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SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – Two of the national minority journalism organizations have issued advisories urging the media to refrain from using the term, ‘anchor baby,’ which commonly refers to a child born in the U.S. to non-citizen parents.

The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) both called the term offensive and derogatory especially to the immigrant communities.

Republican presidential candidates have been focusing on illegal immigration in the campaign trail, calling for the building of great walls along the U.S. border with Mexico and Canada, urging the Department of Homeland Security to deport all of the estimated 11 Million undocumented immigrants now in the country, and proposing an end to birthright citizenship as we know it.

The journalism groups suggested the use of alternative terms and labels, including ‘birth tourism,” and ‘babies born in the U.S. to non-citizen parents (or undocumented immigrants).

Additonally, AAJA proposed the use of ‘Anchor Bobby’ instead of ‘anchor baby.’

‘Bobby’ of course is Republican presidential candidate and Louisiana Governor Bobby (Piyush) Jindal, who was born in Baton Rouge in 1971, to an Indian mother. At the time of birth, Jindal’s mom was a non-U.S. citizen which technically qualifies the governor to be called anchor baby … we mean Anchor Bobby.

HOLLYWOOD, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – First, Emma Stone was cast to play Allison Ng, a Hawaiian-Asian character in the newly-released film, ‘Aloha.’ Now, Tilda Swinton is about to play an Asian character in a comic film now in production.

The Oscar-winning actress is poised to star as the Ancient One in the upcoming Marvel superhero film Doctor Strange, despite the character’s originally written gender and ethnicity. The character is supposed to be a 500-year-old Tibetan sorcerer.

While Marvel’s consideration to cast a female as the male Sorcerer Supreme is being praised by some fans of the franchise, others are upset that a white actress has been cast as an Asian character.

In traditional Marvel storylines, the Ancient One was a peaceful male farmer of Asian descent, which Swinton is most certainly not.

Not everyone is offended or upset by this new Hollywood trend of casting white actors to play Asian characters. Asian actors see this as an opportunity for them to be cast as white, blue-eyed and blonde characters.

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