teenager Miley Cyrus

Tue, 03 Feb 2009
http://www.comcast.net/entertainment/popcast/16408/mileymockingasians/
It looks like teen sensation Miley Cyrus has landed herself in hot water... again. Reuters is now reporting that the 16-year-old "Hannah Montana" star is under fire from OCA, an Asian Pacific American advocacy organization, for her actions in a photograph that is making the rounds on the internet.

In the offending photo, Miley and a bunch of pals are slanting their eyes for the camera.

OCA released a statement oh their Web site criticizing the superstar for her actions, which says:

[INDENT]The photograph of Miley Cyrus and other individuals slanting their eyes currently circulating the Internet is offensive to the Asian Pacific American community and sets a terrible example for her many young fans. This image falls within a long and unfortunate history of people mocking and denigrating individuals of Asian descent.

"Not only has Miley Cyrus and the other individuals in the photograph encouraged and legitimized the taunting and mocking of people of Asian descent, she has also insulted her many Asian Pacific American fans," said George Wu, executive director of OCA. "The inclusion of an Asian Pacific American individual in the photo does not make it acceptable."

"OCA hopes that Miley Cyrus will apologize to her fans and the APA community for this lapse in judgment and takes the opportunity to better understand why the gesture is offensive." [/INDENT]

No word from Miley's camp yet on whether the young singer will apologize for her actions. She does have a history of saying sorry though - she said it to Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato after getting a lot of flak for making a snarky YouTube video in which she mocked the other Disney stars.