Yes it's racist. The white guy was portrayed as a rapist. I'm deeply offended.

Oh, that's funny. You want to find a distasteful Asian character in film, just watch Breakfast at Tiffany's. Watch Mickey Rooney play Mr. Yunioshi. Then, try watching this movie again. Big difference.

LOL before I even went on this board I KNEW there would be at least one post whining about how the movie was "racist toward Chinese people. All the jokes are clearly light hearted and tongue in cheek to anyone who doesn't have a stick up their ass.
What are words for when no one listens anymore

Relax, android. It's just a comedy.
Schrodinger's cat walks into a bar and doesn't.

The Donger was just trying to fit in.

word of advice, get mental help. you need it fast! there is something wrong with you!
Stop trolling.
Don't let anyone ever make you feel like you don't deserve what you want.

Goooooonnnnnggggggg!!!!!
"check the imdb cast list before asking who portrayed who in movies please"

LOL. not racist. you just dont know what you're talking about
I know your type if it was Asians making jokes about white people you wouldn't have said a word, would you? you would have laughed along.
But as it is white people making fun of an asian you frame it as racism and run with it. don't you? Idiot!
word of advice, get mental help. you need it fast! there is something wrong with you!

Are you Asian, or just offended for the Asian community?
Hey everybody, look that white guy is offended, he must be one of the "good ones". He's definitely not racist because he was so offended by that character.

Yes. Yes, they did.

What's the joke about.Race. It is a racial joke then. The character plays on stereotypes. Think about Breakfast at Tiffany's. It is about cultural competence. We should be more aware of prejudice in everyday society.

Get a sense of humor. People make fun of whites all the time but I guess that's okay?

It's my first time watching this and every time they showed the Asian boy they played that sound.It's hilarious.

Exactly. If anything it showed that Dong was just an average teenager and the grandparents who hosted him has issues. He hooks up with a chick, parties, gets drunk, and is hung over the next morning. Pretty typical teenager for the time.

I don't think the Asian character was represented in a racist way. He was a horny teenage foreign exchange student. He could have been German, Nigerian, French, Argentinian or whatever. Sure, the grandparents made racist comments and treated him more like a house servant than an exchange student. But it was pretty minor and the norm for that generation back in the 1980s. That was the point.

Like I always say the only "success" of the PC crowd is the fact they turned the words "racist", "bigot", "sexist", as laughing matter.
I guess they are very proud of this

People need to stop using the word "racist." It is overused and has lost meaning. Asides from that, we equate it with prejudice and bigotry and there is a difference. We are not going to make any progress on the issue unless as a society we can tell the difference.

Shut up you idiot.

It's not as politically correct today. The Black Guy reference, the Asian jokes, the Italian reference, her breast size, the geek, teens having sex, and the inappropriate reference to male homosexuals wouldn't make it today. But I don't think John Hughes was racist, he saw an opportunity to make fun of a lot of people. He was in it for the laughs. So if you got the laugh, it was okay. It's when people are in it to hurt people that we stop laughing. I remember a post that said labels were used to hurt people in some movies. They made fun of you if you were different. That's hateful. Here, they were looking for laughs, 80's style. It might look like an exploitation movie, making fun of teenagers. But if you accept that going in, then it's for the laughs. Like all the 80's horror flicks, you go in knowing the teens will not survive.
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The part that I found racist was when Sam and her friend were talking about Trans-Ams and boys. Sam says she wants a black one to which her friend responds in a shocked/horrified tone "black guy?!" Sam reassures her she wants a black Trans-am and a pink guy. Her friend sighs in relief. Wow.

Don't feed the troll.

Read tge trivia section. The Asian actor who played the Asian character, did the audition in a mock if Korean, then spoke PERFECT English. So if there was any racism it was done by Asian actor. Typical liberal response, I don't like something so it's whatever ism fits what you want to see.

The "bohunk" remark wasn't very pretty, either.
I'm not crying, you fool, I'm laughing!
Hewwo.

Is that the best you can do?
"check the imdb cast list before asking who portrayed who in movies please"