Comments on: Lucy Liu racism vs Filipinos in the Letterman Show?

By: Katherine Ryan jokes on Filipino Children | The random mind of Ayan

Katherine Ryan jokes on Filipino Children | The random mind of Ayan — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:12:25 +0000

[…] She also stressed that the two-minute long clip of the episode that’s uploaded on YouTube does not encapsulate the full nature and tone of the program. This should make us ask ourselvs: are we overreacting again, similar to what happened during that Lucy Liu brouhaha a few months ago? […]

By: British actress jokes about Filipino children on BBC show | The Filipino Scribe

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:47:16 +0000

[…] Lucy Liu was criticized for making a poorly-phrased remark during a guesting on the Letterman show about her supposed desire not to be mistaken as a Filipino. And who will forget the Desperate Housewives controversy back in […]

By: lipvixen

lipvixen — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 12:25:22 +0000

Oh Please how many Filipinos say they hate the way they look all puffy in the morning because they look Chinese? I think Lucy Liu meant it wouldn’t match because Joan Watson is supposed to be half Chinese and half white so it would really look off if she looked Filipino..

By: markpere2010

markpere2010 — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 06:42:37 +0000

Hi, Felina. For us Filipinos, it can be said that the color of one’s skin is really a status symbol. Just look at the commercials being aired everyday. When you’re light skinned, you’re easily described as “kutis artista” and “kutis mayaman.”

By: Felina

Felina — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:36:15 +0000

being a Chinese, her comment is not really surprising considering most Asians do not want to have darker skin because majority believe being dark is a bad thing. i don’t know but perhaps the color of the skin is like a “status symbol” for some.

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Sat, 27 Oct 2012 17:02:03 +0000

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 15:01:28 +0000

We Filipinos are proud about the color of our skin. Also, it’s cancer free!

By: George M. Hizon (@GenHizon)

George M. Hizon (@GenHizon) — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 02:41:33 +0000

Lesson for Lucy Liu and others like her: there is always a handy mirror before you go public.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 13:30:56 +0000

maybe because she doesnt want to look more like a Filipino star named Pokwang… if she does get darker skin. she might be mistaken for Pokwang. And resemblance would likely be the next to discuss.

By: Dr. Jason Lee

Dr. Jason Lee — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 22:06:50 +0000

Here we go again. Lucy Liu trying to scream the arrogance of her Chinese ancestry to the word. What she calls, “little Filipino” is half of me. I remember my father being belittled by my mother’s Chinese side, while growing as a young man in the Philippines. Now, as a doctor, and very good at what I do, I detest my Mom’s ancestry, that I wished she was never Chinese, even in an ounce of her blood. My father was an honorable man but he spent every once of his FILIPINO blood to send me to become a doctor. While my mother’s Chinese side belittled us for years, now that every child in my family is more successful than their PURE Chinese siblings, they speak highly of my dad. I am a product of the Chinese arrogance and racial look-down on Filipinos and up to this time, it still hurts. As an Filipino- American, I teach my children NOT to be prejudice against others. Lucy’s comments might sound ignorant but she does make herself sound like an “idiot” trying to use Filipino, or anyone, to make her point across. But thank you for the apology. It would have mattered more, if Lucy did NOT make the apology on general terms, “I would never hurt any ethnic group.?” Why not say…”Filipinos” who you specifically targeted, you idiot!