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slaps my right arm and says, “ You know, Johnson, I was thinking about how you're the one
that's overrated. But then I realized that in order to be overrated, you actually have to be rated
first, which you're not, not even a tiny blip on the radar.”
nonsense.
“ I know you're a huge blip on the gay-dar, ” I rebut, hoping that he would stop his
“ I take it back about you being funny. ” Gabriel slouches in the passenger seat and
looks out the window.
I want to annoy him some more, since that's what a best friend's for. “ Hey, man. Why
don't you ever shave? You always have that nasty, thick beard. I don't want people to think I'm
hanging out with a homeless person. ” That should annoy him for sure.
“ I'd worry more about the way you look, Johnson. You always have that short, spiky,
one-dimensional, Bed Head haircut, just like every d@mn Asian guy. ” He's right; I do have
that “ short, spiky, one-dimensional, Bed Head haircut, just like every d@mn Asian guy. ”
“ My mom pays for my haircuts, so I can't really grow it out, ” I say, hesitantly.
“ Mommy this and Mommy that, “ Gabriel responds cynically. “ You have to break out of
that typical Asian guy mold. Grow your hair out, stop wearing that Abercrombie and Banana
Republic cr@p, and maybe go to a regular restaurant instead of those in Chinatown or
Koreatown.”
He's right again, especially about the last part. I do admit that I'm always eating at a
Chinese restaurant; or eating at a Korean restaurant; or eating at a Japanese restaurant.
That's the thing about Asian restaurants. They all congregate together to form a Chinatown,
Koreatown, or a Japantown. And it's interesting that I've never heard of an Iraqtown or an
Australiatown or any other 'town' for that matter. The reason is because Asian people are
insecure and fearful; they don't think they can get any business, unless it has an Asian theme
like Chinatown, Koreatown, or Japantown. They can't be unique so they have to share the
same archetypal and cultural theme for their stores. They figure that they can make big
money huddled up in a theme town— aka Asiatown— versus being unique and different by
going independent. Why be a pauper fish in a big pond when you can be a king fish in a small
pond? It's always about the money.
“ What's wrong with being Asian? ” I ask Gabriel, musingly.
“ There's nothing wrong with being Asian, ” Gabriel replies adamantly. “ There is,
however, such a thing as being too Asian. You live here in America, bro. A multicultural