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05-01-2022, 03:14 PM
By Nicole Chavez, CNN
Updated 0317 GMT (1117 HKT) January 5, 2022
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Last week, an unidentified woman called CNN affiliate KSDK in St. Louis, Missouri to complain that Michelle Li, an anchor and reporter at the station
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"Hi, this evening your Asian anchor mentioned something about being Asian, and Asian people eat dumplings on New Year's Day. And I kind of take offense to that because what if one of your white anchors said, 'Well White people eat this on New Year's Day'. I don't think it was very appropriate that she said that, and she was being very Asian. I don't know. She can keep her Korean to herself," the caller said on the voice message.
"Alright, sorry. It was annoying. Because, if a White person would say that, they would get fired (chuckles). So, say something about what White people eat. Alright, thank you," the caller added.
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"That night my husband gave me a really big, long hug because he knows that 42 years in this body has absorbed 42 years of racism, discrimination and at times, actual violence and to think some people lose their lives simply because a racist is annoyed that they exist," Li said on Monday.
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/01/04/us/mi...index.html
Updated 0317 GMT (1117 HKT) January 5, 2022
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Last week, an unidentified woman called CNN affiliate KSDK in St. Louis, Missouri to complain that Michelle Li, an anchor and reporter at the station
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"Hi, this evening your Asian anchor mentioned something about being Asian, and Asian people eat dumplings on New Year's Day. And I kind of take offense to that because what if one of your white anchors said, 'Well White people eat this on New Year's Day'. I don't think it was very appropriate that she said that, and she was being very Asian. I don't know. She can keep her Korean to herself," the caller said on the voice message.
"Alright, sorry. It was annoying. Because, if a White person would say that, they would get fired (chuckles). So, say something about what White people eat. Alright, thank you," the caller added.
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"That night my husband gave me a really big, long hug because he knows that 42 years in this body has absorbed 42 years of racism, discrimination and at times, actual violence and to think some people lose their lives simply because a racist is annoyed that they exist," Li said on Monday.
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/01/04/us/mi...index.html
