Monday, July 09, 2007

"Transformers" and a rascist in disguise

So Leslie and I were standing in line at the concession stand at the movie theater and, as she usually does, she asks me what the chinese kanji tattoo on the man in front of us says. It's on the back of the man's neck and he's buying candy for his kid. I squint my eyes and look at it and--while I'm pretty poor at reading chinese, I recognize the two symbols. The first is "white" and the second is "power." I thought it was kind of strange, to declare your prejudice so publicly, yet at the same time hidden in a foreign language. It's kind of a paradox. A declaration of racial supremacy written in a language that is very much the language of a different race and culture. It was pretty odd. "Transformers," though was awesome. Aside from the few moments that felt like I was watching a GMC commercial.

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