white people don't owe anything to asians -- except the canadians that shipped the asians over as slave labour for the railwayTriadkd said:Guy aoki and the asian media group were complaining about this last week and it is racist. Sarah silverman told a story about a stand up show and said her producers didnt want her tell a joke with word n.igger in it because they were scared of the blacks reaction, but they told her it was ok to use the word c.hink. I think that says alot about our society and how asians are viewed. Even the audience is laughing with her. If rosie had started jive talking she would have been groveling on the today show apologizing to blacks and saying she wasnt racist.
Unfortunately theres a lot of people that dont think that way.triplefive said:actually, we should all be treated the same. but that's out of the question.
COMICBOY said:YOU'RE ASAIN?!no, really, didn't know that.
triplefive said:white people don't owe anything to asians -- except the canadians that shipped the asians over as slave labour for the railway
IIRC, it had something to do with the railways in Western Canada. And Japanese people.Dope Nose said:I think you're confused. wasn't that the Transcontinental Railroad?
You're the first asian person i've ever spoken to on a normal basis... the last one I talked to was to ask if they had boneless fried crispy chicken.triplefive said:
i've never met a mexicanCOMICBOY said:You're the first asian person i've ever spoken to on a normal basis... the last one I talked to was to ask if they had boneless fried crispy chicken.
Dope Nose said:I think you're confused. wasn't that the Transcontinental Railroad?
from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Railway#Building_the_railway.2C_1881-1885In British Columbia, the CPR hired workers from China, nicknamed coolies. A navvy received between $1 and $2.50 per day, but had to pay for his own food, clothing, transportation to the job site, mail, and medical care. After two and a half months of back-breaking labour, they could net as little as $16. Chinese navvies in British Columbia made only between $0.75 and $1.25 a day, not including expenses, leaving barely anything to send home. They did the most dangerous construction jobs, such as working with explosives. The families of the Chinese who were killed received no compensation, or even notification of loss of life. Many of the men who survived did not have enough money to return to their families in China. Many spent years in lonely, sad and often poor condition.