carlos mencia

The item I chose was on you tube. Carlos Mencia is a comedian with his own show on comedy central. He is known for telling racist jokes about all races. The purpose of his show is to show stereotypes of races and to poke fun at racism. When searching for skits he does for portfolio item, I found this stand up which shows clear examples of sterotypes towards Asians. I Chose this item because it is a clear example of racial stereotypes. This video is very explicit and has cus words as well as racist words in it.
This item relates to the Frank Wu reading "Yellow". The reading talked about how people viewed Wu when they would see him, as if they already knew about him even if they didn't know him. They think all Asians act the same. This Carlos Mencia stand up video is a perfect example of this. In the video Carlos first talks about how all Asians are smart and do well in school. The video also says how all Asian parents are scrict on thier children when it comes to grades. When he portrays the Asian kid he gives him and accent. Here he uses the stereotype that all Asians talk the same and all have the same accent. Later in the video he says something about how can all asians be so smart, but they can't learn how to drive. This is the stereotype that they are bad drives. Finally he says a sexual coment about Asian males, saying they are all similar in a certain way.
In my opinion, I think that this youtube video of Carlos Mencia is a perfect example of what Wu was saying about Asian sterotypes. I think that these sterotypes are not true. I know a buch of Asian Americans who do not talk funny, or can drive a car well. There are a lot of smart Asians in school. This does not mean that all asians are smart, or that they are smart because they are Asian.