It was described as a widely taught, critically acclaimed children's book, but Sabrina Woo criticized it for including a slur in the first sentence and for the author's response to criticism.
Widely taught, critically acclaimed children's book, Tiki Tiki Tembo. For those of you who don't remember, the first sentence is, 'there once was a Chinese boy named Tiki Tiki Tembo, no saw, red bow,...
— Episode: "I Don't Think So, Honey! 13" (Part 1)
Episode: "I Don't Think So, Honey! 13" (Part 1)
It was described as a widely taught, critically acclaimed children's book, but Sabrina Woo criticized it for including a slur in the first sentence and for the author's response to criticism.
Widely taught, critically acclaimed children's book, Tiki Tiki Tembo. For those of you who don't remember, the first sentence is, 'there once was a Chinese boy named Tiki Tiki Tembo, no saw, red bow, cherry berry, ruchi, pimp berry, pembo.' What a slur!
I once knew a real Chinese man, wanna know what his name was? It was Lee!
And the author, in response to criticism said, 'I'm sorry, I don't speak Chinese, I just wrote down what I heard my neighbor say.'
So I'm gonna say real Chinese and then I'm gonna switch to not quite Chinese, but I won't tell you when, you tell me when.
My name is Wu Junyi, I love eating watermelon, and have you heard of this book called Tiki Tiki Tembo? Cherry berry ruchi, pimp berry, fucking pembo!