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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.
Aoki was joined Thursday by local leaders from longtime advocacy organizations, including the Japanese American Citizens League and the Chinese American Citizens Alliance. "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.
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.
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