Andrew Yang Pledges to Continue Making Asian Jokes

The opposite of Donald Trump. Photo: Salwan Georges/The Washington Post/Getty Images After months of clamoring for more attention from the political media, Andrew Yang is finally starting to get it. It’s not clear though that this is what he had in mind.

In the days since last week’s Democratic debate, a handful of reporters have written about the varied reactions to Yang’s jokes about being Asian. Among the one-liners:“The opposite of Donald Trump is an Asian man who likes math.”His campaign gear plays it up too. There are hats that read “MATH,” buttons that refer to Yang as “The Man, The Math, The Legend,” and calculators with his name printed on them.

Clearly, there’s an audience for this. Yang has surprised many with his popularity among Democratic primary voters, and he’s been praised by some Asian-Americans for his wisecracks. But Yang has also been criticized for advancing harmful stereotypes about Asians by “obtusely reinforcing the model-minority myth.” His jokes have been referred to as “dangerous and exploitative.” He’s been called just plain hacky.

It’s not just Asian-Americans who are demeaned by Yang’s language and the model-minority myth, Indiana University’s Ellen Wu told the Washington Post. “The biggest risk in my mind is … the work that this stereotype does to dehumanize, to criminalize African-Americans,” Wu said.

On Wednesday, in an interview with Politico, the entrepreneur and universal-basic-income advocate said he’s heard the criticism and he doesn’t plan to stop telling jokes on the stump. “We’re a very diverse community, and if Asian Americans disagree with my response to a particular issue, or a joke I tell, that’s something I would expect and accept,” he said. “I don’t see any reason to dramatically change anything I’ve been doing to date.

He’s sounding more and more a lot like trump

Yes, the good old “it’s perfectly fine for him to be racist cuz he’s a member of the minority he’s stereotyping” excuse

Oh shut up and put on a tie.

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DragonGod2718 yang2020 I love me some jokes!

And this guy wants to be president.

He should double down on the Asian jokes if you ask me. 🥡🥢

Humour never hurts and we need to laugh at ourselves.

I’m not on board with Asians poking fun at themselves leading to the criminalization of African Americans. No doubt there’s historical precedent in some sense, but it seems a stretch to say that will be the effect of what AndrewYang is doing today

Does this mean he will drop out of the campaign and join Shane as a comedic duo stand-up act?

Good for him! If you can’t laugh at yourself and your own community, who can you joke about

“Pledges” What was your first draft hatchet piece title: “Andrew Yang, a Brobot created by Elon Musk & Joe Rogan in an Incel/MRA/8Chan rape dungeon, vows to murder (w/ his laser penis) all Asian Americans 1st before he goes after BIPOC & anyone who may have a social grievance.”

Heard but didn’t understand

marciasgreen This is so “The Onion”. Thanks for sharing, the photo and headline combo cracked me up. “pledges” too funny.

Clown

Great! One thing I love is a man who doesn't take the feelings and opinions of others into account. That is so hard to find too!

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