Stephen Colbert was making fun of Dan Snyder, not Asians and Asian-Americans

Satirical comedian Stephen Colbert drew harsh criticism for being a satirical comedian on Thursday, after a tweet from his show's Twitter account was criticized as racist by some members of the Twitter community. The tweet 

stephen_colbert Around the time Stephen Colbert was suffering Twitter blowback related to promotion of one of his comedy bits mocking Dan Snyder's latest attempt to placate people angry over his unwillingness to change the name of his Washington team 

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“The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” and Stephen Colbert's “The Colbert Report” arguably offer the most honest commentary that we have on the constant chicanery and racism that are contemporary right-wing politics. I tune in to each show almost daily.

During the last day, Stephen Colbert, who by this point counts as a comedic warhorse for liberalism, has been on blast for a Tweet from the account for his show. The missive has since been taken down, but while it was live, it read: “I am willing to