tell true stories about interracial…

I agree but isn’t this particular movie a true story? I don’t think it belongs quite in the same category because it was Kumail’s real life experience with his current partner and not a fictional creation. Thoughts?