The Daily Princetonian

Every January, the Daily Princetonian puts out a joke issue when the new editorial board takes over for the old one.  I haven't been reading the 'Prince much since I graduated, but one of my friends e-mailed a link to a pretty amusing article about Bill Frist and Terri Schiavo.  There's another article (a fake opinion piece) about affirmative action that has led to another article (not fake) saying the first article was offensive.  I bookmarked these articles because I thought I could say something about them in a post.  But I've forgotten what that is, so I'll just link to them.  And, yes, it's Sunday morning and I'm backdating to Saturday because I didn't post yesterday, but it's the weekend, and I'll make up for it with a Sunday post later.  Maybe two, since this post is just some links.  Another link -- a Slate article on how to buy good book reviews.  I think that should be illegal.  Very illegal.  Death penalty illegal.  Also a Slate article about book lights that I've bookmarked to read later because I like the articles where they compare a whole bunch of products I don't need.  I'm not entirely sure I've ever seen anyone using a book light, or heard anyone talking about their need for one, but I guess if you're married and like to read in bed and the other person likes the light off, I could see the need.  I guess.

Comments

[Kenny]

Can't believe I'm posting on Gawker.

I'm not a Princeton student, but here's something I wrote the following against this person at Harvard who actually defends the DP.

Kenny

While I tend to ignore stupid race based humor, I find it extremely disconcerting that Asian Americans, if they really are Asian Americans posting, that defend this particular article. It now explains why Asian Americans can't get anything done when it comes to progress as a community.

The stereotypes are old and boring. Yes, racial satire can be enjoyable and downright funny but I didn't detect that in this particular article in the Daily Prince.

All I received from the particular article was just a collection of Asian stereotypes with no real meaning to make them seem foolish. I mean, I could have gotten this particular article from any white supremacist newsletter.

I don't mind racial stereotyping as long as everyone is judged individually but I don't think that's the case with most people. All they tend to see are stereotypes and articles like this seem to make the problem worse. Sorry, I don't give credit to my fellow man.

Here is the article itself. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=516680