Ep 49: Doug Chu on White Churches, Multicultural Worship, and the Asian-American Experience

Today's episode features and interview with Doug Chu on multicultural worship, the Asian-American experience, and a segment I like to call "I wish white churches would..." Doug was kind enough to play along. Doug is a musician and worship leader based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is a volunteer worship team leader at Madison Square Church's Ford campus. An American-born Chinese, Doug was raised in Singapore. As a worship leader, his interests include multicultural worship for congregations seeking racial reconciliation and the intersection of charismatic and liturgical worship.

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The Racism of Arrested Development (And what Mitchell Hurwitz should do next)

Allow me to make a blanket statement: Arrested Development is a racist show.

Its depiction of non-white races is continually offensive, placing African Americans, Hispanics, and Americans of Asian descent on the margins (never in the center) of the plot, while also constantly resorting to jokes that play off the worst stereotypes associated with each of these people groups' ethnic identities.  And please note how there is a lot more racial humor (along with non-white actors) present in the (relatively) recently released season 4 than in the first 3 original seasons.

Now let me say this: This is all part of the joke and I hope you find it funny.