Yellow Rage and Beau Sia

[DryInk]

A friend had recently told me to listen to the two [Yellow rage and Beau Sia] I figured that before I'd buy their CDs or DVDs or whatever they have I should do some research. Unfortunately I haven’t found much about them, has anyone ever heard of them. And if so, are they any good?

Thanks.

[Ike]

There's a feature on this site about Beau Sia and his response to Rosie O'Donnell.

[Scowl]

Youtube videos of Beau Sia (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C40EUMU3pFc) and Yellow Rage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi2LoWPImZE) on Def Poetry Jam. A search on youtube should also bring up a ton of material.

[lopan]

Here was our little piece on Beau:

http://www.thefighting44s.com/archives/2007/03/23/beau-sia-def-poetry-jam/

[ZhuBaJie]

started listening to Yellow Rage years ago. those are two very angry Asian women.

[Makulita]

And a note on those YouTube videos, don't read the comments. NEVER read the comments, ever. You don't need that unnecessary infuriation, I know I don't.

Kelly Tsai is a good spoken word artist too, even though she isn't solely about Asian American politics. Bao Phi's another good spoken word artist.

[Scowl]

And a note on those YouTube videos, don't read the comments. NEVER read the comments, ever.

That pretty much goes for all youtube videos.

[nskripchun]

^yeah, a lot of dumbass racists on YouTube.

Beau Sia rocks... other Asian American spoken word artists:

I Was Born With Two Tongues
http://www.2tongues.com/

Bao Phi
http://www.baophi.com/

[atlasien]

I'll check out those Yellow Rage videos later. I just realized that one of the members of the group has posted some stuff at antiracistparent.com.

To Be a Lost Child (http://www.antiracistparent.com/2007/03/02/to-be-a-lost-child/): It's a short introduction and then a personal poem about her upbringing. I've been recommending her piece for a while as an antidote to the belief that racemixing=antiracism. It's depressing and very powerful.