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August 03, 2002
Notorious D.O.N.A.H.U.E.
From the July 31 Donahue on MSBETNBC, with final guest (scroll way down) Margaret Cho:
DONAHUE: When America - when we see an Asian, we don't see an American.
CHO: Right. And that's, I think, a big problem. You know, I think that when people say to me, "So where are you from?" it's such a loaded question because they're not really asking me where I'm from. You know, they're asking me or they're saying to me, "You don't belong here. Where do you belong?" And so it's a very confusing thing because I don't want to be angry at people and I don't want to seem hostile and say, "Well, you know" - and tell them that's what they're saying.
And you see people are just trying to be curious and start a conversation, but that's what - the form that racism takes in our country now. It's not about these blatant stereotypes. It's not about these blatant hate crimes. It's about these small, subtle things that happen day to day that make you feel like you don't belong.
Not that warbloggers are exactly subtle. Small, definitely.
The new(ish) film, Notorious C.H.O., plays Thursday, August 8th at Landmark in Chitown, as part of Reeling: The Chicago Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (why is Elvira at the Fest? Good question. . .).
It opens Friday, August 9th at the, um, Landmark Uptown Theatre here in Minneapolis. Which is odd, as I don't recall seeing a poster for it outside the place. That poster for Secretary is up, though. Ass, not cleavage. What is this world coming to?
Posted by Aaron at August 3, 2002 02:35 PM
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