By Hajare El Khaldi
By Hajare El Khaldi
Rabat- Moroccan-French comedian Gad Elmaleh is under fire for racist portrayal, following the rebroadcasting of a skit known as “The Chinese” from his “Everything is Possible” show with French co-star Kev Adams.
Controversy from the comedian’s “racist past” continues to haunt him, as the 2016 skit sparked outrage following its rerun on the French television network W9, on April 18.
The accusations were mainly incited by the Collectif Asiatique Decolonial (CAD), which “defends people Asian descent people in the fight against state racism at the intersection of oppression that they experience,” as stated in the organization’s Facebook page.
CAD called on Netflix to drop El-Maleh’s new special, titled “American Dream,” over instances of racism in previous programs.
He also attacked an Asian French DJ who wrote a paper against his racist show
He took pictures from her Instagram and mocked her pic.twitter.com/3xBmOyZo1h— Collectif Asiatique Décolonial (@AsiatDecolonial) April 20, 2018
The 47 year-old was quick to apologize for his portrayal of Asian people on the “Touche Pas à Mon Poste” show and made amends to the French Asian DJ Louise Chen, whom he had previously “mocked,” on April 23.
El-Maleh admitted his mistake and maintained that he never had any malicious intentions at heart, especially after experiencing racism first hand.
“I can talk to you about racism, and about what I have been through for years,” said El-Maleh to his interviewer Cyril Hanouna. “I apologize to Louise, if she’s watching, for being inconsiderate because I never intended to hurt her,” he added.
