Macaulay Culkin's past comments and how white parents might ‘other’ their multiracial children

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In 2018, Macaulay Culkin said he would be “allowed” to make Asian jokes if he had Asian children because he would deal with their race daily and therefore “understand the struggle.” - NBCAsianAmerica

Brenda Song and Macaulay Culkin attend the sixth biennial Stand Up To Cancer telecast on Sept. 7, 2018 in Santa Monica, Calif.Pawan Dhingra, a professor of American studies at Amherst College, told NBC Asian America that Culkin’s comments are problematic as they objectify his own family.

“Mother, Father and Baby are all healthy and happy,” the statement read. “Says the new parents, ‘We are overjoyed.’” “I do it with her all the time, but I don’t do it in public,” Culkin said of making Asian jokes. “It’s like, oh, baby, you’re my Yoko.” At one point, Culkin told Rogan that if he had Asian children, he would be “allowed” to make those comments. He added that because he’d have to deal with the children’s race every day, he would therefore “understand the struggle,” before eventually agreeing with the host, who reminded him that he is a “wealthy white male who’s famous.”

Just as men who have daughters can still be sexist and are not immediately in touch with women’s issues due to their parenthood, those with multiracial children can similarly lack knowledge about the experiences and burdens that people of color carry, Dhingra said.

 

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NBCAsianAmerica This must be the textbook definition of “Slow news day”

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NBCAsianAmerica Well the good thing about him is, he doesn’t have to be worried about being canceled. He’s been forgotten already

NBCAsianAmerica Sad he thought this was ok. It isn’t.

NBCAsianAmerica Not looking to Macaulay Culkin for guidance on any serious issue.

NBCAsianAmerica ..and then we remembered that Macaulay Culkin's not been relevant since he was 8 uears old, so never mind.

NBCAsianAmerica everyone look at nbc outing themselves as b!igots

NBCAsianAmerica Everyone is 'allowed'. It's more a matter of whether or not you know you why you shouldn't. And you'd think bullying your own kids into feeling hopelessly inferior would be a pretty big reason not to..

NBCAsianAmerica If Black people are allowed to use the N word, really anything should be on the table for others to say too. It’s just fair IMO

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NBCAsianAmerica This is a big dumb take. He was just joking about the fact he's going to be having kids with his wife of another ethnicity while sharing jokes with his wife which they both laughed together about it. This is clearly dumb clickbait on a slow news week.

NBCAsianAmerica Not sure why anyone would be shocked that Culkin is an entitled asshole

NBCAsianAmerica MY SISTER ADOPTED 2 WHITE CHILDREN AND ASKS THEM TO APOLOGISE FOR SLAVERY EVERYDAY.

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Did a member of the KKK write this article?

bc nobody can just be in love now... ya'll old b!gots are outing yourselves daily in the news now lol

That's absolutely true. A white person with mixed race children can never understand the racism that his/her children will endure throughout their lifetime as they themselves will NEVER experience that. They may somehow fell some sympathy, but know how they feel? NEVER.

Do you pick peanuts out of shit?

You keep re-posting the same non story. How is the Home Alone kid from the 90' Newsworthy?

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Wokeism is a danger

Lame

No Amherst professor should ever be quoted in a serious news article.

NBCAsianAmerica Um, that's like saying you can make jokes about Jews because you converted. No dice Kevin...

NBCAsianAmerica Oh geeze. Come on. That is just someone saying something dumb. Americans do that everyday, multiple times a day. Chill.

NBCAsianAmerica Did the Home Alone kid murder someone in the street recently? Did he tell his fans to invade the U.S. Capitol and kill his VP? Why is his 2018 thoughts, in my 2021 timeline?

NBCAsianAmerica “News”? Unfollowed.

NBCAsianAmerica A guy made a stupid comment three years ago, so let's ruin his fucking life the same week he announced that he's having a kid.

NBCAsianAmerica Macaulay Culkin has literally looked like he's been dying since Home Alone 1. I don't know what it is with him but he looks permanently ill. Like he needs a good feed or something. Still a legend for the Home Alone movies though.

NBCAsianAmerica You don’t have to do this NBCAsianAmerica

NBCAsianAmerica Stop trying to cancel Macaulay. He just had a baby.

NBCAsianAmerica Another race-based tweet for NBC. What’s that? Like the 20th one of the day already?

NBCAsianAmerica Alright let’s cancel him for sayin something half witted.

No one in America should fear for their life or made to feel like a second class citizen simply because of their appearance (race and/or sex) or for any other reasons.

Diversity is America's strength. We should all freely and willingly come to assimilate and realize together that it's part of the values and idea of America-- equal treatment, opportunity and justice for all.

White Americans can no longer avoid 'the talk,' too. Our U.S. history is littered & documented with acts of violence perpetrated by White Americans against all other Americans. The time for atonement for the sins of our fathers, this generational curse, has come due. No denying.

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Lol he said this year's ago and he was joking. get a life if you have to go searching for something to be offended about

I have never seen a bigger waste of typing and bandwidth than this article.

Michael Jackson abused this poor child-actor. It’s plainly obvious.

And people with a family member with Down Syndrome still use the word retarded. God, people are so damn ignorant.

😂 This victim hood cult is ridiculous

...and if grandma had wheels, she might have been a streetcar. It's all POSSIBLE, so what? It's not news, and it's not news.

News media now race hustlers. This is pathetic and beyond funny

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