tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111616658012633810.post4852397556131059716..comments2019-03-12T23:12:16.353-07:00Comments on Race Happens: Me Chinese. Me tell joke. Janghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03828332432700844193noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111616658012633810.post-76207697927917097482019-03-12T23:12:16.353-07:002019-03-12T23:12:16.353-07:00I also heard "me dont smoke" instead of ...I also heard "me dont smoke" instead of "me play joke," but that could've just been someone saying it wrong.Kaylahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17527052523730963405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111616658012633810.post-67090269774184431882019-03-12T23:02:36.972-07:002019-03-12T23:02:36.972-07:00I don't know if it's too late to say somet...I don't know if it's too late to say something about this, but I'm from Florida and I've heard this joke. I never understood it. Also, I've never seen Asians around at the time, so the joke didn't seem as targeted as they were in your experiences since kids did the joke to anyone. Nonetheless, it's obviously making fun of Asians. I have no idea where this originated Kaylahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17527052523730963405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111616658012633810.post-69131164998767719982018-05-27T12:25:42.078-07:002018-05-27T12:25:42.078-07:00This is an old post and you may never see this. Bu...This is an old post and you may never see this. But I'm half Filipino. I heard this all the time growing up, but the kids didn't bother doing the refrigerator part of the joke. They just held their eyes back with their finger tips, sang it at me, and they'd all laugh. I lived in South Florida (Broward County), and it was in the late 1970s.Otter Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16415365724794154748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111616658012633810.post-14770786102938927122016-03-12T17:18:38.221-08:002016-03-12T17:18:38.221-08:00Oh No!!! he called you Jackie Jang!!! You must ha...Oh No!!! he called you Jackie Jang!!! You must have been scared for lifeyenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14276681154445651463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111616658012633810.post-8832783295040510722015-09-05T06:32:36.836-07:002015-09-05T06:32:36.836-07:00The joke is definitely better if you sing "Me... The joke is definitely better if you sing "Me Chinee" rather than "Me Chinese". I used to call Chinese restaurants and pull that one all the time :-)Steve Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05930513219020091268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111616658012633810.post-57301080527738047622009-03-31T15:18:00.000-07:002009-03-31T15:18:00.000-07:00Oh yeah, and I thought it had something to do with...Oh yeah, and I thought it had something to do with Mormonism because of the Coke part, like I was being mocked for not drinking Coke or something. OK, it's stupid but I was in 4th grade so cut me some slack.Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00992308801594557132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111616658012633810.post-41551706140121307992009-03-31T15:16:00.000-07:002009-03-31T15:16:00.000-07:00I remember my friend Sameer - White Mom, Indian Da...I remember my friend Sameer - White Mom, Indian Dad - doing this joke to me. Didn't Clarence Thomas tell this joke? I recall something about it in his confirmation hearings...Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00992308801594557132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111616658012633810.post-32189417535576352642009-03-28T16:51:00.000-07:002009-03-28T16:51:00.000-07:00This comment "I've gotten the "what are you?" ques...This comment "I've gotten the "what are you?" question a million times but often it is because they don't know how to ask the question more appropriately, like "what is your ethnicity?" is very insightful and I believe correct. Many Utahns are interested in genealogy or family history which also may spur this question. More often than not it is somone really wanting to know, but do not Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04641769752392799504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111616658012633810.post-39767652975218992182009-03-25T13:18:00.000-07:002009-03-25T13:18:00.000-07:00Jigga-I never opened "the fridge" as a young srant...Jigga-<BR/><BR/>I never opened "the fridge" as a young srant eye...yet I was still subjected to various "Me Chinese" chants in Cali.Cougbuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16708990393381544111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111616658012633810.post-5471289729884981952009-03-20T10:51:00.000-07:002009-03-20T10:51:00.000-07:00Jang, the question is "Who are you?!"Never heard t...Jang, the question is "Who are you?!"<BR/>Never heard that joke in UT or S'pore.Hyekuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16111761529143116941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111616658012633810.post-83168479175982318202009-03-16T20:12:00.000-07:002009-03-16T20:12:00.000-07:00So are you going to leave my rhyme note afloat? .So are you going to leave my rhyme note afloat? .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111616658012633810.post-50850279331976408842009-03-13T18:58:00.000-07:002009-03-13T18:58:00.000-07:00Jang- How many times were you asked to open the re...Jang- How many times were you asked to open the refrigerator door before you quit quenching your imaginary thirst? First things first, I remember when my student teaching experience went a burst. The first day it went astray, but I flipped the script with my quirky lips. "Are you Jackie Chan?" Well, no, I'm Mr. Kam, but Jackie's my cousin, my fam. And guess what? Jet Li's apart of my family. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111616658012633810.post-16417581362959560382009-03-13T08:19:00.000-07:002009-03-13T08:19:00.000-07:00I've been always aware of it even before I came to...I've been always aware of it even before I came to the states. I've heard stories of my dad when he was in the states in the '70s. I know the world is changing, and we don't hear the same stories, partially because it's illegal, but Race does Happen. Thanks for sharing your experience, thoughts and knowledge!Saeromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14143458926519705651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111616658012633810.post-47515624502895557602009-03-12T16:25:00.000-07:002009-03-12T16:25:00.000-07:00Saerom, that's actually surprising that she had ne...Saerom, that's actually surprising that she had never heard of it in Chicago. Hope this blog helps! But I also hope it doesn't create an awareness of things that never really bothered you in the past! <BR/>Joe, I've never heard of that American part. Unbelievable!Janghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03828332432700844193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111616658012633810.post-18316078576900924242009-03-12T16:12:00.000-07:002009-03-12T16:12:00.000-07:00Honestly, having been raised here in smalltown, Ut...Honestly, having been raised here in smalltown, Utah, I have never heard the Chinese Coke joke. Wow. I feel really left out.Twinkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15579521313527948838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111616658012633810.post-57976478358134021672009-03-12T15:36:00.000-07:002009-03-12T15:36:00.000-07:00Hey jang, I just remembered that we had more to th...Hey jang, I just remembered that we had more to that little rhyme. After someone would say, "....me put peepee in your coke," the other person would reply in the same attempt at an accent, "me American, me smart, me no drink that peepee part."<BR/><BR/>You ever hear that part of the joke?Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11985856466806811660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111616658012633810.post-22387794984779093232009-03-12T14:20:00.000-07:002009-03-12T14:20:00.000-07:00I don't think I get the Coke joke. I even asked my...I don't think I get the Coke joke. I even asked my co-worker who's born and raised in Chicago. She said she'd never heard of it (or she's too embarrassed to admit it to me? ). Since I came to the State after my high school, I am always worried how to be a mom in the states. A post like this will really help me to be prepared as a mom, too as well as helping me to figure out my identity as an Saeromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14143458926519705651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111616658012633810.post-58806422836841359812009-03-11T23:49:00.000-07:002009-03-11T23:49:00.000-07:00I had never heard the coke joke before. In fact, ...I had never heard the coke joke before. In fact, growing up in Utah, I didn't even know what an Asian person was.Brody Valergahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10844202539884319881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111616658012633810.post-11415158669928999802009-03-11T23:14:00.000-07:002009-03-11T23:14:00.000-07:00Karen, you are right that there are a lot ppl in U...Karen, you are right that there are a lot ppl in Utah who do that but there are places that are worse, believe it or not. In fact, because many Utahns go on missions to foreign places, they are more sensitive to different cultures, in some respects. I've gotten the "what are you?" question a million times but often it is because they don't know how to ask the question more appropriately, like "Janghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03828332432700844193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111616658012633810.post-25209798345104443272009-03-11T21:51:00.000-07:002009-03-11T21:51:00.000-07:00you're going to have to show me how this works. lo...you're going to have to show me how this works. lol. wow. wow. wow.MisskiMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09612307359874979056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111616658012633810.post-84260789679085072092009-03-11T21:00:00.000-07:002009-03-11T21:00:00.000-07:00hmm... i've never been subjected to this "coke jok...hmm... i've never been subjected to this "coke joke." you may have to show me some time. i have, however, gotten "what are you?" and "don't tell me, you're chinese, right?" a lot.jjangjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10761588744934638059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111616658012633810.post-28307504304431793152009-03-11T20:36:00.000-07:002009-03-11T20:36:00.000-07:00grew up in oklahoma...not a ton of asians there as...grew up in oklahoma...not a ton of asians there as you might guess.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11985856466806811660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111616658012633810.post-87492652624278113202009-03-11T19:38:00.000-07:002009-03-11T19:38:00.000-07:00I might be taking this a little too far and totall...I might be taking this a little too far and totally generalizing the people here in Utah but I'm just going to say it. I have noticed in living here more then anywhere else that when someone of a different race is introduced to someone from Utah one of the first questions asked is "so what are you?" as if the person of a different race is not human. People can get mad at me, but that has been my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111616658012633810.post-82696332779519866172009-03-11T16:39:00.000-07:002009-03-11T16:39:00.000-07:00and could you please tell the world where you grew...and could you please tell the world where you grew up and if there were any asian ppl to make fun of?Janghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03828332432700844193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111616658012633810.post-77363978563443641542009-03-11T15:47:00.000-07:002009-03-11T15:47:00.000-07:00Hey, i know that song too. I have know idea where...Hey, i know that song too. I have know idea where i learned it though.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11985856466806811660noreply@blogger.com