tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post2752483364812856314..comments2024-03-29T02:36:26.151-07:00Comments on TalkToYoUniverse: The Mikado, my socially aware kids, and Orientalist biasJuliette Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02879627074920760712noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post-24866814498871028342014-04-08T08:21:24.196-07:002014-04-08T08:21:24.196-07:00Wow, yes. It's hard to imagine, and yet I am s...Wow, yes. It's hard to imagine, and yet I am still amazed by the whitewashing that goes on in modern times.Juliette Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02879627074920760712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post-20333587044039888342014-04-08T06:21:25.753-07:002014-04-08T06:21:25.753-07:00For a while now, we periodically watch episodes of...For a while now, we periodically watch episodes of the original Hawaii 5-0 on Netflix ('68), and it's definitely a time capsule: the stories hold up fairly well, but where on one hand the scripts treat the Japanese fairly respectfully, they're often played by non-Asian actors (poor Ricardo Montalban!) right alongside Asian actors (I can only imagine how they felt about that). <br /><br />It's kind of sobering to think of the things that were going on in (admittedly the beginning of) my lifetime.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post-41508023736213108492014-04-07T14:46:33.828-07:002014-04-07T14:46:33.828-07:00Yes, I think you make a good point. It's hard ...Yes, I think you make a good point. It's hard when one discovers that something one has always loved is deeply problematic.Juliette Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02879627074920760712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post-76900217429187882882014-04-07T14:28:13.003-07:002014-04-07T14:28:13.003-07:00It's cool that your kids have had the opportun...It's cool that your kids have had the opportunity to be so tuned into things like this. There are a lot of things I once enjoyed that now make me wince, knowing what I know now.<br /><br />This makes me wonder about the origins of some of the hostility against greater social consciousness and awareness (termed "PC" by its detractors). I've often noticed that people sometimes act as if their favorite toy is being taken away when they're asked to consider the harm that inaccurate stereotypes can do. I suppose that is a price one has to pay for greater sensitivity, and not everyone is willing to pay it.E.L. Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05631080231126783838noreply@blogger.com