| Feb, 2003 |
| Fast & Furious Franchise Continues to Keep Asian Males Out of the Spotlight |
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The original 2000 summer blockbuster had Rick Yun, but kept his face and name out of movie posters and billboards. It featured him with other nameless Asians as evil one-dimensional thugs and villains – believe it or not, the sequel is worse. Through an anonymous source, MANAA has received a copy of a production draft of Fast & The Furious 2 and this franchise continues to disappoint and insult. The sequel limits the Asian male’s involvement in the street-racing scene even further by not featuring any Asian male character of consequence. There is one non-speaking Asian male driver and another (played by Asian Rapper, Jin) who plays a mechanic/technician and has a few scenes with minimal speaking lines. Additionally, the Asian with the most screen time is female - half-Asian/half-Caucasian part-time actress/part-time model, Devon Aoki.
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| Feb 11, 2003 |
| Ugly racial stereotyping on the Tonight Show of Feb 11, 2003 |
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Letter to Jay Leno. We are disappointed and upset at your highly racist and insensitive remark you made on February 11, when you once again made a crack about Koreans eating dogs. This coming off a meeting with Karen Nagasaki and the Korean American coalition where you made to light how offensive and damaging this comment is and agreed never to do this again. You already know that this racist stereotype have been haunting our people for generations, helping other people to visualize us as less American and less human. You already know that this a touchy subject for a lot of your consumers that watch and support your show, sponsors, and you network. It was already made clear to you that your show would never make a racist comment of equal offense about Blacks or even Latinos, but you continue to not treat Asians and Asian Americans with equal respect.
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| Feb 7, 2003 |
| U.S. Rep. Howard Coble, R-6th, about Japanese internment during World War II |
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Rep Coble, on a radio show talk show on February 4th, condoned the internment of Japanese Americans. His so called apology followed, but he doesn't say he was wrong.
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| Feb 5, 2003 |
| Letter to David Letterman |
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We are disappointed and upset at your highly racist and insensitive remark you made on February 5, when you taunt your guest, ----, by saying "here kitty kitty". This racist stereotype have been haunting our people for generations, helping other people to visualize us as less American and less human. The ---- , as well as many other Asian owned restaurants, is a well loved establishment that serves the finest quality of ingredient and have satisfied the hunger of many people of different walks of life. But your comment implies that Asian restaurants are owned and operated by foreign savages that can not be trusted. Your comedy is enjoyed by all people of different walks of life, but you comedy is usually smart, original, and most of all classy. This time, your joke was no better that a childhood taunt that has been echoed in schoolyard, and it's not worth repeating especially someone as influential as you - it has to stop.
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