Terrorism analyst Michael S. Smith II has been fired from his position at the think tank New America after tweeting offensive remarks about Chinese intelligence agencies. Many called Smith’s comments racist. pic.twitter.com/Soj4hS4Sn1 — Aislinn 🦒 (@twnty7) February 23, 2018Smith initially defended his original post, saying he was “poking fun at Chinese ‘intelligence’ agencies,” in another since-deleted tweet. Some people pointed out that Smith hadn’t just mocked intelligence agencies, but Chinese people as a whole, and had failed to address the actual issue. — Craig (@craigmyer) February 23, 2018You did not mock Chinese intelligence agencies.

Source: Huffington Post February 23, 2018 20:26 UTC