tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911933078199800098.post6822617159843999432..comments2012-12-29T02:38:35.924-05:00Comments on Strontium Lullaby: Don't Get Me Started on The Black TransformerMatt Largohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02234586356940042314noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911933078199800098.post-87331122525931627072009-06-26T10:36:56.875-04:002009-06-26T10:36:56.875-04:00My comment about Oriental Studies should have come...My comment about Oriental Studies should have come with a link: http://www.orinst.ox.ac.uk/<br /><br />And the part after the colon should be in quotes. Yes, I'm quoting directly. Bile-inducing and ire-inspiring to say the least.Andrew Eppighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10284138977754287236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911933078199800098.post-66131795882567686842009-06-26T10:17:31.674-04:002009-06-26T10:17:31.674-04:00Many universities in the UK still have an Oriental...Many universities in the UK still have an Oriental Studies department. And their definition of "Orient" is quite broad: Among subjects in the humanities, Oriental Studies is unique in introducing students to civilisations that are radically different from the Western ones that form the basis of the curriculum in most British schools and colleges. The courses present both the major Andrew Eppighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10284138977754287236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911933078199800098.post-50989486964162541382009-06-25T22:17:18.253-04:002009-06-25T22:17:18.253-04:00What a twist! Bo, you bring up a good point, tange...What a twist! Bo, you bring up a good point, tangentially. We tend to refer to use "Asian" as the politically-correct version of "Oriental" but of course there are over a billion people in the rest of Asia who look nothing like that. I think in Britain up until recently at least "Asian" was meant to refer to people of Indian extraction whereas they still used "Matt Largohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02234586356940042314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911933078199800098.post-89545234634872579032009-06-25T17:33:21.911-04:002009-06-25T17:33:21.911-04:00If only that Avatar movie were directed by an Asia...If only that Avatar movie were directed by an Asian.. oh, wait.BAJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02142816240114762825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911933078199800098.post-15292735309706189742009-06-24T23:26:13.397-04:002009-06-24T23:26:13.397-04:00I'm glad I'm not the only person who tried...I'm glad I'm not the only person who tried to wear a cape like Lando. I loved him.<br /><br />Speaking of Jazz, have you heard that the sequel makes Jazz's characterization look like Sidney Poitier? They pretty much have a transformer-ized blackface version of Dumbo's Jim Crows.<br /><br />And, c'mon, didn't you see 21? Don't you know that racebending is not a Andrew Eppighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10284138977754287236noreply@blogger.com