Asian American Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang said that he doesn’t believe new Saturday Night Live cast member Shane Gillis should lose his job over past racial slurs. Yang was…
Yang was called a “Jew ch**k on a May podcast by Gillis, whose“For the record, I do not think he should lose his job,” Yang added that he has experienced racial slurs and felt they can be “extraordinarily hurtful.” However, he noted, “But I took the time to watch and listen to Shane’s work. He does not strike me as malignant or evil. He strikes me as a still-forming comedian from central Pennsylvania who made some terrible and insensitive jokes and comments.
It can be extraordinarily hurtful to feel like you are somehow not part of the only country you have ever known. I have certainly felt that – the churning sense of alienation, anger and marginalization.But I took the time to watch and listen to Shane’s work. He does not strike me as malignant or evil. He strikes me as a still-forming comedian from central Pennsylvania who made some terrible and insensitive jokes and comments.I understand those who have another point of view on this.
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