6.03.2003





Three years later, I'm so annoyed that Asian-American activists have taken away one of the funniest internet cartoons ever made, "Mr. Wong" and are patting themselves on the back. Mr. Wong is a cartoon about a Chinese man-servant. He dons a hunch on his back, has extremely yellow skin, and talks very funny. He pisses on graves, falls for gimpy gimmicks and somehow gets his swerve on with his white boss. It's created by Pam and Kyle of South Park.

All these dumb AA-activists can think about is how racist this cartoon is, but fail to recognize that stereotypes DO exist no matter how mobilized the activists think they are. The only difference is that Mr. Wong was a stereotype that made it into the public sphere because it was genuinely humorous, if not a little crass and inappropriate at times.

Hey, I'm an Asian-American minority female and I loved that freakin cartoon. I mourn the death of Ms. Pam, Mr. Wong and Gary Peterson, beloved characters whose creators went to garrish lengths to confront the ugly stereotypes that naturally exist in American society, adopting some and breaking others.

And now Mr. Wong is cancelled. Instead of creating more cartoons, the older episodes remain archived, like pictures of a young thing axed before its time. Episodes are only available for viewing after a payment fee of a quarter electronically smitten from your credit card.

Sad is the day when censorship cloaked in the guise of "equality" crushes new forms of creativity, is too dogmatic to appreciate things for what they are, even after the creator's own interpretation is given. If they didn't like it, they shouldn't have watched it.

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