Asian-American news anchor Michelle Li criticised for being 'very Asian' | South China Morning Post

A news anchor at a St Louis television station received an outpouring of support from around the world after a viewer criticised her for "being very Asian" and told her to "keep her Korean to herself". Michelle Li, an anchor at KSDK-TV, did a 30-second segment on New Year's Day about foods people eat for the holiday. She finished with an impromptu comment that she ate dumpling soup like many Koreans do. A viewer left a message saying she "kind of took offence" to the comment because, she suggested, a white anchor would get fired for talking about what white…