Chuck Grassley Congratulates Korean American Judicial Nominee: 'Your People' Have A Good Work Ethic
Source: Huffington Post
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Wednesday told Lucy Koh, a Korean American judicial nominee, that her Korean background reminds him of his daughter-in-law telling him that Koreans have "a hard work ethic" and "can make a lot out of nothing."
"So I congratulate you and your people," Grassley told Koh.
He made his comment to Koh, who is President Joe Biden's nominee to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, at the start of her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Grassley is the ranking Republican on the panel.
Koh simply replied, "Thank you."
Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chuck-grassley-korean-american-people-lucy-koh_n_615ddc73e4b0896dd1ac1137
And just to spell it out, when a bigot like Grassley praises "your people" for having a great work ethic, it means they feel another ethnic group does not. It's a racism daily double.
But Judge Koh exhibited admirable restraint.
Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)The whole concept has never been taught to them and many have an intellectual grasp that apparently does not extend that high even in later life.
YoshidaYui
(41,831 posts)"you over there.... cause were separating you and you and you ,.. because you are different... Not sure what to do with you Yoshida cause you are only half asian i guess you can be stuck with the pacific islanders.... they need people""
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)ananda
(28,858 posts)My racist uncle does that too.
Ford_Prefect
(7,895 posts)Steelrolled
(2,022 posts)some kind of racist attack on blacks is BS.
The simple response by Koh to the complement was gracious (what else would one say?).
Just my opinion.
that's like admitting the stereo type of the other race not working hard. they themselves are perpetuating this racism.
onetexan
(13,040 posts)soryang
(3,299 posts)you'd think that politicians would have a PR or EEO type on their staff to keep the public from finding out how ignorant they really are.
Evolve Dammit
(16,725 posts)madaboutharry
(40,209 posts)Am I allowed to call him a stupid hick?
Asking for a friend.
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)onetexan
(13,040 posts)Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)But I allow for the argument that since I'm a white male, I probably don't know shit about such matters.
I'm obviously in the minority based on above comments, but I tend to keep my powder dry for what I perceive as being actually egregiously offensive.
Also F*** Grassley for all sorts of reasons generally.
ybbor
(1,554 posts)How demeaning!
Oh in case it was lost on some.
packman
(16,296 posts)favoring the Democrats and how Dems run to the Supreme court to change laws. He said voting laws need to be in the hands of states and local jurisdictions and the federal gov has no right to interfere with those local laws.
In other words, typical Republican old white man
totodeinhere
(13,058 posts)And if the Republicans were to retake control of the Senate and he wins reelection he would be third in line for the presidency.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)All societies have their duds, but seldom with so many gone gone blind to even basic boundaries.
oasis
(49,381 posts)Joinfortmill
(14,417 posts)monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)argyl
(3,064 posts)That would be his eighth term. He'd be 95 y.o.if he finished it.
Fuck, he already looks like he's butting up on
100 y.o. What if he wins and goes for reelection in 2028?
This is just ridiculous.
bucolic_frolic
(43,146 posts)He won't vote for her.
TygrBright
(20,759 posts)Botany
(70,501 posts)Fla Dem
(23,656 posts)Martin68
(22,794 posts)Wingus Dingus
(8,052 posts)pop off with. Like Bill Burr said, sometimes you just live too long, the norms and acceptable behavior of your time have all changed and most of your peers are gone.
Deminpenn
(15,286 posts)Doubt there was any malice in Grassley's remark, just that times have changed.
whistler162
(11,155 posts)appearance on MASH! YEAH I am not going to link to it.
FM123
(10,053 posts)WTF????
I would love to him a swift kick!
drray23
(7,627 posts)and not even be minimaly aware of the way this sounds ? In general, starting with "your people" is a good hint thats its going to go downhill from there. Maybe racists sujffer from something akin to Dunning-Kruger effect where dumb people think they are smart. Those racists are so out there they do not realize they are uttering racist shit.