OJ Asian Americans

While reading this article I immediately thought about my good friend who is Korean. His real name is Suk-Wu Lee and was given the Americanized name of Brian when his parents sent him and his brother to the United States. My point is that having an Asian freind has truly shown me that they are one of the most stereotyped races in the United STates. So to hear about the stereotypes during the Oj Simspon case was nothing new. I think the fact that Asians are easy visible by their apperance along with the history of Pearl Harbor has made them an easy target. WHen I saw OJ's sketchings I was stunned. His derogatory pictures were ridiculous and I have no idea how they actually got published. Simpson was a black male who faces many stereotypes himself, so it was interesting to see him turn the tables on another race, when he should have felt their pain.

This huge trial brought out so many issues to the general public and yet the Asian American racism should have been a bigger issue. The judge was Asian. One of the lead forensics scientists who is one fo the best was Asian. Asians have a hgie population in the world and ane ver growing population in the United States and yet they were left out at first and just ignored. This article was extremely revealing and interesting as it helped to bring that issue to the forefront of the public. The fact that D'Amato went on a radio show as a politician and was disgustingly racist is a huge deal. No politician or person has the right to do that. He made fun of an honorable judge, a whole race and thought itwas funny. In his apology he gave a Goffman esque disclaimer which was just unacceptable. He didn't think he did anything wrong, but possibly offended a couple people.

THe attack on Asians brought back the history of Pearl Harbor and internment camps. THis reminds me of 9/11 and how Muslims were automatically looked down upon, as everyone was scared of them and thought they were terrorists. This shows how our country is based on race and people's differences. Whether its an accent thats' made fun of or someone's ethnic appearance, something has to be said. Simpsons sketches may be funny, but they can hurt just as the Dancing Itos or skits that involve race. People may claim it doesn't matter, but you should know better and realize that race is a very sensitive subject.

As we can see from the defense' teams many mistakes involving race and gender, this is a big issue. Cochran and SHapiro both poked fun at Asians too, while the Dream Team didn't even have any women. They were hitting rock bottom with criticism and couldn't seem to do anything right, except take care of OJ. That was their concern as race and gender were thrown under the bus. As Cochran made racism towards Oj a major issue of the case, his team and lawyers were racist themselves. It's ridiculous.