Um, what? That didn’t really happen, did it? Oh yes. It did.
"@Salon: "I wanted to [expose the left's} inability to deal with their own racism": @Chop_Suey_Park explains: http://t.co/85BeLAoLmE"
UHHHHH— Bearentined Bear (@GotdamBear) April 3, 2014
Salon.com’s verified Twitter account promoted an interview with Suey Park, the Korean-American activist and writer behind the #CancelColbert and #NotYourAsianSidekick Twitter campaigns. A few quotes from the interview:
"Whiteness will always be the enemy” – @suey_park of #CancelColbert fame – http://t.co/4i1EnJrocM
— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) April 3, 2014
"the white ally industrial complex" http://t.co/eM5uLmpKyR Folks just stringing noises together with their mouth holes.
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) April 3, 2014
#CancelColbert activist Suey Park (@suey_park), the Salon Q&A: "I don't want [white people] on our side" http://t.co/TdHzdD8G1x
— Salon (@Salon) April 3, 2014
Read the whole thing for context.
But we’ll put that aside for the moment to focus on this: Instead of tagging Park with her Twitter handle, @suey_park, the social media editor tagged @Chop_Suey_Park, a parody account. Screen capture via Hiw.me:
That’s quite a screw-up.
https://twitter.com/suey_park/status/451726755263295488
The tweet from Salon’s verified account was quickly and quietly deleted (with no public apology issued), but this tweet hasn’t disappeared … yet.
"I wanted to [expose the left's} inability to deal with their own racism": @Chop_Suey_Park explains #CancelColbert http://t.co/aTye7xyPtm
— Salon Politics (@Salon_Politics) April 3, 2014
@Salon_Politics is not a verified account, but Salon claimed ownership in a 2012 article.
@Salon @Chop_Suey_Park …that's not her handle. Her handle is @suey_park.
— Andrea Garcia-Vargas (@AGVwrites) April 3, 2014
@Salon @suey_park Understand if this was a mistake but the Chop Suey Park handle is so intentionally racist I'm amazed this mistake was made
— Andrea Garcia-Vargas (@AGVwrites) April 3, 2014
@suey_park @Salon @Chop_Suey_Park Holy fucking shit that’s embarrassing for Salon
— Gersande La Flèche (@gersandelf) April 3, 2014
@gersandelf @suey_park @Salon They just deleted the tweet ASAP, esp. once I pointed out the "Chop Suey" is intentionally racist. Thankfully
— Andrea Garcia-Vargas (@AGVwrites) April 3, 2014
@suey_park @Chop_Suey_Park Invest in some better interns @Salon.
— tiifanee (@tiifanee) April 3, 2014
@AndreaGarVar That you would have to point that out to them does not speak well of @Salon's editorial staff. @gersandelf @suey_park
— Nefarious Newt (@NefariousNewt) April 3, 2014
While Park mentioned the tweet that tagged @Chop_Suey_Park, she was more focused on her criticisms of the Salon piece.
https://twitter.com/suey_park/status/451750971433967617
https://twitter.com/suey_park/status/451751959209336832
https://twitter.com/suey_park/status/451752732672528385
https://twitter.com/suey_park/status/451753044879745024
https://twitter.com/suey_park/status/451756012857356290
https://twitter.com/suey_park/status/451758290318680064
[Update]
Hours later, an apology from Salon for the tweet — an apology that doesn’t mention the specific Twitter handle that was used, natch:
Correction: An earlier tweet mistakenly used a parody account instead of the correct Twitter handle for @suey_park. Sorry for this error.
— Salon (@Salon) April 3, 2014