I want to be famous … but not like that…

[almostwitty]

For a while, I’ve been looking on enviously while the powers-that-be seem determined to groom zuzula into a TV star - or at least, a journalist who appears on the television talking knowledgably about technology - and wondering if I’ll ever get my chance. This of course seems unlikely, especially considering Gok Wan (he has a BIOGRAPHY now!) has taken up the mantle of the first non-kung-fu British-Chinese person to get his own TV show. Lucky sod.

Then for work purposes, two television producers hovered round my desk today while I changed a website based on their whims. They coo’ed, ahh’ed, touched my arms and generally acted as if I was a genius. Which was most annoying because I patently am not. Then they turned to me and said “You’d be great in our diversity video!” and asked me if I wanted to be on it.

On one hand, I’d love to be in the limelight … at the same time, being in the limelight because of an accident of race as opposed to, y’know, doing something worthwhile or interesting seems a bit off. But then maybe rewriting words and putting in images on websites is a highly-skilled art and one that deserves to be lauded in a diversity film?

If someone asked you to be in a diversity video, would you go on it?

Originally published at almost witty. You can comment here or there.

Comments

[nicnac.livejournal.com]

Yes I would, because it's all about education. The more people are educated regarding other cultures or even simply other people's viewpoints, the better a place the world becomes*.

*Sounds slightly Yoda, but you know what I mean.

[almostwitty]

True, but on the other hand, I can't imagine people who don't care about other world cultures would pay any attention to a diversity video.

[nicnac.livejournal.com]

I guess it depends where it is shown. If, for example, it is shown in school, it will go straight over the heads of a significant percentage, but might strike a chord with a few.

[hellmutt.livejournal.com]

Quite frankly I feel I've nothing intelligent to say about my 'disability', so I couldn't help feeling it'd be pointless.

That and I'd not appear in any kind of video on account of a dread loathing of being the wrong side of a lens.

[wildly-blessed.livejournal.com]

Nahh, I wouldn't do it.

[grahamwest.livejournal.com]

That strikes me as being like saying, "Hey, come help us show off our token Chinese person!"

[almostwitty]

Yup, that's what it feels like.

Mind you, the two TV producers concerned were Indian-British...

[klynn330.livejournal.com]

What, they can't find some other Welsh computer guy and they NEED you :p