PC police have come for the Hollywood Reporter.
On monday Entertainment outlet tweeted The title commemorates the fact that this year’s Oscar nomination features more actors of Asian descent in the 92-year history of the event than ever before, including Steven Yeun and Yoon Yooh-jung “Minari,” “Sound of Metal” for Miz, and director Chloe Zhao for “Nomadland”. Screenwriter Lee Issac Chung and producer Christina Oh have also been nominated for their work in “Minari”.
“Miscellaneous Field Ashes Actor Actor Shatter A Babu Ceiling, “Read the original title.
The accompanying story was tweeted on Monday morning, but quickly cringed on the Internet. It was “proportioned” by followers with 800 likes before noon, but more than 3,700 retweets – and counting – that “indicate”Problematic“The title, as one critic put it.
“Are you guys out of your mind?” Asked comedian Nikolay Thurman.
“Please change this offensive headline” Urged entertainment writer Jason Fraley.
Made fun of a follower, “I wonder if the article doesn’t play a gong sound when you open it.”
Amid the backlash, a reader attempted to bring the word “bamboo roof” into context.
The term “bamboo roof” was coined by author Jane Hyun in her 2005 book, Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling: Career Strategies for Asian. Added @chidoofauxreal
. Regardless of the author’s ethnicity, others argued that the phrase was well invented before the discourse of diversity became what is today’s hot-button conversation – but it was racist, as it is today.
The heavy criticism eventually prompted Hollywood Reporter writer Rebecca Sun, who produced the article to answer the question.
“Hello! I wrote that title (and story). My editor, who is not Asian, was concerned about it, but it is a conscious choice that I made in the corporate world in the context of the use of the phrase (to the Asian authorities). Difficulty breaking for upper management), ” Clarified the sun, in response to One of many calls To amend the title. “It’s definitely not a puny punishment or anything like that.”
However, the response to Sun’s statement has been mixed, even by fellow Asian writers, such as the self-proclaimed “recovering music journalist” Esta Park.
“This is what you call ‘click bait’. This is Twitter, not the Paris Review. Sorry. Better do it,” she said.
Earlier this month during an interview with Megan Markle and Prince Harry, along with the now-infamous meme depicting a depressed Oprah, vulture writer E.W. Alex Jung made the statement, “Twenty-first bamboo roof discourse at twenty?”
The 93rd Academy Awards will be broadcast on April 25 on ABC from the Dolby Theater in Hollywood as well as Union Station in Los Angeles.
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