On Thursday, a post from the Colbert Report tweeter account inflicting racist statements mocking Asian stereotypes, sparked outrage from the online community and caused a flow of #CancelColbert across the internet. Stephen Colbert later on denied any claim that he was the one who wrote the tweet, and was not sure who did it.
The offensive post on twitter which was already deleted read: "I'm willing to show the #Asian community I care by introducing the Ching-Chong Ding-Dong Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever."
A lot of anger and negative reaction was expressed by the tweeter community over the post made by Colbert. Some people were not too forgiving with the intended humor contained on the tweet, while others provided reinforcement saying that, "You're taking things too personally" or "I don't find this offensive" or "You probably just misunderstood."
Stephen Colbert is best known as an American political satirist, comedian and television host for Comedy Central's The Colbert Report. He made his career by mocking individuals in his show, pulling sensible gags that are outrageously funny. After the controversial tweeter post, displeased individuals were urged to call the station for cancellation of Colbert's program.
Mixed reactions from netizens also caused debate on the matter, pushing racist activists and Colbert supporters on a continuous exchange of reactions. Prompting a closer look into the incident. The post originated on a segment done in Colbert Report following a controversy involving a Washington football team the Redskins. A parody was created about the Redskins owner current charity efforts towards the Native -American community. The statement about the Ching-Chong Ding-Dong foundation was cited following the reference made on the segment.
Comedy Central also issued a statement supporting Stephen Colbert denial over writing the tweet, and also declared the Colbert Report Twitter account was not the ownership of the comedian, but was run by the network.
