It’s bad enough when someone cheats on their spouse. It is even worse when that cheating affects a whole category of people. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had an affair with a suspected Chinese Spy. As Emil Guillermo points out here, Huang’s affair reinforces the stereotype that Asian Americans are more loyal to their ancestors’ home country than to the US.
Huang has apologized to his company Nvidia in a company wide e-mail sent on November 8. He should probably also apologize to the 25 million Asian Americans who will increasingly be objects of suspicion. Perhaps another apology is due to The Asian American Foundation, whose efforts to bolster the Asian American image by highlighting our contributions is being undermined.
Plenty of Asian Americans behave badly, but their actions usually affect a small circle around them. Like the actions of former Arcadia mayor Eileen Wang, Huang’s actions deserve special recognition.
(h/t: ms)
