Several organizations condemned humorist Jesse Watters' piece on "The O'Reilly Factor," calling it racist and demeaning to Asian Americans. We should be far beyond tired, racist stereotypes and targeting an ethnic group for humiliation and objectification on the basis of their race," Asian American Journalists Assn. Cheung called on Fox to apologize to the Asian American community and asked for "an explanation for how this type of coverage will be prevented in the future." "Note to Bill O'Reilly and Fox News: Your recent segment mocking Asian American voters and using every conceivable stereotype was, at best, racist and, at worst, really racist. "As a political humorist, the Chinatown segment was intended to be a light piece, as all Watters World segments are," he wrote.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 06, 2016 01:07 UTC