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This post is shout out to my Asian brethren and sistren. By now, many of you may have seen the video “Asians in the Library,” posted by UCLA student Alexandra Wallace. In this video, she discusses how Asians are getting in the way of her studying by saying things like “Ching chong ting tong ling long” on the phone to their families. She says that it’s distracting and rude.
And it is rude! We all know that this is not how good assimilants behave.
Good coconuts NEVER say things like “Ching chong ting tong ling long” in the library. Instead, try more majority-sounding things like “God, I wish those Asians would shut up. Let’s make a youtube video about it! This poly-sci sucks much anyway! Toodles!” That’s much more polite!
When your ethnic background includes knowing and understanding of the most complex languages in the world and holding family dear, for the love of God, don’t go showing it off. Save it for the meetings.
Or put it into a song like this kid did. I heart him!
For the record, Alexandra issued an apology. But what do you think? Should the apology have occurred to her during the time it took her to walk from the library to her dorm, set up a camera, go through her rant, edit it together, post it on youtube and tell her friends that she did that?
Karen Zgoda, LMSW 