Practice What You Preach
I was disturbed today when I read about comedian Rosie O'Donnell making fun of the Chinese language on the national television show The View (S.F. Chronicle, 12/14/06, A5).
She justified her remark as doing her "best impression" of what Chinese sounded like. Somehow, it seems like whenever people decide to do an "impression" of the Chinese language, they all use the word "ching chong" repeatedly. Is there a universal school that teaches the racist "impression" that we don't know about?
The thing is, whether O'Donnell had meant to insult anyone on purpose or not, her "impression" had hurt people everywhere, especially the Chinese.
If O'Donnell doesn't apologize for her remark, then she should have not right to complain about any derogoratory remarks being thrown toward her as a gay person.
She justified her remark as doing her "best impression" of what Chinese sounded like. Somehow, it seems like whenever people decide to do an "impression" of the Chinese language, they all use the word "ching chong" repeatedly. Is there a universal school that teaches the racist "impression" that we don't know about?
The thing is, whether O'Donnell had meant to insult anyone on purpose or not, her "impression" had hurt people everywhere, especially the Chinese.
If O'Donnell doesn't apologize for her remark, then she should have not right to complain about any derogoratory remarks being thrown toward her as a gay person.
posted by Jeanne Loh at 5:58 PM
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