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Xiting Liu, 8, holds a candle as she joins hundreds of members of Denver’s Asian-American and Pacific Islander community and their supporters at a candlelight vigil to honor the victims of the Atlanta Spa shootings on Saturday, March 20, 2021 in Denver. The vigil was held outside of Coors Field, which at one time was the heart of Denver’s Chinatown until a racist and violent mob destroyed the community in 1880. (Michael Ciaglo/Special to The Denver Gazette)
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Colorado Asian leaders demand apology from newspaper
April 16, 2021 GMT
DENVER (AP) Leaders of Colorado’s Asian community have demanded an apology and are planning a boycott against The Villager newspaper in Greenwood Village for publishing a story on April Fools’ Day that used extensive Asian stereotypes.
The article, headlined “America’s Largest Amusement Park Heads to Greenwood Village,” jokes about an influx of Chinese students in the school district and includes a paragraph about stocking hotels with extra rice, vegetables and chopsticks for the hundreds of Chinese workers being brought in to build the fictitious park.
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It also mocks the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus was first identified, and uses fake quotes from local public officials, although with altered name spellings.
Colorado Asian leaders demand apology from newspaper
April 16, 2021
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DENVER (AP) Leaders of Colorado’s Asian community have demanded an apology and are planning a boycott against The Villager newspaper in Greenwood Village for publishing a story on April Fools Day that used extensive Asian stereotypes.
The article, headlined “America’s Largest Amusement Park Heads to Greenwood Village,” jokes about an influx of Chinese students in the school district and includes a paragraph about stocking hotels with extra rice, vegetables and chopsticks for the hundreds of Chinese workers being brought in to build the fictitious park.
It also mocks the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus was first identified, and uses fake quotes from local public officials, although with altered name spellings.
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