![]() "In Texas, people used to come up to me and say things like, 'You look just like a real China doll,' " she said. The incident has probably left bruised feelings on all sides. "We hope we didn't offend anyone on a grand scale."īut it was clearly new territory for Maloney - he asked me to explain exactly why the phrase was offensive. "We want to do a better job, do a screening process now," he said. But league organizer Sean Maloney acknowledged that things could have been handled differently. In any event, given the history, why take such a retro phrase and use it for fun? But did Chinese laundry owners really speak this way, or was this, as I suspect, a stereotypical rendering of how some folks thought Chinese people talked back then? Like that "ching chong" nonsense that idiots still mouth for what they imagine is Chinese. "NO TICKY, NO LAUNDRY" or its companion, "No Ticky, No Washy," of course, refers to keeping one's claim ticket. It was because vigilantes and laws kept them from most other work in those virulent anti- Chinese times. So what's the big deal? It's true, after all, that in 1900, there were nearly 5,000 Chinese laundrymen in California, according to the book "Eastern Standard Time." It wasn't because they loved washing clothes. no ticky no laundry means, literally, if you don’t have a ticket you don’t get your laundry. But the name wasn't dropped until last week, at the season's end. So did Craig Salgado, who fields teams for the Jewish Community Center. Joe and her African American boyfriend, Derrick Martin, complained. Turns out the team was not Asian but white. "I looked at the roster at the start of the season," said Kimberly Joe, a Chinese American, "saw 'No Ticky No Laundry' and told my boyfriend, who played in the league, 'You're kidding!' He said, 'Maybe it's a team full of Chinese people. This spring, a recreational team in the Presidio Softball League played under the name No Ticky, No Laundry. And like anything else, something resonates with you if you've had that experience or know the history. Some of these parents are using "China doll" as a term of endearment for their new child. "China doll" is also sexist, connoting a fragile, doll-like nature.Īll of this is coming up now because growing numbers of white Americans are adopting baby girls from China. I'm a yellowish muddy hue, sort of like Richard Rodriguez's new book title, "Brown." But way back, when I was younger and possibly more exotic-looking, I was once called "China doll" by an African American. 13 PJ 5:05pm This must be a good game if this is what is in the forums. ![]() 12 Banr 1:42pm How many dollars do u want I can give u 1 for a tutorial in the voice chat. There is some crossover, with "China doll" sometimes referring to Asian women with porcelain-white skin. If you want something you have to give something in exchange. The latter is a racial stereotype often applied to young Asian women or little girls, who - in the eyes of the stereotype holder - are variously perceived as delicate, lotuslike, exotic, docile and obedient. The former refers to those lovely vitreous porcelain dolls treasured as heirlooms. Yep, we decided that was really dumb.I, too, am moved to say more about the topic, since some of you wrote asking why the term is offensive. ![]() He says, it's when you don't like somebody you don't know. I tell him what happened and he explains it's prejudice, a word I don't know. I don't understand any of this, but my father comes to pick me up, a bit amused I'm doing a gig with the Orangemen. I'm told I can do my act but I have to leave after that: no ice cream with the other kids. For those who don't know, the Orangemen were (or are) an organization in Canada that, to put it mildly, don't like Catholics (see the Northern Ireland "troubles" where this all goes back to).Īnyway, one of the head Orangeman comes over and asks me what school I attended. If the performer is lying about one thing, is he lying about the other and how do you tell the difference?Īs to prejudice and stereotypes: When I was a kid (about 10 years old), I was doing a magic show for children at an Orange Lodge Christmas party. No ticky, no laundry t shirt Essential T-Shirt Designed and sold by Dallas knight 18.67 23. I could never reconcile how magic, which works with lies and deception, could be used to communicate a religious truth or belief. Is there a "Fooled" and "Fooled Again" sucker effect with Jesus? 587Īs a questionable extra, see "Eeny-Meeney-Miney-Mo!" presenting "four little black boys, amusingly depicted and beautifully printed", p. All of them feature many stereotypical depictions of Chinese, Oriental or Indian magi.Ībbott: "Abbott's Chinese Coin Magic/The Greatest of All Coin Tricks", p. 6 from 1966 and the Supreme Magic Catalogue from 1989. I think almost any magic catalog will give you similar results, as it was common to reproduce the illustrations provided by the trick producers.
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