Wall Street Journal columnist accused of racism over 'Are there 'too many Asians?'' op-ed
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An opinion columnist with the Wall Street Journal has been accused of racism after penning an article initially titled “Are there ‘too many Asians’?”
In his piece published Monday, William “Bill” McGurn, who served as chief speechwriter for former President George W. Bush, describes ideas behind population control as a “Western import,” much like Marxism. His writing focuses on China, whose declining population in recent years has raised alarms over a demographic time bomb.
The article’s headline now appears to have been changed to “China and the Population Bomb That Wasn’t.”
However, McGurn’s tweet promoting the original headline remains live, and his subsequent posts do not reflect the modified title.
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“@wsj allowing a racist to write articles and work for you? How many more of you are there at @wsj?” one user questioned.
“No,” another user wrote as a response to the original headline. “But there’s too many racists like you.”
Others took offense to the article’s publication on the heels of the Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay mass shootings.
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The incidents, which occurred on Saturday — the eve of the Lunar New Year — and Monday afternoon, respectively, left 17 Asian people dead.
“Incredible to write this after two mass shootings of Asian people,” one user wrote.
Another tweeted sarcastically, “Thank god we had multiple mass shootings of Asians over the weekend to take care of the problem of there being too many Asians.”
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absolutely craven to publish this headline after the murders in monterey park pic.twitter.com/Soes0F00fX
— alex (@alex_abads) January 24, 2023
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This is the headline you came up with after two mass shootings that targeted Asians? And the other headline about a “population bomb” isn’t any better. You should be reprimanded for your poor choice of words.
— Michael Lee (@IamMichaelJLee) January 25, 2023
This is a truly disgusting headline and question to posit.
— Courtney Brunelle Kim (@CB1231) January 24, 2023
After two mass shootings with Asians as the targets, and three years of Asian-biased hate crimes, is THIS the headline you're going with???
— Kat Troche 🌃 (@kuiperkat) January 24, 2023
I want you to look at the title you wrote. Then I want you to tell me, an Asian American, that you either stand behind it or you made a mistake. Just FYI, a mistake can take many forms. Like the one I’m thinking of rn is when your mom decided to have you. That was a big mistake
— Pine Cellar (@PineCellar) January 24, 2023
Wow. Pretty wild to post this after the Monterey park shooting. This is becoming viral and I hope this disgusting article haunts the rest of your life and career. This is literally a hardlined fascist talking point. You should lose your career over this.
— Liberalism is the vibe killer (@b_ajab_last) January 25, 2023
Meanwhile, some users pointed to McGurn’s Wikipedia page, which noted that McGurn has adopted three children from China, and questioned how they would react to his original headline.
Uhhhhhhh pic.twitter.com/Eky32MfKom
— AK 🧧 (@alfff) January 24, 2023
You have 3 adopted Chinese daughters & you write this? Absolutely shameful & classless.
— Michelle (@kokeshidoll71) January 25, 2023
The daughters you adopted from Hong Kong will read this someday.
— 🧦 (@shelby__welby) January 24, 2023
Coming from someone who 'adopted' 3 girls from China
— Barry Chien Music 🎶 (@Barry23_888) January 26, 2023
McGurn has yet to publicly address the controversy.
