January 29, 2006

• Happy Chinese New Year! 
  Sorry that it’s kinda late, but ive been busy all day and
  yesterday.  Today, my whole family, raquel, roberto, and his g/f
  dheera went to Lakeforest Mall
  for the big Chinese New Year celebration!  There was a lot of
  stuff happening over there, such as martial arts, dancing, chinese
  yo-yoing, lion dancing, and chinese opera (which my parents
  participated in!).  We manage to get front row seat too, so it was
  an awesome time.  Got soooo much red envelopes; mmmmm, moolah…

  Man, I don’t feel like going to class tomorrow.  I gotta get up
  for my 8:30am class!  AHH!  I’m sorta looking forward to my
  PHIL 399a:  Philosophy and Film class.  It gonna be like
  English 100 w/ movies haha.  Hope that the teacher doesnt screw it
  up tho. 

  Here’s my schedule btw:
  Class Schedule for Alex Chan, Spring 2006

  Schedule Number	Course	Section	Grade Method	Credits	Location	Meeting Times
  4295	MUSC 100	0101	Regular	3	LH7	MW 1:00pm-2:15pm
  4500	PHIL 152	0101	Regular	3	MP 101	TuTh 10:00am-11:15am
  4515	PHIL 399A	0201	Regular	3	SOND 105	W 7:10pm-9:40pm
  4803	PSYC 305	0101	Regular	3	LH4	MW 2:30pm-3:45pm
  4818	PSYC 332	0102	Regular	4	FA 006 ACIV 011	MW 8:30am-9:45am MW 10:00am-11:15am

  Here’s some pictures from today’s celebration and yesterdays:

  
  My brother w/ the present he won from a drawing at his Chinese School show.

  
  Deerf!  Watching the show from afar (at first)

  
  chinese yo-yo masters haha

  
  My dad (yep, my dad) handing out red envelopes to children in the crowd

  
  Heh, those crazy kids reaching for moolah (the kid on the far left looks funny)

  
  Mom singing the opening song w/ all the female singers

  
  Kinda scary woman upclose

  
  Mom and Dad performing together (best performance of all the chinese opera singers IMO, without bias heh)

  
  I think my mom is singing to us how un-manly my dad is

  
  Some more words being thrown at my dad

  
  Kinda creepy woman in the background (my aunt haha)

  
  …And all of us (sorry for the blurryness; blame my brother who took the shot)

  I dont wanna wake up so early for school!!!! 

  —————————————————————————————–
  From angryasianman.com:

  “Respond. Get Angry. Bust some heads. It’s the least you can do, if you’re pissed off at this latest bit of radio racism courtesy of Adam Carolla and crew. Coming in a little late? Get yourself up to speed and listen to this audio clip of Carolla’s show from earlier in the week. That’s should be enough to get you good and pissed off.

  Feel like letting out your aggression? Allow me to direct you to a few constructive outlets:

  Adam Carolla: adam@adamcarolla.com
  Dave Dameshek: dave@adamcarolla.com
  Rachel Perry: rachel@adamcarolla.com
  Ozzie Castillo: ozzie@adamcarolla.com

  Here is CBS Radio’s corporate contact info:

  CBS RADIO
  1515 Broadway
  New York, NY 10036
  212-846-3939

  Joel Hollander
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CBS Radio
  212-846-3939
  joel.hollander@infinitybroadcasting.com

  Dana L. McClintock
  Senior Vice President, CBS Communications Group
  212-975-1077
  dlmcclintock@cbs.com

  That should get you started. Here’s a press release from the Asian American Justice Center:

  
  PRESS RELEASE
  Contact: Adlai J. Amor
  tel: 202-296-2200 ext 135
  aamor@advancingequality.org

  AAJC Demands that CBS Reprimands Radio Host for Mocking Asian Americans

  Washington, DC, Jan. 27,
  2006 – The Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) today expressed outrage
  over the insensitive and racist segment in the Jan. 24 radio show of
  Adam Carolla mocking the Asian Excellence Awards which will be aired on
  AZN Television this Sunday, Jan. 29.

  “Adam Carolla demeaned
  the work of Asian American actors, directors, and producers and
  perpetuated the stereotype of Asian Americans as foreigners,” said
  Karen K. Narasaki, president and executive director of the Asian
  American Justice Center (AAJC). “Unless Adam Carolla is strongly
  reprimanded, and the station and CBS Radio apologize, we will be forced
  to ask advertisers to withdraw their support of his show.”

  
  

  The Adam
  Carolla Show, aired through CBS Radio’s 97.1 Free FM (KLSX-FM) in Los
  Angeles, referred to the Asian Excellence Awards as a joke and
  repeatedly used the sounds “ching-chong” in recreating a segment of the
  awards which were actually done in English. The Adam Carolla Show is
  aired in 10 West Coast cities that have the largest Asian American
  populations in the U.S.

  The Asian (AX) Excellence
  Awards honors Asian Americans in media who have made a difference in
  the United States. The awards will also pay a special tribute to the
  late actor, Pat Morita.

  AAJC is encouraging people to call or email the following CBS Radio executives:

  • Joel Hollander, chairman
    and chief executive officer, CBS Radio, tel: 212-846-3939, email:
    joel.hollander@infinitybroadcasting.com
    
  • Dana L. McClintock, senior vice president, CBS Communications Group, tel: 212-975-1077, email: dlmcclintock@cbs.com
    

  A clip of the Jan. 24 Adam Carolla Show is available at: http://www.reelplay.com/adamcarollaclips.html

  AAJC’s affiliate, the
  Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California, and other
  organizations like the Korean American Coalition of Los Angeles, and
  the Media Action Network for Asian Americans have also criticized the
  Adam Carolla Show.

  Of course, when contacted for comment, CBS Radio’s VP of Communication Karen Mateo said, “The segment was meant to be humorous and was not meant to offend anyone,”
  which is the expected bullshit response. Because really, who are they
  kidding? That’s a straight-up lie if you’re telling me it wasn’t
  intended to offend. Then again, they probably just thought, hey, let us
  crap on the Asians again! It is humorous! Well, we’re not taking it. That’s racist!”

  • 11:44 pm
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