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Good For You, Guy: Bruce Chen “Not Offended At All” By Teammate Giving The Chink-Eye

June 11th, 2012 | 3 comments | Posted by Jen

So, Saturday night during a game between the Kansas City Royals and the Pittsburgh Pirates, this happened…

Bruce Chen, who was being interviewed by FOX at the bottom of the 4th, is Panamanian of Chinese descent and a pitcher for the Royals. Humberto Quintero, who was giving the chink-eye, is Venezuelan and catcher for the team. Chen commented on the incident later when he saw the video and didn’t seem bothered by it:

“I’m not offended at all,” Chen insisted. “I’m proud of my heritage and being Asian. I really like the way my eyes look. It makes me look sexy. It’s just joking around. I’m definitely not offended, and I hope other people don’t get offended.

“I don’t think, by any means, was he trying to put my race down. He was doing it to me, and I like the way my eyes look.”

I get that Chen’s a pitcher and Quintero his catcher, and they have a close relationship that lends itself to them giving one another shit of this sort, like, all the time. But when Continue reading Good For You, Guy: Bruce Chen “Not Offended At All” By Teammate Giving The Chink-Eye

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Disgrasian Dictionary

Mutasian –: A recurring archetype in movies and television who does not have speaking lines. Also known as an Ornamental.
CHINYSTERIA –: The alarmist fear that China is our new enemy and wants to poison our food, eat our dogs, take over the country and force us all to speak Ching-Chong.
Discrazian –: Shameful member of the tribe who is also crazy.
MALAPROPASIAN –: Asian who uses sucky speech, or sucky speech used by Asians.
Lifestyle Asiaphile –: A person who fetishizes Asian dress, food, religion, and/or culture, often to the detriment of his/her own health and that of others. Example: Jeremy Piven.