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Following Variety's exclusive reporting in November that Jay Leno made an off-color, anti-Asian joke as a guest judge on NBC's "America's Got Talent," Asian Americans in Hollywood expressed their praise for actor and ex-"AGT" judge Gabrielle Union for reportedly flagging the joke to the show's producers. A month after Union's season wrapped, her contract with the show was not renewed.
Daniel Dae Kim, a keynote speaker at the event, added, "Gabrielle Union has always been an outspoken advocate for the Me Too Movement and for equal rights in general so I support her and what she had to do."
Union alluded to her firing from "America's Got Talent" at an event on Monday morning, although did not specifically call out the series or NBC.
"Don't be the happy negro that does the bidding of the status quo because you're afraid. Don't allow them to call you angry when someone else is called passionate. It's terrifying. There's a solid chance you'll lose your job … I speak from experience," she said.
NBCUniversal has engaged a third party to investigate accounts of racial insensitivity, labor code violations like judge Simon Cowell's reported indoor smoking, as well as a hostile climate for "AGT's" female judges.
Recently, two advocacy groups — the Asian Americans Advancing Justice and the Media Action Network for Asian Americans — called on NBC to sever business ties with Leno.
Get 'em, girl! More at the link.
And now:
Following Variety's exclusive reporting in November that Jay Leno made an off-color, anti-Asian joke as a guest judge on NBC's "America's Got Talent," Asian Americans in Hollywood expressed their praise for actor and ex-"AGT" judge Gabrielle Union for reportedly flagging the joke to the show's producers. A month after Union's season wrapped, her contract with the show was not renewed.
Daniel Dae Kim, a keynote speaker at the event, added, "Gabrielle Union has always been an outspoken advocate for the Me Too Movement and for equal rights in general so I support her and what she had to do."
Union alluded to her firing from "America's Got Talent" at an event on Monday morning, although did not specifically call out the series or NBC.
"Don't be the happy negro that does the bidding of the status quo because you're afraid. Don't allow them to call you angry when someone else is called passionate. It's terrifying. There's a solid chance you'll lose your job … I speak from experience," she said.
NBCUniversal has engaged a third party to investigate accounts of racial insensitivity, labor code violations like judge Simon Cowell's reported indoor smoking, as well as a hostile climate for "AGT's" female judges.
Recently, two advocacy groups — the Asian Americans Advancing Justice and the Media Action Network for Asian Americans — called on NBC to sever business ties with Leno.
Get 'em, girl! More at the link.
