Hazel Dukes, president of the NAACP New York State Conference The content was about the responses he’s given about the city of New York, not about his identity as an Asian American.” “There was nothing in the cartoon that said all Asian Americans were tourists. It was not, Greenman emphasized, “a racial stereotype or racist caricature.”īut Tung Nguyen, chairman of Asian American and Pacific Islanders Victory Alliance, said it’s possible to criticize Yang’s policies and inexperience without invoking age-old racist stereotypes about Asian Americans. Josh Greenman, the Daily News’ editorial page editor, wrote in a statement that the cartoon is merely a comment on “major gaps” in Yang’s knowledge of the city’s politics and policy and the fact that he’s never voted in a mayoral election. This is an offensive cartoon and we all have an obligation to call it out.” No New Yorker who is Asian or Pacific Islander should. Mayoral candidate Maya Wiley condemned the drawing, tweeting: Yang “should not have to endure this. The cartoon referenced Yang’s recent interview with comedian Ziwe Fumudoh, in which he claimed that Times Square is his favorite station. Washington State Historical Society / New York Historical Society Poster seen in Washington state in the 1880s. He added that the unprecedented nature of Yang’s campaign - vying to be the city’s first mayor of Asian descent - comes with the added pressure of having to represent an entire racial group. “The weight of history is so heavy in this case, it’s not just about identity politics,” he told NBC Asian America.

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