Asian Journalist Group demands MSM not refer to Virginia Tech killer as "Asian"

Asian American Journalists Association ^ | April 16, 2007 | Janice Lee

[Tainan]

I just emailed the author with this query:
Ms. Lee -
As the perpetrator of this mass murder was of Korean heritage, as were both his Mother and Father, would it be more socially and politically acceptable to refer to him as "Hangeuk " or "Hangeuksaram " rather than use the generic 'Asian' term?

Logical Q to me.

[festus]

I’ll go with Oriental especially since the MSM recently has taken to calling all the jihadi’s Asians anyway and thus completely confused me about what they mean when they say Asian.

[Palladin]

I had to look that one up:

The Korean name for Korea is “Hangeuk” and its people are called “Hangeuksaram”. The ancient name for Korea is “Choson”.

Let us know if you get an answer from Ms. Lee. (Any relation to Bruce Lee?....j.k.)

[staytrue]

universities were expecting a christian white male. i’ll bet they’re disappointed! (/s)

okay but freepers were expecting a ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT FROM MEXICO. i’ll bet they’re BITTERLY disappointed! (and this is not sarcasm)

[Tainan]

Well, as an above poster mentioned, all the papers and newsreaders over here are also calling the shooter an "Asian." Some are directly calling him a 'Korean' student.

Guess they don't have the 'panties in a wad' affliction of the Asian America Journalists Association.

[MHT]

So what do they want him to be? “White”...nice and generic. “Jewish”? That would help the MSM’s campaign against Israel, even he’s not Jewish. “Minority”? That might create unnecessary sympathy. Or the greatest alternative known to demographers everywhere—”OTHER”.

[staytrue]

His ethnic heritage has little to do with his behavior.

Here is the question. Most posters on FR take great offense when some says african american, asian american, etc. prefering that all be just american.

But when a mass murderer is an asain american, you can hear the crickets chirping regarding calling him just an american.

[Constantine XI Palaeologus]

Well, that’s weird. I could be wrong, but I always thought it was about the same as calling a black person “negro” or “colored.” An antiquated term relegated to use by those not “in the know.”

[fishtank]

I took back what I wrote, see the thread.

[chessplayer]

Oh, good grief. His name tells people that he is Asian. I guess the media should not give out his name, either. Or if a Hispanic kills someone, they should`nt give out his name. Or if a Muslim kills someone they should`nt give out his name. On and on.