Actress in Pete Hoekstra's Super Bowl ad says taking role was mistake

[marmar]

from the Detroit Free Press:



The Asian-American actress who played a role in a controversial campaign ad said it was “absolutely a mistake” to take the role, which was criticized as portraying cultural stereotypes.

“I am deeply sorry for any pain that the character I portrayed brought to my communities,” Lisa Chan, a 21-year-old woman who lives in the San Francisco area, said in a message on her Facebook page today.

Former U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, a Holland Republican running for the U.S. Senate, had commissioned the ad for his campaign and aired it during the Super Bowl in Michigan.

In her Facebook post, Chan wrote, “As a recent college grad who has spent time working to improve communities and empower those without a voice, this role is not in any way representative of who I am. It was absolutely a mistake on my part and one that, over time, I hope can be forgiven. ...................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.freep.com/article/20120215/NEWS15/120215057/Actress-in-Pete-Hoekstra-s-Super-Bowl-ad-says-taking-role-was-mistake?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

[muntrv]

1. it was “absolutely a mistake.” Ya think?

[Zalatix]

2. All ire should be directed to Pete Hoekstra.

[demtenjeep]

3. she took the money

!

[demmiblue]

4. Good on her! She is forgiven in my eyes. n/t

[grahamhgreen]

5. Good - let's help her get her message out! Maybe she can make the rounds on the talk shows.

[Bake]

6. She still cashed the check.

I played bluegrass at a campaign event for Mitch McConnell one time, too, and I took the money (which was pretty good back then -- he was running for Jeffers County (Ky) Judge-Executive, and we quoted a really good - for us - price). But I didn't do any stereotypes like, oh, sitting on a hay bale or chewing on a piece of straw, or speaking in redneck English.

Bake

[Blue_Tires]

7. I know it's a shit economy, so I at least hope she got the best price she could for this "sale"