Michelle Li's dumpling description pissed off one Karen to no end.
Once she'd finished, she added a fun line ..."I ate dumpling soup. That's what a lot of Korean people do." She later wrote,"It's subtle but people do notice! Something small but representation matters... we are not all eating cornbread, my friends... though it is delicious."
Apparently, though, that quip pissed off one woman who dialed in and left a VM ... saying she didn't appreciate Li's explicit mention of her culture, calling it"very Asian" while adding ..."She can keep her Korean to herself." Oh that sounds lovely!! I’d love to meet this woman, if she is courageous enough to have a conversation.The argument this woman was making ... a white anchor plugging food that they/white people liked to eat on NYD, specifically, would be considered offensive -- and this lady was speaking about a hypothetical double standard she preemptively perceived.
In any case, Li is now getting an outpouring of support from several different colleagues in the field -- including Asian journos, who are giving her props for sharing her story.