I see what you're saying, but I really appreciate the fact that the show makes fun of itself for doing this - it's pretty clear that they're not trying to be remotely realistic. When Sue split up the group and created "Sue's Kids" with all the the tokens in one singing group. They all met up together for a little jam session and as Sue's Kids were leaving, Artie said "bye, white people!" I love that line because Artie is white. He said this to mock the token abuse in the show.
One thing that really bothers me is how Tina and Mike both have the same last name. Tina Cohen-Chang, Mike Chang. Is Chang the only Asian name you could think of? Neither of the actors have particularly "Asian" names (Jenna Ushkowitz and Harry Shum) so why do the characters need "Asian" names, and if they need "Asian" names WHY ARE THEY THE SAME. I mean yes, there were a lot of Asian kids in my high school who had the same last name and weren't related. But I find it just kind of obnoxious that they do it on the show. There are no other Asian characters to speak of so why bother.
Also: how do people feel about the fact that the two teams they had to compete against were made up of minorities?
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on 2010-02-10 04:48 pm (UTC)One thing that really bothers me is how Tina and Mike both have the same last name. Tina Cohen-Chang, Mike Chang. Is Chang the only Asian name you could think of? Neither of the actors have particularly "Asian" names (Jenna Ushkowitz and Harry Shum) so why do the characters need "Asian" names, and if they need "Asian" names WHY ARE THEY THE SAME. I mean yes, there were a lot of Asian kids in my high school who had the same last name and weren't related. But I find it just kind of obnoxious that they do it on the show. There are no other Asian characters to speak of so why bother.
Also: how do people feel about the fact that the two teams they had to compete against were made up of minorities?