Saw this article on Angry Asian Man (whom I totally rever, check him out now if you don’t already regularly read his blog). I don’t know what to say, but only to raise awareness about more racism toward Asian Americans.

http://www.biconews.com/article/view/5294

Letter to the Editor

Ching Chong Song Treated Unfairly

I was trying so hard to keep quiet about being asked to gracefully bow out of a verbal contract Ching Chong Song had to play at Bryn Mawr. But here’s the thing: some members of the Asian Society put a lot of pressure on the school to cancel us because of our band name, so much pressure that the organizer asked if we could just forget about it. I gave my phone number and email address, and extended invitations to come to our shows, and not heard from anyone from the asian society.

If we allow the things that we question to fuel anger, guilt, jealousy, hate, or revenge, then we are dismissing layers of truth. Growing up a child of a gay parent in a tiny town, a poor second-generation Italian girl, I also have experience with the nuances of language. And give me a break you stupid twats.

Let’s not use misunderstanding as armor against the complicated nature of life. Don’t polarize shit when there are so many shades of sexuality and ethnicity to appreciate. I am mad that I was asked to back out, just another way the small-scale mirrors the large-scale of “shut-your-mouth-you’re-scaring-me” tactics are infiltrating our f’d up sweet spunky youth. By the way, “ching chang chong” is what people in Germany call the game rock paper scissors, and stupid petty retards is what I’m calling you.

We are not our parents, we are not our friends or teachers, we are not our religious upbringing, and we have the choice every moment to listen, to approve of ourselves, to see what’s going on around us. Why don’t you call me? Why don’t you listen to my music. (Oh, and I also know you requested a techno band instead.) Is this really what a strong woman’s college wants going on asking bands to back out of contracts because of their (non) offensive band name? Why don’t you ban Margaret Cho and Sarah Silverman while you’re at it.

Let our band be what it is: a gay and omni-sexual duo that writes song about life and it’s crusts and death, and most of all love and open-eyed Acceptance.