News Report Of Michelle Yeoh's Oscar Victory Triggers Knee-Jerk Outrage
Conservatives and others pushed back against NPR Sunday for referring to Michelle Yeoh as “the first person who identifies as Asian to win” the Best Actress Oscar.
The controversy brewed on Twitter following the “Everything Everywhere All At Once” star’s historic victory at the 95th Academy Awards.
Many accused the outlet of taking so-called wokeness to the extreme, even as several Twitter users pointed out that NPR was likely giving a nod to Merle Oberon, a 1936 Oscar nominee who hid her Asian heritage. (Readers later added a note to NPR’s tweet for “context.”)
“Google shit first before being outraged by some random tweet LMAO,” one person admonished.
The phrasing that touched off the negative reactions.
But the knee-jerk reactions came anyway.
She doesn't IDENTIFY as SH*T, #WokeMindVirus twerps.
SHE IS ASIAN. Born in MALAYSIA to Malaysian parents. So what would she "identify" as OTHER than Asian? Aborigine? You're pathetic and WASTE of taxpayer money. Use English correctly: "IS".
Quit your language-warping crap.— WinstonSmith2023 (@Curtains2023) March 13, 2023
She doesn’t IDENTIFY as Asian, she IS Asian! https://t.co/h2mFWggnFj
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) March 13, 2023
Gonna start checking every racial box on forms from now on now that I know we can identify as specific races. I'm every race, every gender, all at once.
— Nick (@nenovota) March 13, 2023
WOKE MEDIA: Please stop. Michelle Yeoh is Asian. She does not "identify as Asian." She is Asian. End of story. Stop trying to hijack our narrative. Go away. https://t.co/5g2HrnhIJ3
— Jonathan Choe Journalist (Seattle) (@choeshow) March 13, 2023
They’re laying the foundation for transing all the transitory transitions.
— Phil (@InfernoPhilM) March 13, 2023
NPR identifies as a "News outlets" but is really just a propagandist outlet for the DNC.
— Joey (@Joey08842532) March 13, 2023
This “identity empowerment” trend is actually belittling and subjugates people into inferior classes.
— Oscar Kirbensky (@kirbensky) March 13, 2023
leftism is a mental disorder.
— c@yce💥 (@clhntr) March 13, 2023
hehehe
The Racial-Marxist linguistic engineering in full glory. pic.twitter.com/3nOllz3HGN— Em (@gypsybeepie) March 13, 2023
Perhaps in response to the brouhaha, NPR’s headline on the actual story later read: “Michelle Yeoh is the first Asian woman to win best actress Oscar.”
A reader’s note also appeared on the tweet to explain the Merle Oberon reference.