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Guy Aoki , president of Media Action Network for Asian Americans, calls on Netflix and Bud Light to cut business ties with comic Shane Gillis.Asian American leaders met in Los Angeles to urge Netflix and Bud Light to drop controversial comic Shane Gillis unless he apologizes for past racist comments.
Since racist and homophobic comments Gillis made on his podcast surfaced several years ago, Gillis' star has only risen. He has a top-watched show on Netflix and a sponsorship deal with Bud Light. In February, he hostedOn a 2018 episode of his podcast, Gillis used anti-Asian slurs and expletives to make fun of Chinese people living in Chinatown. In the same episode, Gillis made homophobic comments about director Judd Apatow and fellow comic Chris Gethard. Gillis has only apologized to Gethard.Asian American leaders met in Los Angeles to demand Netflix and Bud Light cut business ties with Shane Gillis unless the comic apologizes for past racist remarks. Gillis' comments on his podcast, surfaced in 2019, led to public outcry and to him being dropped from the cast ofwith him that includes stand-up specials and a comedy series and Bud Light's decision to sponsor his upcoming comedy tour."If you duck a few years, slowly build your career back up and continue on as if nothing had happened, you can come back even stronger than ever," said Guy Aoki, founding president of Media Action Network for Asian Americans. Aoki was joined Thursday by local leaders from longtime advocacy organizations, including the Japanese American Citizens League and the Chinese American Citizens Alliance. Democratic Congressmember Judy Chu, who chairs the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, issued a statement that was read at the press conference. "I hope that after these years of hate and discrimination against our communities, Mr. Gillis has taken the time to reflect upon his past words and actions and will finally apologize to the Asian American community,' Chu said. On a 2018 episode of his podcast, Gillis used anti-Asian slurs and expletives to make fun of Chinese people living in Chinatown. In the same episode, Gillis made homophobic comments about director Judd Apatow and fellow comic Chris Gethard, who are known for a more sensitive brand of comedy."He will apologize for a gay slur against a straight man, but not against those slurs against Asian Americans," Aoki said, noting Gillis used the same anti-Asian slur on a different podcast to describe former presidential candidate Andrew Yang."We don't appreciate the double standard." The Asian American leaders held their event about Shane Gillis at the Chinese American Citizens Alliance lodge in Chinatown. Henry Lo, the vice president of the L.A. chapter of the alliance, said it was not lost on the group that this month marks the 41st anniversary of Vincent Chin's killing. Chin was beaten to death in Detroit by two autoworkers, with one of the attackers saying it was “because of you” that people were out of work. "Words and actions have consequences," said Lo, who's also a Monterey Park council member."When we do not call out slurs and language that perpetuate Asian Americans as perpetual foreigners, then it runs the danger of inflaming fear, hatred, and in some cases, violence directed Asian Americans."has been one of the streamer's top 10 shows since it debuted in late May, and was renewed for a second season even before its premiere. A new stand-up special will come out in 2025.Josie Huang reports on the intersection of being Asian and American and the impact of those growing communities in Southern California.
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