Asian woman in Chicago received racist and sexist message from a job recruiter

Ms Cheung was shocked to see an offensive phrase in the email. Picture: Facebook/Connie CheungSource:Facebook

In Trump's America, women of color getting attacked once again.  

In Chicago, a recruiter "accidentally" sent racially and sexually offensive e-mail to job hunter Connie Cheung.  

Ms. Cheung is an immigrant from China who was looking for employment in Chicago when James McMahon, a White man, sent an offensively racist email to her.  He said the e-mail is meant for his boss Brian Haugh.

I wonder how certain men in power view women of different races from their own.  While Asian women are objectified and fetishized beyond belief by nonasian men, esp. White American men.  

“Asian females have always been sexualized because of their history with Western males,” Cheung told Block Club Chicago.

He wrote about Miss Cheung using the phrase, "me love you long time."

The racially offensive phrase came from the 1987 movie, Straight Metal Jacket, in which a Vietnamese sex worker advertised herself to U.S. solders stationed there.  Rap group 2 Live Crew covered the song with that racially offensive phrase back in 1990, when the group came under fire by conservatives for their sexually suggested language.

This is disgusting to not only Asian and other women of Color, but to all women regardless of race.  Which is why we are fighting an uphill battle against sexual harassment and violence against women in the workplace.

Here's the post from U.S.A. Today regarding the incident in Chicago.
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Chicago recruiter accidentally emails Asian-American female jobseeker racist phrase

An Asian-American woman in Chicago said that, upon confirming a job interview, a vice president of a local recruiting firm sent her an email containing a commonly-known racist phrase.

"Me love you long time," reads an e-mail that Connie Cheung said was accidentally sent to her by Jim McMahon, the vice president of Chicago Search Group.

Cheung applied for a job as an office management assistant on LinkedIn and was invited for a phone interview by McMahon via email, Block Club Chicago first reported.

But a day after confirming the interview, Cheung received the offending message sent to her accidentally by McMahon. 

The email was intended for McMahon's superior, Brian Haugh, who was listed as president of the company on its website. The site since appears to have been taken down.

"I was just shocked because it's been a while since I've personally received such racial and ignorant commentary relating to my ethnicity," Cheung told USA TODAY.

The phrase "me love you long time" originates from the 1987 film "Full Metal Jacket," in which a Vietnamese prostitute approaches an American soldier. It is widely considered among Asian-Americans to be racist and sexist.

McMahon apologized to Cheung for the offensive remark.

"I called Connie to apologize directly to her," McMahon said to USA TODAY Monday. 

"This was an isolated incident that will not happen again and my sincerest apologies go out to Connie and anyone else who was offended by this statement."

"It was intended for my business partner of over a decade who was also my college roommate," he added.

"This does not excuse or justify anything. However, imagine if everyone had every inappropriate comment or poor joke that was typed, texted or spoken available for the public to see. It is a reminder for all of us that we should communicate with anyone as if everyone was listening."

Haugh also issued an apology to USA TODAY. 

"It is clearly not our intent to add or create anything but positive value in the lives of our clients and candidates," he said. "We have apologized directly to the candidate and have addressed with our team that this conduct is unacceptable."

However, he reportedly threatened a friend of Cheung's with libel in an email after he reached out on behalf of Cheung to the company to ask for an apology.

"With all due respect, I am focused on bigger problems than your friend being offended by a movie quote," an email provided by Cheung shows Haugh saying.

"You may want to Google libel laws before your crew posts things publicly. Our attorneys are on call."

Since the incident, Cheung has continued her hunt for a job. It's taken about a month thus far.

"(The incident) also made me worried because who knows if other employers also feel racially prejudiced against me and made me wonder if that's prohibiting me from getting a job," she told USA TODAY.

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Privileged White men think that they can say whatever they want and not face any kind of consequences whatsoever. They gonna learn.

My heart goes out to Miss Connie Cheung and her family.  She doesn't deserve this racist and sexist abuse from those douchebags.