Rep. Judy Chu

“I think that the use of the term is appalling and offensive,” she said on MSNBC. “The ‘c’ word is for Asian Americans like the ‘n’ word is for African Americans.” - Rep. Judy Chu, California (D)

I absolutely applaud Rep. Judy Chu, the Democrat from California. Rep. Chu is not afraid to take the stand that is is absolutely wrong for the ESPN writer, to use the "C" word. As a Politician and a leader in America, she is standing up for what she believes is an appalling and offensive act.

I also admire Rep. Chu in questioning the innocence of the ESPN writer. I looked up the background of the now fired ESPN writer and he is from the State of Connecticut that has a 3.8% Asian population. His hometown is North Haven, CT with only a .1% Asian population. He attended Providence College that is 12 percent Asian, African-American, Hispanic or Native American descent students. On the other hand, nearby New York City is the home to over one million Asian Americans. Living in the Northeast, it is very difficult to believe that the ESPN writer had never heard of this derogatory racial slur. It is also not believable that ESPN did not provide some type of cultural sensitivity training for its employees, especially those with editorial responsibility. It does sound like ESPN does have some editorial review processes since the headline was removed in less than an hour. The fact that he used this line before is not an acceptable excuse, it certainly was not used in context with an Asian American, one that had already been in the news associated with other racial slurs.

Thanks Rep. Chu for standing up for this Asian American.

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