The comments have prompted backlash from many on social media who accused Sen. Grassley of invoking the model minority stereotype.
Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images file Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, drew criticism Wednesday for comments he made about Lucy Koh, a Korean American judicial nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in which he described stereotypes about Korean people.
The comments prompted backlash from many on social media who accused Grassley of invoking the model minority stereotype. “It is not a compliment to say Koreans can make something out of nothing. We don’t survive and make a living to be validated or congratulated by people like Grassley,” she said.
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