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Re: IDEAS Fundraiser for UCLA Undocumented Immigrant Students

kojistevensakai — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:45:42 -0000

hmm... Ally... not sure... I looked at the flyer I got and didn't see it. Sorry! I'll send them an email. :)

Re: Slant Eye For The Round Eye: And A Random Note To You Laker's Fans

kojistevensakai — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:16:32 -0000

Tonight will decide it all. My prediction... they will not lose... and will win it all!

Re: Slant Eye For The Round Eye: And A Random Note To You Laker's Fans

kojistevensakai — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:11:38 -0000

They will not lose. :) They are still winning the whole thing.

Koji

Re: Penis-Gate

kojistevensakai — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:54:32 -0000

opps... that's actually (unintentionally) funny!

Re: Penis-Gate

kojistevensakai — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:54:09 -0000

hehehe.. I was thinking the same thing!

Re: Was Dr. Seuss a Racist?

kojistevensakai — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:25:40 -0000

Ben, I stand corrected. But I was speaking more in hyperbole than in constitutional law. :) There was martial law in Hawaii for sure, but not sure about the west coast.

I should have said... "all these right can be taken away because you look like the enemy."

Re: Was Dr. Seuss a Racist?

kojistevensakai — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:02:55 -0000

Thank you for your comment. I appreciate where you are coming from but will have to disagree. Is it knee-jerk? Sure. But as a fourth generation Japanese American who's father's family was incarcerated from December 1941 to June 1948, I think I have a right to be a little sensitive about the subject. And I will teach my children that during times of war, it is not okay to lose your head and be stupid.

Re: Was Dr. Seuss a Racist?

kojistevensakai — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:57:26 -0000

But you're making the same mistake he did... you are lumping in Japanese Americans and Japanese into the same group. Those are two very different groups of people. The Simpson report (done before the war) indicated that the Japanese living in the United States were not going to be disloyal. The incarceration of the Japanese was done because of racism, paranoia, and economic factors.

Besides which, I don't want to get into the whole Bill of Rights/Constitution. As far as I know (and please correct me if I'm wrong). Those documents don't have a clause that says "all these rights can be taken away in case of war."

Re: Sarah Palin, Hawaii, and Our Imaginations

kojistevensakai — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:40:35 -0000

Don't worry Hawaii is not a racial utopia for this Asian American. I grew up in a community that 75 percent of people are Asian/Asian American.

Re: Is “Ninja Assassin” an Example of a Post-Ethnic Asian Film?

kojistevensakai — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:40:04 -0000

Thank you everyone for taking the time to write out your comments. I think everyone's thoughts are good and gives me a lot to think about. The issue of Hollywood is an interesting one and something that I as a writer/producer struggle with. Maybe it is something I will blog about in the future.

Re: Slant Eye For The Round Eye: Big Pile Of Shit: Golden Blade III

kojistevensakai — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:31:04 -0000

Sure, I make movies. You could see my films.

Re: Slant Eye For The Round Eye: Big Pile Of Shit: Golden Blade III

kojistevensakai — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:28:24 -0000

No, I meant a consumer camera. I like how you didn't respond to anything else. Or anything else I've ever said.

I regret criticizing your filmmaking skills -- without watching anything other than the trailer. So I apologize for that. What the original purpose of the post was to criticize the idea. And it is ridiculous to me that we're not allowed to offer our opinions. Instead, you think we should just sit back and allow something we believe to be racist go out there and perpetrate racism that we've faced for the last 140 years? Last I checked, we lived in a society where we are allowed to offer our opinions. Let me know if I'm wrong.

Why don't you use your full name anyway? I do. Are you ashamed of your film? Of your opinions? Do you want to take back anything you or any of your folks have written so far? Or does your movie support racist/ignorant comments toward Asian people? I think it'd be good if you denounced all of the comments made on behalf of your movie on these exchanges.

A question you should ask yourself is, why did you feel that you needed to make racist comments? Why were you so defensive?

I think it should be noted that I'm not the guy who posted this in the first place.

I'm done with these exchanges... maybe you should submit your film to Asian/Pacific islander film festivals and see what kind of responses you get. I'd love to be at the Q&As.