MasterChef Australia’s Sarah Tiong Calls Out Triple M Host’s ‘Racist’ Greeting: ‘Check Yourself And Do Better’- "“MasterChef Australia: Back To Win” contestant Sarah Tiong has called out a “racist” encounter she faced from a Triple M host on Wednesday.Tiong told her Instagram followers that Triple M Sunraysia greeted her by trying to speak Chinese during a phone interview.“Ni hao ma,” they said before speaking Cantonese “oh wait, would it be ‘lei ho ma?’ Anyway.”The recently evicted MasterChef star said she doesn’t think the greeting went to air but she terminated the interview right away.“I felt uncomfortable and shocked. The call was immediately ended”... Sarah said the host’s mere presumption that she may speak or want to speak Mandarin or Cantonese and then flippantly dismissing the ability to distinguish the two languages is racist... “MasterChef Australia’s: Back To Win” host Melissa Leong backed Sarah and reminded Australians that this sort of behaviour is a daily battle for many people of colour in this country.“It is not funny or clever,” Melissa said.“It just illustrates how deep rooted racial toxicity is in this country, and anyone with a voice in media should know better.”"
When victimhood is currency, greeting someone is offensive
She's played up her heritage before so for her to turn around and cry racism here is ridiculous. Probably wants to get publicity after being kicked out
Use of the word "toxic" is a good sign you're toxic
Malaysian Chef Sarah Tiong & her MasterChef Experience - "Does your Malaysian background give you an advantage in this competition? It definitely did, because Malaysian cuisine is all about combining different flavours, cultures, and history of food. For me to have been exposed to that and be kind of a part of that is quite inspiring, it really gives me a creative edge, and I got a good understanding of flavours from that."
Sarah Tiong on Instagram - "It's understanding the culture of my family and where they came from"
Sarah Tiong • Food • Family • Love - "Mum comes from a small village in East Malaysia. She came to Sydney, Australia in her late teenage years. Like most immigrants, she came with nothing but her strength of character."
Entertainment: Sarah on Her MasterChef Experience: "I'm Hoping to Find a Little More Belief in Myself" - "My family's from East Malaysia, and they grew up in a very small village, so it plays a huge role in the kind of food that I've grown up with. My mum's talent for cooking and her passion for having a wide appetite for all types of cuisines plays a huge role in what I do on-screen, as well as how I cook at home. So it's really important for me to bring in my Malaysian heritage, and bring in the types of techniques as well that I know from home-cooking"
So much for the importance of her Malaysian heritage
OnHand Agrarian - Posts | Facebook - "some entitled little Ah Tiong girl living in Australia has accused a radio show host of being racist when he tried to greet her in mandarin and cantonese. Putting aside the fact that her name is literally Sarah 中(Tiong), there is nothing wrong with being greeted in a language people think you speak.I’m often mistaken for Malay, Filipino, Thai, Burmese and if I stay indoors long enough, Chinese. And people often greet me in those languages when they mistakenly assume I’m of that race. But I’m Peranakan and my surname is 林(Lim). Is it insulting? No! Someone took the effort to notice my features and mannerisms and then went out of their way to acknowledge what they thought was my culture. That is the exact opposite of racism!No, what REALLY bugs me, as a farmer who very proudly grows heritage foods from the ASEAN region, is that this person, who’s so upset at being greeted in mandarin, is happily cashing in on her pigmentation to push her pig agenda! Just take a look at her engagements over the years and the way she markets herself.Would it be racist if someone gave her chopsticks? A chinese chef’s knife? A packet of bak kut teh spices? Invited her to a Kim chi tasting event? Evidently not.So if you’re going to cry “racist” at someone greeting you in a chinese language, cry racist at everyone else who’s asked to be the token chinese (and Korean) person at a chinese “inspired” event.Condolences to Triple M Sydney 104.9for what this hypocrite did. Don’t let this hypocrite stop you from using different languages. There is plenty of actual racism in the world. Let’s build more bridges."
MasterChef Australia - Posts | Facebook - "We're really going to miss Sarah Tiong's incredible positivity in the MasterChef kitchen 🧡 Watch her full exit interview"
So much for positivity
MasterChef viewers think Sarah Tiong flipped off her co-stars as she left the show