obligatory desperate housewives post

i guess everybody has to have an opinion

first of all, the line wasn't that funny. i really think lois lane should just stick to doing radio shack commercials with howie long.

second, that was pretty much a direct shot at the philippines. i mean, i'm pretty sure the racist-ass writers had some bad tocilog somewhere or something, because it's not like the philippines is the motherland of all bad medical education. actually, i think there's this thing called "brain drain", which in this case basically means that the philippines is drained of virtually all of its medical and other professionals that seek work overseas because work overseas pays substantially more than work back home, actually, i'm pretty sure that i remember reading that pilipinos that are practicing doctors in the philippines end up studying to be nurses overseas. why? maybe because it pays more to be a nurse overseas than it does to be a doctor in the philippines and maybe because THEIR PHILIPPINE MEDICAL DEGREE WOULDN'T BE ACCEPTED IN AN OVERSEAS HOSPITAL. oh yea, and this place "overseas" is usually america.

back to my point.. why else would the racist-ass writer have put the line in there other than to take a direct shot at philippines? i mean, damn, you can get a phony degree in the US, off the internet. why the fuck would this white doctor have gone all the way to the philippines to get a medical degree? that makes no sense. how the fuck is that good humor?

‘Desperate Housewives’ and ABC Studios offer our sincere apologies for any offense caused by the brief reference in the season premiere. There was no intent to disparage the integrity of any aspect of the medical community in the Philippines. As leaders in broadcast diversity, we are committed to presenting sensitive and respectful images of all communities featured in our programs."

i'm sorry, does that say "there was NO intent", like in at all?? i don't really get that, so that line was supposed to mean what?? she didn't want a doctor that was trained in the philippines because she's, uh, allergic to doctors trained in the philippines, you know, uh, she gets, uh, darker around them. and you can't be a dark person on desperate housewives. i'm sorry ‘Desperate Housewives’ and ABC Studios, i cannot accept your "sincere" apology.

Okays, so i've said my spiel, i got it out of my system.
i sign the petition, and, in theory, i accept the apology, or at least i accept the fact that we made it a big enough deal that abc doesn't get away with this shit.

i won't, however, knock on those pilipinos, the ones that wrote the petition and are boycotting abc altogether, for taking this protest "too far". no no no, we can't knock those that are defending OUR HOME. even if a boycott was a little overboard, i certainly will not diss them for being too militant. because if it ever does happen that some racist BS happens to me, and the rest of the world is saying i'm over-reacting and that i'm playing the race card, i know these are the folks that are gonna be behind me, even IF i didn't happen to sign that petition (which i did).

"but josh, you always make racist jokes about white people"
yes yes yes, you are certainly right. i ALWAYS jump at the opportunity to make fun of white people. that is unfortunately a vice of mine. i know it's bad, but it's still fun for me to do it. but in my defense, i do not advertise this blog to white people, at least, i'm not actively advertising it to them. i only know a couple people that actually read this blog, and i either grew up with them, or met them through college, and they know who i am, really. and, for the most part, when i do crack jokes, i'm either making fun of white people and privilege, or white people and racism. which is not to say that i'm generalizing that all white people are privileged, or that all white people are racists. i'm just trying to recognize that fact that privilege and racism are still very much a part of today's "integrated" society

also, i do not go up to random white people and make racist white jokes straight to their faces, nor will i ever do that. if a random middle-class white lady came up to me and made a racist AND DEROGATORY comment to me, i'd prolly spit at her, on her face (in theory)... "but it wasn't like teri 'lois lane' hatcher was up in my face making a racist joke to me." touche. that line was on PRIMETIME television, on a SEASON premiere. abc had so much hype on that episode, they had a commercial that ALMOST made me want to watch it (which i didn't), and i'm sure abc wanted everybody and their mama's watching it. you cannot tell me that abc was so stupid to not expect the giant population of immigrant health care professionals in the US to not be watching their stupid television show.

case closed.

why yes, i'll accept my award for "best obligatory desperate housewives post".