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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Am I the only one who didn't find that ching cong chang thing she did "rasict?"
She just didn't speak Chinese.
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Well, the "ching chong" reference is basically a taunt aimed at a group of people of a specific race. Not "racist" precisely, but derogatory and ignorant none the less. There's been a long history of racism directed towards Asians using the "ching chong" reference that obviously, people aren't aware of.
The problem, IMO, with identifying this slur as racist is its context. There's "Mike Richards type racism" which is overt, obvious and easy to identify, and then there's what Rosie did which was incidental to the story she was telling, but doesn't make it any less of a racist act.
What's irritating to me is that Rosie O'Donnell took a language and used stereotypes to turn it into a cartoon for cheap laughs.