By Mary Tablante Civil rights organization Asian Pacific American Advocates (OCA) is continuing to take action with both the Federal Communications Commission and ABC Network in relation to the October “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” skit in which a child commented that the solution to solving the United States’ national debt crisis was to “kill everyone in China.” OCA, a national organization …
Read More »Kimmel’s “Kill Chinese” Is Not To Be Forgiven [OPINION]
By Alan Mi By now everybody has heard it. On a recent “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” show, a 6-year-old boy said that America should “kill everyone in China” as a way to solve the national debt problem. It’s just a joke, right? Kid’s words, right? Not so fast. Kimmel repeated the kid’s idea of genocide with a chuckle, “Kill everyone in …
Read More »Lessons from the Jimmy Kimmel Incident
by: Lily Qi Like many, I was surprised by the strong worldwide reactions to an October segment of the “Jimmy Kimmel Kid’s Table” show in which a young guest said we should “kill everyone in China” as a way to settle our national debt with China. Not because the program aired without anyone raising the red flag in the media …
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