Correcting the #CancelColbert misinformation about Colbert's "Ching Chong Ding Dong" joke
There's all this misinformation about Stephen Colbert flying around the Internet because of a Twitter hashtag #CancelColbert accusing Colbert of tweeting "ching chong ding dong" to insult Asians.
In reality, that joke was from Wednesday's Colbert Report, specifically 4:50 of this video where Colbert (in character) was mocking Dan Snyder's Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation by bringing up Colbert's old Ching Chong Ding Dong character and creating the "Ching-Chong Ding-Dong Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever". The point of the joke was to paint Snyder as the hypocrite in using the Redskins name (which is perceived as a slur) as charity for Native Americans.
Good thing Comedy Central deleted that @ColbertReport tweet. The problem with the 140-character limit of Twitter is that it leaves too little room for proper context. Hence the awkward original tweet by @ColbertReport
What can we learn from this? The Internet enables misinformation to spread like wildfire. And sadly, such misinformation gives ammo to those who obsessively decry "political correctness" and justify making jokes at the expense of minorities.
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