Comments on: Chinese boy, I am not

By: KC

KC — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 18:23:45 +0000

Waya- I totally agree with you about not requesting special treatment as a minority. It only hurts us in the end. Just a level playing field.

And hearing that the two boys forgot about the incident is hopeful. Why can’t we stay that way? Innocent and forgiving?

That lunch is making me jealous. And hungry.

By: Jodi

Jodi — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 02:04:00 +0000

Well,although as a Mommy I am NOT suppose to say this, I am glad that Tyler stuck up for himself! And I would assume, as had been mentioned previously, that his reaction was more his age than anything. I think it’s AWESOME that you are raising your kids to be proud of themselves without making them feel like they are different from everyone else. That has got to be a delicate balance to reach. Good for you!

My biggest problem is the attitutudes that are common about people who are overweight. It drives me BATTY. All the jokes and jabs at fat people are just so silly and uniformed. I am a fat girl and I do NOT eat more than “normal” sized people and I am just as busy as “normal” people too. I also work very hard and am not lazy. Well, i am kinda lazy, but I am just very busy. Anyway. that’s my pet peeve. I HATE fat jokes they really really annoy me.

thanks for letting me vent.

By: me

me — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 23:40:15 +0000

recently, i was watching a television show called “vroom vroom” on sky one, they were being racist to the irish guy they had on. it really offended me, and it also shocked me, that a tv show could be so blatantly racist, and not get into any trouble, and if it was a black person, or an asian or any kind of minority they would have gotten into an unbeleivable amount of trouble!

also, i recently tried sea-weed, it was awful! but then again, i grew up with fairly limited choices in food.

it also annoys me that people in a minority or racial group can call each other in that group of people a racist term, but if someone not of that group origin cannot.

By: Puck

Puck — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 04:25:49 +0000

I apologise if my last comment didn’t address your issue. I was more facinated by the similarity to my experience.

The picture of Tyler’s lunch looked (possibly) delicious to me, and I briefly dated a young Korean woman whom I originally mistook to be Japanese. She was a wonderful lady, and she taught me alot, even though the relationship went sour.

“We donâ€™t have a chip on our shoulders requesting special treatments because of our minority status. To me, thatâ€™s more detrimental of a message to our race and to the future of our children.”

I completely agree. We are all human, and therefore deserving of respect.

I have no more way to express the fact that your article moved me.

By: Puck

Puck — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 04:05:06 +0000

I have not read ALL the comments.
The fact that Tyler and Nick both got beyond the hassle the next day, I find that the greatest comment on the reality of being “different” in any way in today’s culture.

Kids are cruel. That has been a fact since (and before) I was a teen 20+ years ago. I once punched a kid (in 7th grade) for calling me a “kike.” After I punched him, he threw a large-wire “gym-basket” (locker room type) at me and broke my nose. With blood running down my face, I hit him again, in the gut, and knocked the wind out of him. Then we were pulled apart.

This was the first time I had EVER thrown a punch. My parents were horrified.

The next day (after I’d been to my Doctor), in the Vice-Principal’s office, Pete (the guy who called me “kike”) laughed, apologised, and became friends on the spot. I was never called a kike again at school.

Pete and I are still friends, in our 40s.

I’m not a father, and I don’t approve of violence, but I’m suspicious that this sort of fightingis some sot of a “rite of passage.” Obviously, Tyler passed. God bless him.