Category Archives: WTF

DUDE WTF ASIA: “Nita Negrita” TV Series does Blackface

“Nita Negrita” is a television series from the Philippines’ GMA network about an orphaned Filipino/African-American child starring Barbie Forteza as the orphaned girl.   I had never heard of this series until Filamako.com pointed out that they are actually using blackface!  … Continue reading

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The 8Asians Talk About: Tila Tequila’s New Music Video

Our internal e-mail lists have us discussing all kinds of stuff: Asian American identity, representation in the media, the experiences of activism in an academia setting and its progression as we transition to the working, adult world. And sometimes, we … Continue reading

Posted in Music, Observations, TalkAbout, WTF | 2 Comments

DUDE WTF ASIA: The Five Minute Chinese Cleavage Corset Informercial

See what a great economy in China can do? It brings all those Western influences that America has wanted in the past twenty to thirty years, without all those annoying things like, you know, democracy. Take for example, this ridiculous … Continue reading

Posted in DUDE WTF ASIA, Lifestyles | 14 Comments

World of Warcraft and StarCraft Theme Park to Open in China

G4TV reports that an amusement park based on the video games World of Warcraft and Starcraft will be opening in China, with the only-in-China-would-they-give-this-English-name JoyWorld. Why isn’t a Blizzard Theme Park opening in South Korea, where Starcraft is king and … Continue reading

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Congressman David Wu Asked To Resign After Mental Health Inquiries, Tiger Costume Photo

File this under the “Asians Behaving Not-so-Badly, But Kinda Strangely” Department: Oregon Taiwanese-American Congressman David Wu has made the front page of Yahoo! for “a series of bizarre revelations in recent days about his mental health, including a photo he … Continue reading

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