The reaction was swift and universally angry across all digital news outlets. It was “funny” in only the way blackface minstrelsy could've been-appealing to the outdated and cheap humor of dehumanizing minorities who seem exotic and foreign to the network’s old and predominantly white audience. Bill O’Reilly’s top lackey stepped in a pile of outrage on Wednesday when his supremely unwatchable man-on-the-street sketch, featuring blatantly racist mockery of Asian people, went viral.įor five minutes, Jesse Watters took his smirking dudebro persona to the streets of New York City’s Chinatown to ask Asians-some of whom didn’t speak English-if they do karate, where he can buy some homeopathic herbs for “performance,” or whether he’s “supposed to bow to say hello.” Carl Douglas’s tacky hit song “Kung Fu Fighting,” featuring a quintessential “Oriental” riff, played throughout the pre-taped package.
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