Storytelling Saturday #5: “Ching Chong, they chime along.”

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Now, something a bit different…

In 2011, Wallace was mad 

so told YouTube that she hates Ching Chong, 

and those from China shouldn’t belong 

to the University where she learned yearlong. 

I am Korean. 

She’s not the first person to say Ching Chong 

The name carries on from long-lost songs

Ching chong, Chinaman, the song chimes on 

mortifying Asians since before dawn. 

Again, I am Korean. 

Hey there Chong Ching, he said to me

thinking it’d be funny to make fun of me (I think).

To achieve what, I’m not so sure 

if he wanted a friend, why not say hello?

C’mon White man, get yourself together

It’s only two words you’ve got to remember 

If you’re not going to be kind, at least be clever

Lest you make me glad that I’m not one of you ever.

But then again, I do understand, that

if you had the brains, you would’ve used it by then.  

We never became friends, in case you wonder.

But do visit Chong Qing, it’s a beautiful place to wander.

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