I'm Taking Down All My Miley Cyrus and Jonas Brothers Posters

On an episode of his weekly radio show "The Foxxhole," Jamie Foxx for launched a crude attack on the teen sensation saying, "Make a sex tape and grow up!" Other guests in the background can be heard saying "Be like Britney Spears and do some heroin. Be like Lindsay Lohan and start seeing a lesbian...get some crack in your pipe. Now that's what I want."

Sounds like a good topic for another Culture Watch column.

Wow. Good diversion -- take the emphasis off the insensitivy toward a whole race of people and aim it toward bad words.

I don't find the two things anywhere near equal in offensiveness. I hope you don't.

it really hurts me that people make a big deal when black jokes or jokes of other races are made, but when people are making fun of Asians, it's okay. Asians have feelings too!

I don't understand what they were ding by making this gesture. Does anyone know what their excuse was? It just seems stupid and immature. Both of these young people work for Disney, don't you think they would find a way to get in front of this thing.

I'm really not sure what anyone is upset about. As a little girl we used to sing a rhyme with the line.." Chinese, Japanese, Indian Chief" and we pushed our eyes up and down and crossed our arms over our chest to represent the Indian Chief. I was innocent of any racial slur while doing so i simply didn't comprehend, it was just a song we sang. I don't think That Miley and The Jonas brother were being racist, i think malicious intent behind doing so would depict racism. Sometimes we are over sensitive to racism when we have dealt with it for extended periods of time. At Any rate, God Bless

It looks like the Asian dude in the Miley picture is trying to be wide eyed and slack jawed like a white person. I think there is a joke there to which we are not privy.

I don't see any defense for the Jonas Brother photo, but then, I don't see much defense of the Jonas Brothers.

Off topic, but Miley's BF looks like a douche.

"The father of the Jonas Brothers is an Assemblies of God ordained minister and a former pastor."

so what?

"The Jonas boys, there's more than 3, have all been homeschooled."

I knew there was a reason they'd do something so stupid.

On an episode of his weekly radio show "The Foxxhole," Jamie Foxx for launched a crude attack on the teen sensation saying, "Make a sex tape and grow up!" Other guests in the background can be heard saying "Be like Britney Spears and do some heroin. Be like Lindsay Lohan and start seeing a lesbian...get some crack in your pipe. Now that's what I want."

Sounds like a good topic for another Culture Watch column.

it really hurts me that people make a big deal when black jokes or jokes of other races are made, but when people are making fun of Asians, it's okay. Asians have feelings too!

Are any of y'all making these comments about how "it's not that big of a deal" Asian? If not, then you truly don't get it. Check out all the Asian blogs. To Asian people ,this is the equivalent of using the "N" word to refer to black people. It doesn't matter if YOU perceive it that way, THEY do. THEY are offended. If a little four year old white child uses the term "N" word to refer to blacks do their parents say, "that's ok, he doesn't really know what it means." NO (at least I hope not).They EDUCATE the little child that this is very offensive and hurtful to black people, and we as Christians should not use this term. The same goes for that obnoxious little poem that I remember and that I NEVER said because it was very hurtful in the 70's when I grew up just as it is NOW. Tell the little kids the same thing. It is very hurtful for ASIAN kids who are still hurt as a adults as they remember being taunted by that as children. So if you have happy memories of that as a child, then I am sorry. But the Asian people in your class may have played it off, but they were hurt. How many times have you pretended something didn't bother you to save face? Let's all act as Jesus would have us do and teach our kids to STOP doing what other races find offensive just because Jesus said so.

I don't understand what they were ding by making this gesture. Does anyone know what their excuse was? It just seems stupid and immature. Both of these young people work for Disney, don't you think they would find a way to get in front of this thing.

I hope this post is satire.

I don't think it is up to someone to decide for another whether they are over-sensitive about something like this. No more than when some one tells a "drunk Irishman" joke and doesn't understand why someone might find that upsetting either.

The father of the Jonas Brothers is an Assemblies of God ordained minister and a former pastor. The Jonas boys, there's more than 3, have all been homeschooled.

Why does Eugene Cho use vulgar language in his blog here?

"Frackin'" is another way of saying the "F-ing" word related to having sexual intercourse. So is "freaking" when it is used as an adjective to modify a noun.

Does he use that filthy vulgar language in his church like the late Gene Scott used to do in his church services?

can i offer an analogy? alcoholism and alcohol. if i see that one of my favorite artists is having a drink, i won't assume they are an alcoholic (some of my favorite artists drink in their art). and i won't think they are responsible for hurting me because alcoholism has caused tremendous suffering to myself and people very close to me. and i won't look down on them because alcohol can cause them to look kinda stupid or set a bad example for their fans.

i think with instances like this - a quote, a picture, etc - it's important to separate the two. alcoholism is very sad, destructive, hidden, yet common and widely served. i, mike, know this personally. yet it's also important to withhold judgment of individuals who are drinking. to see a person having a drink and then throw them into the painful tradition of alcoholics is not fair. they could be drinking to have a little fun or because they are an alcoholic. who knows? let's just hope they're not alcoholics, for their sake.

finally, given this situation, should we rebuke all people who drink? should we teach that all drinks are bad? probably not. there are plenty of great human beings who drink - whether they be comedians or friends or whatever. i think it's dangerous to try to ban drinks because of alcoholism. the smart thing to do is to educate and raise awareness about alcoholism and the various effects of drinking, good and bad. what's not helpful is a black / white discussion that ignores the greater complexities and diversity of human beings.

Are any of y'all making these comments about how "it's not that big of a deal" Asian? If not, then you truly don't get it. Check out all the Asian blogs. To Asian people ,this is the equivalent of using the "N" word to refer to black people. It doesn't matter if YOU perceive it that way, THEY do. THEY are offended. If a little four year old white child uses the term "N" word to refer to blacks do their parents say, "that's ok, he doesn't really know what it means." NO (at least I hope not).They EDUCATE the little child that this is very offensive and hurtful to black people, and we as Christians should not use this term. The same goes for that obnoxious little poem that I remember and that I NEVER said because it was very hurtful in the 70's when I grew up just as it is NOW. Tell the little kids the same thing. It is very hurtful for ASIAN kids who are still hurt as a adults as they remember being taunted by that as children. So if you have happy memories of that as a child, then I am sorry. But the Asian people in your class may have played it off, but they were hurt. How many times have you pretended something didn't bother you to save face? Let's all act as Jesus would have us do and teach our kids to STOP doing what other races find offensive just because Jesus said so.