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Jennie Nguyen will not tolerate any racist remarks.
Jennie then told Duy that she was looking to express her frustrations to Mary and explain how her comment made her feel. “You don’t say things like that,” she said.
“It is insulting to our Asian culture to call me that, and it comes across as racist,” Jennie added in a confessional. “And it’s shocking cause Mary should be more educated and understand it’s not appropriate to say stuff like that.”
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Later in the episode, while the ladies all showed up to support Whitney Rose at a brand relaunch party, Jennie gathered them together and took them aside so she could speak to Mary with witnesses to back her up.
“Mary has a tendency to say, ‘Oh, I didn’t say that,’ [or] ‘I don’t remember that,’ so I want all the ladies to witness when I confront her, because she’s not going to run away this time,” Jennie said.
Mary, however, was surprised to hear that come from Jennie. “Really? I love slanted eyes,” she said, reiterating the statement that originally offended Jennie.
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“You’re an adult, take some responsibility,” Jennie told her in response. “Right now, there is a lot of Asian hate. Take responsibility for your words.”
In the moment, Mary did apologize to Jennie for her remarks. “I will never walk down that road,” she said. “I apologize.”
As the ladies' discussion at Whitney’s party continued, Whitney couldn’t help but feel as though the group was glossing over Mary’s repeated insensitive offenses. “I’m very uncomfortable with saying, like, racially derogatory things, and I feel like everyone’s just kind of letting it go,” she explained.
“We’ve got to stop saying things like that to each other,” Whitney told the group.
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source: people.com
