In a show of support for the ongoing politically correct attack on the Washington Redskins team name, comedian and talk show host Stephen Colbert went where most white men fear to tread and critics are now calling for his Comedy Central show to be cancelled.
On Thursday’s episode of the “Colbert Report,” the host was mocking team owner Dan Snyder for launching a foundation to help Native Americans in response to calls for him to change the team’s name.
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Colbert’s character on the show is a self-proclaimed “idiot,” and he announced on Thursday’s show that he was starting his own foundation, the Ching Chong Ding Dong Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever — a play on a previous character from the show.
A tweet announcing the foundation was posted on Twitter Thursday afternoon from @ColbertReport — an account that does not appear to be controlled by Colbert (see below). The tweet was later deleted.
The satirical mocking of Asians failed miserable, with offended Twitter users expressing their outrage by launching a #CancelColbert hashtag.
Entertainment Weekly captured some of the more family-friendly responses:
When satire becomes as offensive and hurtful as the thing satirized it is no longer satire. It is simply more injustice. #cancelcolbert
— Arlene Adamo (@ArleneAdamo) March 28, 2014
Good humor punches up, at the powerful. Lazy humor relies on racist stereotypes. Apologize and do better. #CancelColbert
— Shane Landrum (@cliotropic) March 28, 2014
I’m sick of my daughter’s ethnicity being a punchline. It sure wasn’t funny for her when she was mocked in kindergarten. #CancelColbert
— Amy D. Cubbage (@amydcubbage) March 28, 2014
In response to the firestorm, a follow up tweet was posted by @ColbertReport late Thursday:
For the record @ColbertReport is not controlled by Stephen Colbert or his show. He is @StephenAtHome Sorry for the confusion #CancelColbert
— The Colbert Report (@ColbertReport) March 28, 2014
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