'Asian men can kick butt, but they can't have a kiss'

[Taro Toporific]

Sex, self-image and the Asian-American man
Alameda Times-Star, May 23, 2004... Wars with Japan, Korea and Vietnam helped demonize Asian men further and gave Americans license to ridicule them, historians say. ...[professor] Hamamoto has taken the advice he gave his students, albeit in a more controversial manner. He financed a pornographic movie titled "Skin on Skin,"....
"I wanted people to look at this Asian-American and say, `He's great, he's performing, he's bright, he's beautiful,"' he said. "I wanted to take the lowest road possible. Something basic. Raw."....word of Hamamoto's project led to spoofs on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," which aired a mock news story about the dearth of Asian men in pornography, and NBC's "Tonight Show," which showed a skit featuring Godzilla with his groin blacked out breaking up an all-Asian bedroom romp....
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[cstaylor]

Wars with Japan, Korea and Vietnam helped demonize Asian men further and gave Americans license to ridicule them, historians say.

Actually, it goes back to Manchu dynasty and the subsequent exportation of cheap Chinese labor to the United States. California's Anti-Chinese laws go back to the late 1800's,

[omae mona]

I'm surprised nobody has referred to the latest informative article from Details magazine:

Gay or Asian?



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[Taro Toporific]