Protesters slam Jimmy Kimmel over
'kill everyone in China' joke
A whitehouse.gov petition calling for an
investigation of a recent Jimmy Kimmel "racist" sketch easily
reached the 100,000 signatures required to warrant a White House
response.
November 10,
2013, 9:12 a.m.
More than 1,000 people picketed ABC’s headquarters in Burbank on Saturday to
protest a Jimmy Kimmel segment that joked that the
United States should “kill everyone in China.”
Burbank police
said they responded to the protest in the 2300 block of Riverside
Drive after some demonstrators went into a restricted area.
However, police said the protest was peaceful and no one was
arrested.
The protest was
part of a nationwide move backed by Chinese American organizations
against the “Jimmy Kimmel Live” recurring segment called
“Kids' Table.” Similar protests were planned for Saturday at other
ABC locations.
In the Oct. 16
segment, Kimmel has a roundtable discussion with a group of
children about the United States’ $1.3-trillion debt to
China, according
to Times Community News.
He asks them how the
United States should repay its debt, which prompted one child to
respond by saying “kill everyone in China.” Kimmel later engaged
the children again with a debate about killing the Chinese people
or allowing them to live.
ABC and Kimmel have since apologized for the segment.
Rocha writes for Times Community News.
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