Miley Cyrus is back in the news again and for all the wrong reasons. Of late, she has been accused of being racist. The 16-year-old singing Disney star has been stirring up controversy over an alleged racist stand for quite some time now. The latest photos of her taken along with her friends show her making slanted eye poses.
This has caused quite a stir among many Asians and a political welfare group has demanded that Miley Cyrus offer an apology as her pose was taunting and mocking Asians.
The OCA or Overseas Chinese Association, which is an American organization especially dedicated to the advancement of social and political welfare of Asian Pacific Americans has issued a strong statement has condemned the actions of teen star and her friends posing with slanting eyes, the snaps of which are making their rounds on the internet.
The association feels that she has set a bad example for her fan following and the snap itself is in very bad taste and hurts the feelings of Asian Pacific Americans. They feel that this is one more snap, which has contributed to the never-ending mocking history of denigrating people of Asian descent. The Association opines that the teen Disney star has deliberately insulted her many Asian Pacific Americans too by making a mockery of slanting her eyes.
Their statement makes it clear that even with the inclusion of an Asian friend in the controversial snap it does not make the action legitimate or acceptable. The Hannah Montana star herself is yet to make any comment on the furor she has just caused. Only last year she had apologized to her fans for cladding herself only in a satin bed sheet for a photo shoot for Vanity Fair when she was just aged 15.
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