Like damn the dude and most of his family were killed in a mass shooting, did you really need to orientalize him on the way out?
Like damn the dude and most of his family were killed in a mass shooting, did you really need to orientalize him on the way out?
I don't think the author was malicious. This wasn't the NYPost.
But the fixation on the father, with the mother and children included almost as an afterthought, combined with the immediate focus on being a Tae Kwon Do instructor first and foremost, rather than a lawyer or a father, is just... it reads like it was written by an extremely white liberal who just grinds out special interest pieces for other white liberals.
It's got fucked vibes. The language, the focus, the "thoughts and prayers" energy of the whole thing... they even have a line about the family's GoFundMe campaign ffs. Absolutely toxic. I hate that I have to live in a country that considers this sterile archetypical low-key orientalist eulogy the best kind of journalism a major media center can turn out.
And God-for-fucking-bid it include any kind of Call to Action. Its an awful way to mourn an awful event that happens an awful lot.