Is this the beef to end off 2016? Cuz im here fot it. It hits all my faves: petty, messy and makes us talk about race.

Yeah, it was still not okay to seek out an Asian person you don’t know to have the white person guilt convo, and that is really how it looks to me. She joked about it afterward, but the feelings of having to hear/witness/be asked to be in that conversation must have been maddening.

One of the things that struck me when I was reading these emails is that there isn’t a single question Swinton asks that couldn’t have been answered by a Google search.

I wanted to tell you how much you are killing this thread but instead I ended up taking two stars from two of your comments! I’m sorry! First time I’ve kinja’d anyone - I feel so powerful.

I just feel like the civility of the exchange is allowing people to ignore what’s being said and the actual takeaway from this. No, it wasn’t a name calling expletive laden fight, but this is what racial gaslighting looks like.

It’s even weirder that it seems like Swinton doesn’t have any Asian friends she could’ve asked for their opinions, but had to reach out to a stranger.

I’ve had so many conversations like this with white people where we’re both being polite but everything they’re saying is sticking to me wrong but everything’s polite enough that for me to call them out on it would feel like an overreaction. That’s how I feel reading this. A lot of what Swinton is saying is bullshit.…

Yea I guess. The fact that Rich left these emails way open to interpretation irks me, since it’s not in keeping with the style of the site. I think the user response is in part a reaction to his gotcha-style post.

Yes to all this, though I think the “intellectual labor” part goes a bit far.
Good social interaction needs a back and forth. Especially when one person values another person’s experience and wants to make sure they learn from it.
Swinton wasn’t taking credit for Cho’s effort at work. She asked for help from someone…

It’s revealing how unpopular your nuanced and accurate take is here. White folks are instead having a party thinking they caught a famous Asian in a lie.

Cho’s comment about feeling like a servant following her around makes more sense when you put it in those terms.

from Moose’s trainer after he died... makes u think

I would agree with this except that her name is Paglia?

Pagilia is a professional troll who long turned her back on feminism. Can’t believe she still has a public forum for her famous contrarian views.

The only thing I miss about David Letterman is his yearly Christmas show with Darlene Love.

lol at this entire comment