sign petition, stupid racist reporters Options

[>>radiant]

so recently a writer has consistently been coming my school and writing about it but this time she wrote an extremly negaive, stereotypical, and just plain bad article about Asians at my school

this is the article
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/Stories/0,...2858314,00.html

and if you felt at all offended by it, even though i doubt any of you actually go to my school, please sign it. i know a lot of you are Asians and i just want you to think about how you'd feel if some writer decided to basically say that the only reason you have good grades is because you have no life and all you do is go to tutor. yeaaa

http://www.petitiononline.com/psnrtcl/petition.html


so help out and thanks for your time

:edit:

i forgot to mention that next year's asb president is NOT Asian and our homecoming queen isnt full asian. even though our school does not excel in football and basketball; we do excel in sports such as wrestling, volleyball, basketball, swim, golf, and tennis. and also we dont use the term "fobbing" and wtfreak does fobbing mean anyway. if fobbing is actually used i really doubt it means " blaring Chinese pop tunes on the stereo or picking up red bean popsicles and frozen shumai at the Chinese supermarket. " Cindy Chang's article is basically full of facts she found not from the asians of the community

:edit number dos:
forget it im going to stop explaining things it's too hard. let me shorten it down for you. i found her article to be totally full of bs. her facts were wrong. i have never heard anyone on my campus use "fobbing" lindsey lost because there were more qualified people running agaisnt her, Cindy Chang hardly questioned any of the asian population, and for someone who went to Yale; her writing fricken sucks.

[angelrevelation]

At San Marino High School, the homecoming queen is Asian, the student body president is Asian, and the football roster is seeded with names like Lim, Chen and Wang. In the advanced math and science classes, there are only a few white faces in a sea of Asians.

whoa whoa THAT is going too far... i signed it

[Looow]

Wow. That's, that's, that's something. How disrespectful.

[JC4P]

did anyone notice THIS:
"By Cindy Chang , Staff Writer" the writers also asian!
OMG theres 49% asian's in a skool! CALL THE FBI!
</sarcastic>

[toodlepops.]

^ahha!I wonder what's her effing problem.
She must be jealous.

[>>radiant]

did anyone notice THIS:
"By Cindy Chang , Staff Writer" the writers also asian!
OMG theres 49% asian's in a skool! CALL THE FBI!
</sarcastic>

yes i did notice the writer is asian which is even more offensive. her article sucked. she made no point and this shows that she thinks just cus she's asian she can stereotype the rest of us YAYYY -_- yea grrrrr cindy chang makes me angry

[KELLYYY]

did anyone notice THIS:
"By Cindy Chang , Staff Writer" the writers also asian!
OMG theres 49% asian's in a skool! CALL THE FBI!
</sarcastic>

Cindy is Asian? Wtf is wrong with her. She talking shit about her own race. Psh, if I was the principal, I would've sued her. I'm offended by whatever she wrote.

[whywasisostupid]

...omg. wow.
shes asian herself? WOW.
im signing it.

[Spirited Away]

whoa whoa THAT is going too far

How so? If the majority of the school is Asian, wouldn't it make sense that Asians have an easier time winning votes? Lets not delude ourselves into thinking that homecoming queens are voted on true beauty and intelligence instead of popularity. If the school's majority is White, there's a good chance that the homecoming queen be White. Considering American culture, this should be expected.

What exactly is the author racist about? She has stats saying that the majority is Asians and they're setting high standards. Is this stereotypical? Maybe, maybe not. I know my parents don't set high standards for me, but I KNOW other Asian parents aren't as generous as mine. I don't think it's stereotyical, I think it's somewhat true.

Edit: ya'll are funny.

[Chii]

whoa whoa THAT is going too far...  i signed it 

umm...what is wrong with that...?

i fail to see what is so racist...

she's just talking about how lots of asians (or chinese people) have been immigrating here over the years...

edit
why does someone always have to beat me in this stuff...god why do i read over what i post for so long?

[ZXCVBNMASDF]

What a stupid article...

Our school is practically half-asian...

[T_R_G]

ok, whats so bad about it?
its a good thing
the asians are starting to take over

[yukichan]

uhh..i dont really c anything racist about this....

[>>radiant]

uhh..i dont really c anything racist about this....

oops i didnt mean to write racist. im sorry i meant to write stereoptyping cause that's what I was angry about. stereotyping and getting facts wrong is different. people at my school dont want to be regarded as the kids who have no lives and wont be able to live in the real world because we live in an asian bubble of studying for the SAT. yea so 4 people in my school got 2400s so WHAT? that doesnt mean the rest of us all go to tutor, study all day, and care about nothing but grades and eating. catch my drift?

[queen]

i don't understand a problem... i read the article, and she was just reporting her observations. of course not all asians are like that, but from her "sources", a majority of them are... that's why it's a stereotype.

[>>radiant]

This article clearly violates the high standards of journalism. She used brash generalizations much like those she claims Asian students do to white students at San Marino. Her supposed facts are not as accurate as they should have been making clear she did not write about what she saw, only what she wanted to see. The article in effect supports racism as she looks down upon Asian culture for not being more like the American culture she prefers. No matter how badly Miss Chang wants to make a story, obtaining and manipulating facts in this blatant manner violates the supposed integrity of journalism expected from an established newspaper.

^ sums up everything i wanted to say (written by someone who signed the petition)

[*wind&fire*]

she should be hung or made to serve in the north korean army...

im signing

[queen]

This article clearly violates the high standards of journalism. She used brash generalizations much like those she claims Asian students do to white students at San Marino. Her supposed facts are not as accurate as they should have been making clear she did not write about what she saw, only what she wanted to see. The article in effect supports racism as she looks down upon Asian culture for not being more like the American culture she prefers. No matter how badly Miss Chang wants to make a story, obtaining and manipulating facts in this blatant manner violates the supposed integrity of journalism expected from an established newspaper.

...how is she looking down on asians when she's practically idolizing them in this article? i don't understand why you're offended when people say asians are harder working and do better at school than other ethnicities because of pressure from their traditional parents.

i know a lot of you are Asians and i just want you to think about how you'd feel if some writer decided to basically say that the only reason you have good grades is because you have no life and all you do is go to tutor.  yeaaa

...uh i'd like it. i'd rather be an asian with no life and good grades than some dumbass who parties all day, k thanks.

let me shorten it down for you. i found her article to be totally full of bs. her facts were wrong. i have never heard anyone on my campus use "fobbing" lindsey lost because there were more qualified people running agaisnt her, Cindy Chang hardly questioned any of the asian population, and for someone who went to Yale; her writing fricken sucks.

i agree with you on one thing: her writing does suck... which is why i hardly think it's worthy enough to be called "racist". it has no voice... she's simply writing neutral comments for the sake of writing, lol. either you guys are reading too much into this, or you don't like being praised ;x. she never even outright stated that the reason "lindsey" lost the election is because asians vote for asians... she implied it, and showed statistics on the school population.

But at San Marino High School, the conventional wisdom is that it is difficult for a white candidate to muster enough votes from a student body that is more than 70 percent Asian.

But at San Marino High School, the conventional wisdom is that...

it's conventional wisdom that people like to hang out with people who are similar to themselves. it's no surprise if it was a fact that asians vote for asians... just look at our last election. who do you think voted for bush?

[six]

the tallest guy in the NBA is yao ming wtf mannn nba is racist omfg -cries- we're all gona die!

[queen]

the tallest guy in the NBA is yao ming wtf mannn nba is racist omfg -cries- we're all gona die!

omg we should sign a petition against the writers of the houston chronicle for praising yao ming too much!

[Spirited Away]

i don't understand a problem... i read the article, and she was just reporting her observations.  of course not all asians are like that, but from her "sources", a majority of them are... that's why it's a stereotype.

Thank you. Thank you.

Yes, it's called stereotype. I was baffled that someone would call it "racist".

[misoshiru]

whoa, she is such a b*tch. that is not true. it is complete bs.

[Spirited Away]

whoa, she is such a b*tch.  that is not true.  it is complete bs.

Do you go to her school? San Marino High that is.

[xMayleex]

I'm signing it, she sounds like a such a loser, saying that about her own race, wtf is she on.

[xRocMaJox]

I`m not Asian. But that`s just stupid an wrong an a trashy ass article at that ;| an sayin that about her own race?That`s just wrong x 10.

[FoOd]

Like some people said, its not a racist article, just an article that stereotypes all Asians.

[funbobby]

Haha my comment:-

'Why not go the whole way and ship them back to China eh? Oh sorry no, they're human, you fascists. Go burn some crosses. '

[glit_gal]

wow does she have something against asians or something (even though she is asian). I don't get why she is making such a big deal of it considering there are going to be certain schools that have higher levels of a certain ethnicities than others. It isn't anything new. I'm definetly going to sign the petition, because what she writes about is such lame crap.

[gelionie]

Signed.

Rascist people are so sad.

[*jooleeah*]

Wow, she uses a lot of stereotypical facts in there. I'm sorry your school had to deal with that bs.

[PowerOfSuggestio...]

Oh my gosh...
I sent a rant letter to that lady...
somebody should jump her...

[xXYouMeBedNowXx]

HOLY HELL. I LIVE IN ARCADIA.

We are taking over LA.

[azn_r4pf4n]

What an extremely biased article...

[lolthissiteisfun...]

How so? If the majority of the school is Asian, wouldn't it make sense that Asians  have an easier time winning votes? Lets not delude ourselves into thinking that homecoming queens are voted on true beauty and intelligence instead of popularity. If the school's majority is White, there's a good chance that the homecoming queen be White. Considering American culture, this should be expected. 

What exactly is the author racist about? She has stats saying that the majority is Asians and they're setting high standards. Is this stereotypical? Maybe, maybe not. I know my parents don't set high standards for me, but I KNOW other Asian parents aren't as generous as mine. I don't think it's stereotyical, I think it's somewhat true.

Edit: ya'll are funny.

agree.
though it is stereotypical, it isn't really racist. And personally, it is true of a lot of my asian friends. Quite a few of them whose parents push them REALLY hard to excel. But not all, which is why it's stereotypical to me. But I don't think she was trying to be racist.

[Luster Soldier]

HOLY HELL. I LIVE IN ARCADIA.

We are taking over LA.

I'm with ya dude, I'm in Walnut.

Anyways...another white-supremacist immigrant-hater? Wait...she's asian, eh?

SIGNS

[ichigofan]

so what if their asian wtf ... signed sealed delivered

[demolished]

Hehehe, my city is near San Mario.

Yesh, its very stupid because she is stupid.

I think she wrote it because she think asian has more quality than white people. that isnt true. Maybe its because she doesnt have very strong education, not becuase of the culture.

signed.

Hey, send this link to that girl in your school =]. She deserve something rude.

[emazing]

wtf? That article makes me really .. mad. And angry at her, too. So what if the two "full Asian" candidates are Asian? Nationality doesn't make a difference - what makes a candidate eligible to win are their talents and abilities, and their personality, too.

Yay, signed the petition. That girl is so -growls-.

[DrSMooTH]

Wow, this reporter needs to get b***hslapped. Yeah, im signing this.

[xXYouMeBedNowXx]

Rock on, my Californians.

SIGNED

[parallel]

I don't live in that area or anything but dang.

[neko]

Signed.


edit: hehe read the subtitle and thought it was racism. =P

[*mona lisa*]

^Hello?? Do you people not know how to read? THIS IS NOT RACISM.
She's just stereotyping since most Asians are like that. :x You should be proud of what she's saying although it is a little stretched. She used statistics to show her point and well, I don't understand what the big deal is.

[xj_liana_tx]

well that's pretty stupid, but here we don't have many asian people and all the preppy white people get the jobs even though some are really unfit to be leaders.

[queen]

why would you be offended if an asian person said you work hard?
someone please answer this question -_-.

[*CrackedRearView*]

That's not even remotely racist. Hell, it's almost like a compliment...

'Asians do better than whites on standardized tests.'

That doesn't make you proud of your race? The author also talked about how well the tennis team at San Marino does, and how it is almost 100% Asian.

Something tells me you're just making a fuss to make a fuss.

Not signing.

[Ballpointpencil]

^ Same.

I'm sorry, but I just don't see the big deal.
There is some stereotyping, but guess what- everybody stereotypes. Everybody. Different degrees of it, but it isn't exactly something against human nature. Though I do agree that if she is going to try to write an article she should not include silly stereotypes.