I think it could be something like "Gorudu". (no mockery intended)
The things people put into that tweet, people who were not even the target of the supposedly evil mean spirited mockery, and the judgements they pass. It's amazing. It feels so disproportionate, but that's the scourge of the age of twitter and s***storms.
Way to go labelling her a supremacist.
I'll try to break the argument down:
If you laugh at somebody's inability to pronounce words correctly in your own language (Gold is US American and a Native English speaker), what is implicit in that joke is an expectation that other people should be able master your own language to a high standard, even though you don't extend the same expectation the other way. Correct me if I am wrong but I don't think that Gracie can speak Japanese and even if she can say a few words, I highly doubt that she can pronounce them perfectly with a proper Japanese accent.
What was implicit in that joke was that Japanese people should be able to speak English properly (and if they don't, it's 'funny') but Native English speakers aren't expected to master Japanese.
The logical conclusion of the above is that Gracie considers English language to be superior to Japanese. That's what is offensive.
It was written at clay plate about 5000 years ago.Youths today just don't understand how to be respectful and sensitive. *sigh*
Glad to know I was not the only one noticing it. And my mothertongue is not even English.
Fortunately, Gracie does not have many haters. If it had been Chan, he would have been dragged over burning coals regardless of intent.In any case, this kind of thing creates an image that will stay with her and put her even more under the microscope.
I'll try to break the argument down:
If you laugh at somebody's inability to pronounce words correctly in your own language (Gold is US American and a Native English speaker), what is implicit in that joke is an expectation that other people should be able master your own language, even though you don't extend the same expectation the other way. Correct me if I am wrong but I don't think that Gold can speak Japanese and even if she can say a few words, I highly doubt that she can pronounce them perfectly with a proper Japanese accent. Ergo, what she said was that Japanese people should be able to speak English properly (and if they don't, it's 'funny') even though Native English speakers aren't expected to master Japanese. That's what is offensive.
...And of course, quite telling that it is the non-Asians who is most offended, or rather most "offended" by this. Genuine continuity of cultural receptivity is seldom or as dramatic as these selective, artificial outbursts of moral indignation. You see, the role of these soft-subject leeches in fomenting strife add another level of identity exaggeration, not cultural complementarity.
I did not even see the twit to know if it was bad or not. But we all make mistakes in life. The good thing is she was able to apologize to those she offended. She needs to be more aware that since she has become popular a lot of people are following her every move.
I'm willing to forgive and forget and not hold it against her. I hope others can as well. Life is too short.
ROFL. I have no idea what you wrote there.
Anyway, I want to give Gracie some benefit of doubt that she did not have any malicious intent and was just trying to relate more to or be friendly with Mao and Japanese fans. However, whatever her intent, I am of the view that it was inappropriate and bad judgment. She needs to quickly mature and grow up (and not just in terms of maturity of her skating) if she really is to become a star. Otherwise, she will run the risk of being perceived as a spoiled, bitchy blonde airhead.