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03-04-2016, 01:04 AM
The kids in Chris Rock's 'accountants' bit didn't k**w it would insult Asians
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The 8-year-old actress in Chris Rock's "accountants"*Oscars bit that was*offensive to Asians (http://mashable.com/2016/02/29/chris-rock-angers-with-accountant-joke/)*says she wasn't made aware beforehand that her ethnicity would be the butt of the joke.
Estie Kung, who's appeared on Man vs. Child: Chef Showdown, was one of three kids who walked out for Rock's bit, which he ended by saying, "If anybody is upset about this joke, just tweet about it on your phone, which was also made by these kids."
SEE ALSO: Viola Davis: Oscar diversity issues are 'symptom of a much greater disease' (http://mashable.com/2016/01/22/viola-davis-oscars-diversity/)
Estie's mom, Laura,*tells PRI (http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-03-02/what-its-be-butt-joke-one-kids-oscars-speaks-out)*that she and her daughter were told the skit would play on one from Rock's 2005 Oscar gig, in which the "accountants" were played by two black men. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/03/chris-rock-kids-sketch/)
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The 8-year-old actress in Chris Rock's "accountants"*Oscars bit that was*offensive to Asians (http://mashable.com/2016/02/29/chris-rock-angers-with-accountant-joke/)*says she wasn't made aware beforehand that her ethnicity would be the butt of the joke.
Estie Kung, who's appeared on Man vs. Child: Chef Showdown, was one of three kids who walked out for Rock's bit, which he ended by saying, "If anybody is upset about this joke, just tweet about it on your phone, which was also made by these kids."
SEE ALSO: Viola Davis: Oscar diversity issues are 'symptom of a much greater disease' (http://mashable.com/2016/01/22/viola-davis-oscars-diversity/)
Estie's mom, Laura,*tells PRI (http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-03-02/what-its-be-butt-joke-one-kids-oscars-speaks-out)*that she and her daughter were told the skit would play on one from Rock's 2005 Oscar gig, in which the "accountants" were played by two black men. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/03/chris-rock-kids-sketch/)
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