GQ Editor Offends Asians
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On the heels of Don Imus, GQ editor Jim Nelson is drawing fire over his letter to readers in the May issue, where he uses the phrase ⿿Asian whores⿿ twice. In discussing the hit DVD ⿿The Secret,⿿ which preaches the power of positive thinking, Nelson⿿s letter coaxes, ⿿visualize what you want (an Alfa Romeo? Leather pants? An Asian whore?), think positively, and ⿿the universe will . . . make it happen for you.⿿⿿ Janice Lee, deputy executive director of the Asian American Journalists Association, told Page Six, ⿿It is appalling that an editor would find it acceptable to use such racist and sexist language. That GQ is considered a ⿿men⿿s magazine⿿ is not an excuse.⿿ A spokesperson for the Asian American Justice Association told Page Six, ⿿The use of the term ⿿Asian whore⿿ was unnecessary. To racialize the term ⿿whore⿿ is completely irrelevant in this context. It⿿s disturbing.⿿ Nelson ends his letter with a ⿿thumbs up⿿ to any reader whose wishes are met. ⿿If it⿿s an Asian whore, congrats. But please don⿿t make a DVD about it.⿿ Nelson told Page Six, ⿿I think if you read you⿿ll see I⿿m skewering a Western attitude that one ought to find noxious. The notion that Westerners can have and exploit whatever they want.⿿
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