Asian Persuasion

Here's a jpg from Details magazine asking the question: Gay or Asian?

So what concerns with this is two-fold. The obvious first thing is that it's totally racist and fucked up, perpetrating all the Asian-male stereotypes, yada, yada, yada. Boring, we get it. The second issue is that it's not really even close to being funny. The way I see it, racial and ethnic jokes, have a place if they are funny. Sure, they still may be offensive and they still may perpetrate stereotypes, but I feel like humor is a trump card for political correctness. This ad isn't funny and quite mean-spirited.

I don't like the response, though, either.

It sounds like Hezbollah or something. Jesus, relax a little bit, criticize in the public forum - get it up in the blogosphere and in the mainstream media. The whole PC movement, while having good intentions, is way too serious and angry. Have some fun with this - make some other mock ads that are better and funnier than the Details ad. I feel like life is too short to go around boycotting products because a couple of idiots published something in a magazine, a magazine I didn't even read in the first place. Or perhaps I'm just lazy...