Yellow is not mellow: Asian-American files $4 billion lawsuit against insensitive Miley Cyrus
Teen pop star Miley Cyrus posed for a stupid photo with her friends making slant-eye gestures.
Dumb, but nothing to make a federal case out of, right?
Wrong.
Leave it to Asian-American grievance-mongers to blow things completely out of proportion.
To borrow a phrase from President Obama’s favorite inaugural preacher, Rev. Joseph Lowery, yellow is not mellow:
Miley Cyrus has said she meant no offense by a gesture that some have construed as insensitive to Asians — but one woman isn’t buying the pop star’s story, and she thinks Cyrus should pay.
TMZ reports that the Los Angeles woman, Lucie J. Kim, has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of all Asian Pacific Islanders living in Los Angeles County. And she’s seeking quite a payout: $4 billion.
In the controversial photo, Cyrus, 16, is shown sitting on her boyfriend Justin Gaston’s lap surrounded by a group of friends all making a stereotypical gesture by pulling their eyes into a slanted position.
…Kim’s lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, accuses Cyrus of a civil rights violation and requests at least $4,000 in damages per potential plaintiff, according to TMZ, which says a representative for Cyrus couldn’t be reached Wednesday for comment.
Litigious ethnic mau-mau-ers come in all colors. You can thank the cult of multiculturalism and victimhood chic for spawning these silly creatures.
Two words for all parties involved: Grow up.
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This is an actual phrase in one particular Chinese dialect. It means, “I am a stupid pig.”
Sorry, I’m not in a conciliatory mood this morning.)
On February 12th, 2009 at 7:23 am, RabbidSquirrel said:
How much do you think we can get if we sue her for imitating a Caucasian in all of her other photos?
Or for Barak Obama imitating a black guy?
or a President
I must have missed that part where Michelle claimed injury and sued Rosie?
The hypocrisy was O’Donnell’s – liberals are the ones who extol PC correctness as some sort of virtue and there she was making fun of the speech difficulties east Asians have with English. But she isn’t alone, all liberals live in their own little double standard world where they accept blacks insulting blacks and accept blacks insulting whites but heaven help any white who insults a black. Just ask Amos and Andy…
Truth is more important than feel-good headlines. Thank you liberal, victim-mongering, moral-less, unaccountable members of the (anti-)American Bar Association. The law firm undertaking this wrongful depiction of Asians is doing so pro bono, right?
I think that photo is hilarious. The 3 white people in the photo put on slitty eyes while the only Asian in the photo shows that “hey, I’m asian but my eyes are nothing like that!”. Maybe it’s just that I’m one of those Asians who are confident enough to have a laugh at their own expense.
Grievience mongers of any colour sicken me.
If I want to make a funny face for a picture, is it safe to squeeze my cheeks together? Or would I get sued for that?
I should probably get a legal opinion from a law firm regarding all possible funny faces.
Dear Asians,
If you are so sensitive, Please dont hesitate to move back.
I am. Arguing “poor judgement” by her is a joke, and is a symptom of our over-PC society. She didn’t beat anyone up, or call someone the “n” word, or get caught on video blowing guys in the bathroom…she made a face. Oh, the horror!!!!
The only people exercising poor judgement here is the moron suing her, and those who feel the need to assign moral equivalency to a kid goofing around with her friends.
That reminds of a nitwit trial lawyer as a guest on a talk radio program defending huge jury awards. His reasoning was that there are so many lawyers for so few ‘deep pocket’ trials that, when you manage to get retained for one, you HAVE TO go for a huge award because you might not get another case for a long time! Lawyers have got to eat ya know!
Too bad it was radio, I wished I could’ve seen his face when he said that.
On second thought … if I had seen him say that on TV I probably would have thrown something at him and broken the set.
I would be inclined to agree about the severity; however, there is still something to be said about the fact that she is still a very popular figure for young girls. It is a slight bit more than some random teenager making a face.
However, I don’t like political correctness, either. The reason I called it “poor judgment” was because it could have consequences (albeit likely minor) to her career (e.g. endorsements, PR, etc). To the average teenager, who would care? However, she earns a very large living on her image. Doing this, joke or not, did a bit of damage to her image. That’s poor judgment for someone in her place.
I’m certainly not horrified by it. I think the whole thing is rather dumb, but I also wouldn’t blame any sponsor that might choose not to use her in their advertising.
Why don’t they sue John McCain for his “gooks” comments?
A police officer’s opinion of attorneys:
An attorney was questioning a police officer in a trial, trying to cast doubt on the word of the first officer on the scene of the crime…
Atty: So you trust the other officer?
Cop: Yes, sir. I trust him with my life and the lives of my family.
Atty: You trust him that much, huh? Tell me this, detective: Do you have a locker in the police station where you keep your stuff?
Cop: Yes, sir.
Atty: And do you keep a lock on this locker?
Cop: Yes, sir. I do.
Atty: Well, if you trust your brother officers so much, why do you keep a lock on your locker?
Cop: Well, sir, our locker room is in this building, and attorneys have been seen in there.
ECS
“They” who?
Did you even bother to form a complete thought before posting this? Or was the inclusion of McCain’s name with the word “gook” enough to forgo any actual point?
Ready, Fire, Aim?
I’d accuse him of “Type, Submit, Think”…but I honestly don’t think he even thought about his comment after posting it.
I don’t understand why orientals are offended by someone noticing that they have different eyes than occidentals. (Not asians, just orientals. Asians typically have the same style of eyes that the western world has)
It’s not an insult. It’s just a difference. Why complain that someone noticed it? What’s next: The Irish are going to start complaining that people noticed that they typically have blond or red hair? The Chinese will complain that someone noticed that they all have black hair? Africans will complain that someone mentioned that their skin is darker than that of others?
Sheesh. Get over yourselves, races. We all have differences, and that’s fodder for humor. Quit trying to make humor illegal.
Ok, so blowing people up – or your girlfriend blowing herself up under your direction – is ok and results in a Profesorship and juice at the White House. Pulling your eyes back results in a $4 billion lawsuit. Yes, the Dems have made their mark.
Well Professor should be spelled correctly, but hey…
What possible grounds can there be for a lawsuit?
Napolitano’s insulting my veteran status was worse. I just consider the source and laugh it off.