House and Asians

Dear House and the writers of the show "House",

I was watching the marathon going on last night for Thanksgiving and I do not appreciate one of your comments about Asians.

While interviewing a hipster client on T.V., that you ended up rejecting, you mentioned that you'd rather hire an Asian because they all sit in libraries and they don't have time to care about being cool. Then, you said after the interviewee left, that you probably wouldn't hire an Asian because the only reason why they wanted to be doctors were because of parent pressures.

What freaking Asians are you talking about? Have you heard of the "model minority myth"? Probably not, since you've had the privilege of never having to think about your race or anybody elses. And can we REALLY not be doctors other than because our parents wanted us there? Do we have to justify our need to just want to help people?

And THEN! In the episode right afterward, you are helping a poor prison inmate starring LL Cool J. You raise issues of black people and how they are more likely to be incarcerated, not because they are "bad people", but because of the criminal justice system. You talk about societal and biological factors for why people may turn into criminals. And while I am thankful, I am sad to say that there will never be an episode specifically about Asians and health. Will we ever be taken seriously? Not in the near future.

Luckily I had good food, an Asian family full of doctors, construction workers, salespersons, and social workers, and bad reality TV shows to make me feel better.

Not yours,
an in-your-face-not-fitting-the-model-minority Asian.