But Culkin’s comments, she said, make it seem as though he’s using his relation to “the struggle†as a “passport to make Asian jokes and basically use your children as an excuse to dehumanize Asian Americans.â€
… But he's using that as the premise to be able to make jokes about Asian people, which is even worse,†she said
Both Culkin, who praised Song’s ability to laugh at his jokes, and Rogan, who said individuals used to be able to make such gaffes “if you were married to an Asian woman 10 to 15 years ago,†were ignoring the fact that politically correct culture exists because there is tangible harm done when such two-dimensional images of Asians and others are perpetuated, Dhingra saidChoimorrow said the way in which Culkin spoke about his partner and would-be children reflects harmful stereotypes that lead to particularly dangerous consequences for many Asian Americans, especially Asian womenChoimorrow said Culkin’s comments echo the historical dehumanization of Asians as well as fetishization of Asian women, which has made them uniquely vulnerable to sexual and physical violence
“You actually implicitly participate in ways that perpetuate the stereotypes about us, that make it dangerous for us as Asian American women,†Choimorrow said of Culkin’s jokes