Latest Miley Cyrus pose could cost her awards
Miley Cyrus has posed for another photo that could cost her a repeat win at the upcoming Kids' Choice Awards. As Reuters reports: "Disney teen idol Miley Cyrus has been accused of taunting and mocking Asians by making slant-eye poses in a personal photograph with her friends."
Miley Cyrus is sure to compete at the Kids' Choice Awards on March 29 in the category of favorite TV actress. After all, she has won that award the past two years running for her starring role in "Hannah Montana." However, the winners of these awards — handed out by kids' cablecaster Nickelodeon — are determined by the votes of millions of tykes.
Already, this controversy has prompted George Wu, executive director of the national Asian Pacific American nonprofit the Organization of Chinese Americans, to call for an apology: "The photograph of Miley Cyrus and other individuals slanting their eyes currently circulating the Internet is offensive to the Asian Pacific American community and sets a terrible example for her many young fans. This image falls within a long and unfortunate history of people mocking and denigrating individuals of Asian descent. Not only has Miley Cyrus and the other individuals in the photograph encouraged and legitimized the taunting and mocking of people of Asian descent, she has also insulted her many Asian Pacific American fans."
This latest uproar follows on the heels of two occasions last year when Miley Cyrus was forced to apologize for pictures she posed for — last spring's infamous "Vanity Fair" photo shoot with famed lenser Annie Leibovitz and then the surfacing on the Internet of personal photos in which she showed her underwear.
Last month, Miley Cyrus was snubbed by the Oscars for the tune "I Thought I Lost You," which she co-wrote with Jeffrey Steele for her hit animated movie, "Bolt." Though she earned a Golden Globe nomination for her efforts, she was shut of the best song race at the Oscars. However, she found herself in good company as Golden Globe champ Bruce Springsteen was also denied an Oscar nom for his title track to "The Wrestler."
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this is not surprizing my sister was going to be um wat was it... anyways she was going to meet her but found out she was going to be posing for playboy which her father is allowing
Posted by: courtney | October 27, 2009 at 10:36 PM
i think that alot of people are being fake because she made asian loking faces you guys say its a stereotype but what about those tenesse remarks so i dont se what the big deal is i want to get famous so i ca expres my opnion and show yal your folish ways shes a kid i do a lot at my church i wear shorst like that come o n
Posted by: so pissed | August 13, 2009 at 09:57 AM
How easy it is to defend the Asian honor against slant eyed poses. What are you doing about Asian and other minority discrimination in the work place? In School? At home? Do you Honestly Think We Asians Care for one second about "slant eyed poses'' when people are doing far far worse and nothing is being done with it?
Posted by: Kim | April 13, 2009 at 03:16 AM
Okay, first of all, that's not a stereotype. Asians look like that. And what exactly are they offended by? The people in this photo obviously like Asians. As a white person, I am offended by the wideness of eyes this Asian is displaying.
Honestly, I only had 3 thoughts when I saw this picture... 1) Miley makes a good looking Asian... 2) Her boyfriend makes a good looking boyfriend.... and 3) I want to be friends with the guy holding the glass. He looks like he probably has an English accent and gets drunk a lot. I love drunk people with accents! I discriminate against anyone who doesn't have an English accent.
Posted by: tildy | February 10, 2009 at 11:51 PM
She is 16. Thats all i can really say, she has to learn but on her own time. She makes mistakes. People are discriminated everyday. I think they took this to far. They point her out but if it was someone else it would have been over looked. I'm so serious and not making excuses for her. She apoligized now it's time ot forgive and forget. No matter what you say Miley is always going to be judge for what ever she does and it is not fair. I feel so sorry for her.
Posted by: Tru | February 10, 2009 at 05:27 PM
I just don’t know about that Miley Cyrus. Why doesn’t she understand anything? She’s worse at being in the public eye than ANYONE! It should just be common sense what you shouldn’t do on camera when you’re a 16-yo celeb. At least she makes a pretty cute Asian girl.
Here’s my take: http://squareeyes.blinkx.com/?p=329
Posted by: Kat | February 10, 2009 at 12:30 PM
the damage has been dealt. i for one was near sickened by the sheer cheek of miley and the majority of the commentators on this board and throughout. whether they are obvious 15 year olds without the intricacy in fundamental ethics, it brings insensitivity to a greater clause of things. but what can you say, people are only subject to what their experiences have brought them. i feel bad for the asians.
on the miley note, i admired her achievements and prayed for her success..but after the photo....its upsetting.
Posted by: dave | February 10, 2009 at 01:16 AM
Anyone who's defending Miley Cyrus is either White, Racist , or both!
Posted by: radioactivespdr | February 09, 2009 at 12:58 PM
I am more offended of her attitude afterward the incident than the photographs. If one made mistake without knowing, its not totally acceptable, but it is understandable, and forgivable. however, she made a half ass apology after she knows how offensive her actions were. to me, that means she thinks herself above the basic courtesy of respecting other human beings.
Posted by: betty | February 08, 2009 at 10:47 AM
You all, it's a bummer. Sorry.
I'm very liberal about culture's 'loose' and 'playful' sense of race, especially in humor.
However, you can only let white footballers get away with calling you 'nip' only so many times in high school, even if they claim they 'didn't know it's racist'.
We all need to check each other, communicate about this.
Miley Cyrus should hear the response to this in order to learn what people might think of race related jokes.
But then she should also be allowed to move forward and grow.
Posted by: xiong | February 07, 2009 at 10:14 AM
i think the bigger controversy is that everyone in the photo is obviously drunk and/or stoned.
Posted by: dan | February 07, 2009 at 01:13 AM
May someone else win the Kids Choice Award! Someone more kind and sensitve and classy!
Posted by: Lisa | February 06, 2009 at 02:26 PM
Give Miley a break! Shes sixteen years old, and shes amazing!
Posted by: charlotte | February 06, 2009 at 06:44 AM
Asian American men, don't get mad, get even. Contribute to the National Right to Life Committee.
Posted by: don | February 06, 2009 at 05:08 AM
Geeze people give her a break. All people make faces for photo's and why are people being so harsh on Miley? Because she is famous and kids look up to her? Well Miley says she didn't intend it to be offensive so lighten up a little.. or a lot. She is only a teenager after all.
Posted by: Julia | February 05, 2009 at 08:24 PM
This is overblown. Why cant we make fun of whomever we want. We should be allowed to make fun of mexicans, ah carumba. blacks too, you all know what I mean holmes. and those turban heads. and fat people and ugly people. hey its a free country Miley should be allowed to make chink faces and paint her face black. BFD. go Miley Chica
Posted by: UglyMiley | February 05, 2009 at 05:53 PM
This really is a storm in a tea cup for crying out loud. I can imagine something of so slight a nature has any new value at all only because it involves Miley Cyrus. Ok, let's say it's wrong, and she should probably take more presence of her actions in the future, but for whole groups of people running around demanding a public apology is just ludicrous. People are acting like she is some big public figure here of importance, when in reality she is just a kid with an oversized persona due to some kids show. Plus if it were of such major consequence, why hasn't all these other kids in the photo been dragged forth, name in hand, and also demanded an apology? Because no one cares about who any of these other people are, and are only focused in on one teenager.
Already, there has been one reputable newspaper saying this is going to cost her some Kids awards. Next someone will be demanding that Disney fire her, remove the show from the air and pay damages to the asian community at large. I think the whole thing is a joke in general. Miley a racist over one photo is too funny. Usually it takes a body of evidence to convict, but not in this case. Maybe Disney should fire her right now? Now that would be newsworthy!
Posted by: billythekid | February 05, 2009 at 01:29 PM
She did NOT mean it in a racist way. It is no big deal. She maybe 16, but she is still a kid. That is what kids do. People these day are fast to throw out the racist card. Lets turn this around. Maybe she is being picked on because other people are racist. Point taken? She did Not mean any harm, and denying her any awards that she deserves is not right.
Posted by: Jill | February 05, 2009 at 12:55 PM
She is from Tennessee, what do you expect? Why is anyone even surprised? Black faces, ministrel shows and aunt Jemima dresses have all been common in the frats and sororities at the southern universities! Heck, I heard that three years ago, one of those all white sororities presented an award to the darkest person in the house (she was white of course!)
Posted by: George | February 05, 2009 at 12:01 PM
what she did was a real jerk thing to do and for people to say it was all in fun never experienced such meanness. it wasn't making goofy faces. it was clearly making fun of asians. the asian guy is an idiot and it's not obvious he was opening his eyes, duh. you are trying to excuse her behavior. people like her and people defending her are used to getting away with such things. what a way to build character!!!
Posted by: anonymous | February 05, 2009 at 11:15 AM
This is all so ridiculous. Are people really offended by what a sixteen year old girl does with her friends on her own time?....get a life...seriously. Let's say this is worst case scenario (which no one really knows) and she is making fun of the fact that Asians have slanted eyes. Big-freakin deal. Cry me a river. If there is any injustice being done here it is to Miley and all celebrities in general whose lives are dissected by the media. They are just people. If anyone is relying on them to be role models of some sort then that's their problem.
Posted by: Brett | February 05, 2009 at 10:25 AM
Don't you remember Spanish Basketball Team? It's the same song.
Posted by: Qwerty | February 05, 2009 at 06:01 AM
I think that "UNCLE TONG" in the photo needs to go back to school to learn some lessons about Asian bigotry. As for "HANOI MONTANA", I hope the wrath of one billion plus people wreaks havoc on future earnings!!!
Posted by: straight to hell nelle | February 05, 2009 at 05:53 AM
I am surprised by the some of these responses. Intentional or not, this act carries a negative connotation. "slanty or chinky eyes" have had a long history as a racial slur against Asians. The opposite scenario does not apply: opening the eyelids wide does not carry a historical implication of racism. The argument: "the Asian guy in the picture is fine with it" , or, "the Asians I know are not offended by it" does not mean that it is, universally, not offensive. It doesn't matter if you personally find it not offensive, what matters is how others view it, perceive it, and recognize it. The fact there are a lot of people who do find this offensive. It is up to each of us to choose whether we want to be racially and culturally sensitive or not. We all have the right to determine our own standards, but are we conceited enough to believe our understanding should determine what is racist to other people? Not that it matters, but I am Asian, and I am offended, more so by the responses than the picture, she may not know any better, but some of you do, or ought to.
Posted by: Justin | February 05, 2009 at 01:22 AM
She should've worn blackface and then put a black kid in the photo, everyone would then be saying "but see there's a black guy in the photo so it's ok to make fun of blacks!" Or maybe not.
Posted by: Jazeel | February 04, 2009 at 11:15 PM