{"id":2438,"date":"2016-07-19T15:57:24","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T15:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mdifilm.com\/2016\/?p=2438"},"modified":"2016-07-19T16:00:09","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T16:00:09","slug":"election-year-politicians-need-learn-diversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdifilm.com\/2024\/election-year-politicians-need-learn-diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Election year, the politicians need to learn about diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in 2012, an insensitive material was distributed by a candidate in the Republican party using a stereotype of the Chinese take out boxes to depicts the trade with China deal made by their opponent, fast forward to 2016, same mistake is done again, but this time, by a Democratic party’s Ted Strickland. Johnny Wu and Lisa Was were recently interviewed on this exact issue and\u00a0you can read it in \u00a0this article<\/a>. And the interview can be read\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

OCA Cleveland Chapter release this statement with OCA National:<\/p>\n

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OCA is Disappointed With Insensitive \u2018Fortune Cookie\u2019 Political Gimmick<\/strong><\/p>\n

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n

18 July 2016<\/p>\n

CONTACT:\u00a0 Nick Lee | Communications Associate
\n202 223 5500 | nlee@ocanational.org<\/p>\n

WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 OCA \u2013 Asian Pacific American Advocates is disappointed with the culturally insensitive \u2018fortune cookie\u2019 gimmick used on the Ohio campaign trail.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, fortune cookies were distributed<\/a> on behalf of a candidate in the upcoming elections in Ohio. These fortune cookies contained a message targeting the candidate\u2019s political opponent in the upcoming election. The message reads \u201cRob Portman: The Best Senator China\u2019s Ever Had\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis election season we have seen politicians from across the political spectrum stoop incredibly low to grab political points,\u201d said Leslie Moe-Kaiser, OCA National President. \u201cThis fortune cookie ad is an unfortunate example of this lowering of the political dialogue. As others have pointed out, the fortune cookie is actually an American invention<\/a>, so using it as a means to draw a negative association with the Chinese government\u2019s trade policy is extremely misguided at best. Using Chinese American customs to criticize a foreign government will result in a negative association between Chinese Americans and a foreign threat, an association that was used to justify the dehumanizing Chinese Exclusion Act.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe at the OCA \u2013 Greater Cleveland chapter are dismayed by the use of this gimmick in Ohio, home of a strong Asian American and Chinese American community,\u201d said Lisa Wong, President of the OCA \u2013 Greater Cleveland Chapter. \u201cOur Ohio elected officials fail to accurately represent our communities when they equate Chinese Americans and our contributions to American culture with foreign trade, highlighting their own blindness to the cultural relevancy of Chinese Americans. We must protest against this insensitive behavior no matter the candidate or their political affiliation.\u201d<\/p>\n

OCA Cleveland previously joined efforts<\/a> to remove an offensive campaign mailer in 2012 that used typical Chinese American takeout boxes to target a political opponent on trade.<\/p>\n

OCA \u2013 Asian Pacific American Advocates is a national organization of community advocates dedicated to improving the social, political, and economic well-being of Asian Pacific Americans (APAs).<\/p>\n

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Back in 2012, an insensitive material was distributed by a candidate in the Republican party using a stereotype of the Chinese take out boxes to depicts the trade with China deal made by their opponent, fast forward to 2016, same mistake is done again, but this time, by a Democratic party’s Ted Strickland. Johnny Wu and Lisa Was were recently interviewed on this exact issue and\u00a0you can read it in \u00a0this article. And the interview can be read\u00a0here. OCA Cleveland Chapter release this statement with OCA National: \u00a0 OCA is Disappointed With Insensitive \u2018Fortune Cookie\u2019 Political Gimmick \u00a0 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 18 July 2016 CONTACT:\u00a0 Nick Lee | Communications Associate 202 223 5500 | nlee@ocanational.org WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 OCA \u2013 Asian Pacific American Advocates is disappointed with the culturally insensitive \u2018fortune cookie\u2019 gimmick used on the Ohio campaign trail. Yesterday, fortune cookies were distributed on behalf of a candidate in the upcoming elections in Ohio. These fortune cookies contained a message targeting the candidate\u2019s political opponent in the upcoming election. The message reads \u201cRob Portman: The Best Senator China\u2019s Ever Had\u201d. \u201cThis election season we have seen politicians from across the political spectrum stoop incredibly low to grab political points,\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[33,168,169],"class_list":["post-2438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-oca","tag-politics","tag-stereotypes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdifilm.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdifilm.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdifilm.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdifilm.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdifilm.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2438"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mdifilm.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2440,"href":"https:\/\/mdifilm.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438\/revisions\/2440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdifilm.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdifilm.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdifilm.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}