Babble

A few random thoughts:
1.) Apparently V wanted to write a rebuttal to my argument on dating in law school. While I see his point that he would like to date in law school because its actually a good time to do so, I think he missed my argument that life as a 1L should not be limited to just dating your classmates.

2.) I have a sick obsession with Vanessa Hudgens' debacle. I'm pretty partial towards High School Musical 1 and 2 and its stars. I think it's pretty sad that someone is pretty much terrorizing her career. And I seem to be reading a rumor that she was 16/17 when she took those pictures. Read: just because she's a celebrity - it does not excuse her right to protection as a minor; publishing those pictures can still be considered child pornography.

My real bone to pick with Vanessa (and with Vanessa Minnillo) is the fact that I love how celebrities of Filipino descent try to hide it by saying "i'm a mix of all these random ethnic groups: [fill in every minute blood line in here]" and then you see them with their parents and it screams "FILIPINO". Like seriously? Saying you're not Filipino (or half Filipino) doesn't change it. Get over it. If anything, you should be proud: there's so much fantastic history in the Philippines. A female president, martial law, rice plantations, PEOPLE POWER. And if it's image you're so concerned with, where else are you going to find women that look like Filipinos. The exoticism is astounding. Some have small frames. Others have boobs that people in Hollywood would kill for. Some are light skinned. Other are dark. Some look Asiatic, others look Hispanic. The mixture is unique and should not be shunned.

Which leads me to point 3 of the night:
3.) Filipinos are ridiculous. And I mean that in every sense of the word. For example, where else can you find crazy huge families that tell you that you're fat but yet try to stuff you with food. Conversely, where else can you find a people power so deeply rooted in our being and history that they DARE write a petition against ABC for the off color remark that the character of Susan Meyer made in the premiere of "Desperate Housewives." Of course young celebrities like Hudgens and Minnilo are hesitant to discuss their ethnic backgrounds. The implication of going to a "med school in the Philippines" shows that Filipinos educated in their native country of the Philippines are less valuable than their American counterparts. The further implication shows that this culture is still primitive and should not be regarded equally with the rest of America.

The context and content of the quote is only shocking because the target audience did not expect a remark like that to be cleared through the network given the recent history on the set of Greys Anatomy. It has been brought up that perhaps a politically incorrect remark like this is a slap in the face because the viewer did not expect it and the type of viewer has a different humor than one who watches "Family Guy" or the "Simpsons." Personally, I reacted a couple seconds too late and didn't know if I should laugh or just move on. Then I realized indignantly that my father went to medical school in the Philippines and he is a damn good doctor. Also, now the writers of the show have proven (much so against my arguments and protests on this issue) my father's point exactly, "As an immigrant, you have to work 200% to be equal with your American counterparts." And thanks to ABC, my father seems to painfully and begrudgingly (on my part) be right.