How to make Chinese New Year more diversity sensitive
Since we pride ourselves on diversity sensitivity in Vancouver with our multicultural composition and acceptance of various minority, lifestyle, and social groups, Chinese New Year should be no exception.
A good example is Gung Haggis Fat Choy, which caters to the Scottish, Chinese, and Scottish-Chinese-Canadians-who-like-to-wear-kilts-in-the-freezing-winter communities.
To make the occasion more inclusive, here are a few suggestions of appropriate celebratory expressions (adapted from the Chinese New Year expression Gung Hay Fat Choy), for people of different social groups.
vegetarians: Gung Hay Bok Choy
dieters: Gung Hay Skinny Choy
health food eaters: Gung Hay Flax Chow
overeaters: Gung Ho Fat Boy
crazy cat ladies: Gung Ho Cat Meow
rednecks: Dung Hay Farm Boy
cheeky gay men: Hung Gay Fag Boy
untalented entertainers: Gong Show Fat Chance
Guidos: Go Away Fat Chance
movie buffs: Chow Yun Fat Choy
drunken male university students: Gung Hey Frat Boy
hip-hoppers: Gang Hey Phat Homeboy
Irritable Bowel Syndrome patients: Gurgle Hay Fart Choy
people with rotting body parts: Gangrene Hay Fat Ew
Have any suggestions? Post them below!
Comments
3 Comments
John Lucas
Feb 8, 2008 at 12:24pm
On <i>The Colbert Report</i> last night, Stephen Colbert decided to combine Chinese New Year with Black History Month and make it a celebration of "Chinese African-Americans". Oddly enough, he didn't mention Tiger Woods, who (according to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_woods#Background_and_family" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>) is one-quarter Chinese, one quarter Thai, one quarter African American, one-eighth Native American, and one-eighth Dutch.
Craig Takeuchi
Feb 8, 2008 at 1:03pm
Naomi Campbell is of part-Chinese Jamaican ancestry (but you rarely hear about that).
Gung Hey Mon Choy.
Todd Wong
Jan 21, 2013 at 1:31am
For 2013... We will create Gagnam Haggis Phat Boy