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On Monday, protesters marched through the streets of San Francisco carrying
pictures funny-man Jimmy Kimmel’s face—with a Hitler mustache drawn above
his lip and a swastika by his side. More than 100 people, largely Asian-
Americans, were still fuming about a skit that aired on Kimmel’s late night
show earlier this month.
In the midst of the government shutdown, Kimmel gathered a “Kid’s Table”
to comment on the current state of affairs, similar to previous kids-say-the
-darnedest-things skits that Jimmy Kimmel Live has aired, whether asking
youngsters to explain the national anthem or happenings in politics. When
asked how we should pay back the money the U.S. owes to China, one child at
the table suggested in an unscripted comment that America “kill everyone in
China.” Kimmel chuckled and said, “Okay, that’s an interesting idea,”
and soon jokingly asked a follow up: “Should we allow the Chinese to live?
” The kids gave mixed responses. (You can watch the video here.)
“We have a sense of humor,” the march’s leader Carl Chan said in a speech
outside ABC headquarters. “But not at the expense of killing all Chinese.
” Emphasizing that “kids will be kids,” many protestors argued that the
problem was not the child’s comment but that Kimmel seemed to condone the
idea and did not challenge it. Protest signs connected the skit to violence
in the news. One alleged that ABC and Kimmel “teach kids killing today”
and there’s “a school shooting tomorrow.”
ABC issued an apology late last week to one Asian-American group that
complained about the skit, saying the segment will be edited out of future
airings and online clips. The network has also released this comment to
concerned viewers and consumer groups:
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Katy Steinmetz for TIME
“We offer our sincere apology. We would never purposefully broadcast
anything to upset the Chinese community, Asian community, anyone of Chinese
descent or any community at large. Our objective is to entertain. We took
swift action to minimize the distribution of the skit by removing it from
all public platforms available to us and editing it out of any future
airings of the show. We hope our actions and our apology effectively address
your concerns. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.”
The boisterous group in San Francisco chanted “Fire Jimmy Kimmel,” “
Boycott ABC” and “No more racial hatred.” Through megaphones, they
demanded a more elaborate apology and that an ABC representative come
receive letters of protest. Many had organized through social media and in
response to news on Chinese radio shows. ”Today’s hate speech,” shouted
Chan, an Oakland resident who works in real estate, “becomes tomorrow’s
hate crime.” When no one emerged from the building, Chan started another
chant: “We will be back,” he said, echoed by the crowd. “Today is only
the beginning.”
Read more: http://entertainment.time.com/2013/10/28/kids-say-the-most-divisive-things-asian-americans-protest-jimmy-kimmel/#ixzz2j4bnIqSm | o*****D
发帖数: 1563 | 2 We have a sense of humor,” the march’s leader Carl Chan said in a speech
outside ABC headquarters. “
Carl Chan 是哪位港灿啊？！这么爱国？ | w********e
发帖数: 8594 | 3 大家要积极去评论，积极转帖这新闻。记者看到自己写的这东西这么火，下次都要上门
来打听大家要搞什么活动了。 |
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