Chrissy Teigen Upsets Twitter With Comments About ‘Oriental’ Salad Dressing
Chrissy Teigen Upsets Twitter With Comments About ‘Oriental’ Salad Dressing : Chrissy Teigen is at it again.
The 30-year-old model and ever-present Twitter personality seemed to upset the masses on Monday after declaring that she wasn’t offended by the word “oriental.”
It all started when Teigen, who is half-Thai, tweeted about the “oriental dressing” option on her flight.
“I really really really really clearly am not a PC type of gal but I’m a little weirded out at the oriental dressing option on my flight,” she wrote on Monday night.
I really really really really clearly am not a PC type of gal but I’m a little weirded out at the oriental dressing option on my flight
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen)
September 13, 2016
“Like, if you’re over 50 you can call me oriental to my face but this is a new menu and I’m not a rug,” she posted moments later.
Like if you’re over 50 you can call me oriental to my face but this is a new menu and I’m not a rug
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen)
September 13, 2016
Teigen then got herself into a little hot water when a user asked if the term “oriental” was offensive.
“Not offensive, really. Just weird. Old school. Just say Asian,” she wrote, before adding that her “PC-ness is very lenient.”
Not offensive, really. Just weird. Old school. Just say Asian. https://t.co/yXOhPfwCJ6
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen)
September 13, 2016
My PC-ness is very lenient. https://t.co/n1Mdtn73hP
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen)
September 13, 2016
But Teigen’s “oriental” debate didn’t end there. The cook book author then clarified that while she’s not personally offended by the term, she does recognize how outdated it is, saying that she excuses people who use it under “forgivable ignorance.”
But them saying “oriental” makes no impact on me. I know that, most of the time, their intention is not to hurt https://t.co/N8DWqMmxhP
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen)
September 13, 2016
It’s not a slur, though. It’s just a bit of forgivable ignorance. https://t.co/SGFEPLvwrQ
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen)
September 13, 2016
For instance, you can call my mother Siamese. Thailand was Siam. But yeah. A little weird now.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen)
September 13, 2016
Teigen continued to reiterate her point, adding that she wouldn’t get mad over someone not using the term “Asian American” – which only seemed to further anger some of her followers, who argued that tolerating others’ ignorance was another way of maintaining the status quo and perpetuating racism.
@schubie71 @chrissyteigen I agree, it might not be offensive to her but it’s considered offensive to many. It perpetuates cultural ignorance
— Trillhouse VanHouten (@trillhauz)
September 13, 2016
I disagree that it is a slur. But I’m not positive why, honestly. It just does not offend me. https://t.co/gRfSJlizDK
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen)
September 13, 2016
And, of course, the debate continued to spill into the next morning.
Ignorance without malice isn’t something I can be offended by.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen)
September 13, 2016
I really appreciate all the non-Asians telling me what is offensive to Asians, though. Thank you. Writing it all down.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen)
September 13, 2016
Plz stop throwing me social media buzzwords of influence. It reminds me of when I thesaurus’ed every word in my high school essays.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen)
September 13, 2016
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Source : http://www.etonline.com/news/197944_chrissy_teigen_upsets_twitter_with_comments_about_oriental_salad_dressing/
