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Originally posted by Pinter
If she changes the word Asian to South Korean i would probably agree with whats she said, but her having the nerve to generalize asian women as a whole as 'basic' is cringeworthy.
Asian women are far from being basic, we have woman as a president here, we have the youngest woman on earth getting the nobel peace prize here, and we have so many women heroes in the past of our history that we can look up to and being thankful for what we got.
What is CL achievement that makes her having the nerve to make this statement? I'd probably atleast respect the opinion if its Malala who makes the statement, but CL?
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I do think you have slightly more right than me to feel however you want to feel about the statements. And while I do agree that "basic" doesn't carry a positive connotation, I don't think she meant it in the way that you're thinking it is. She's trying to say 'reserved', but basic definitely wasn't the best choice of wording there.
I'm not sure what you're going on about with the Malala statement though?
We all make statements, whether we're the president, or your average Joe on the street. Sure, not all Asians are the same, and to generalize them is not the best thing to do, but I'm not sure it's all that deep.