Aoki has praised Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle and its sequel for using Asian actors in leading roles as "relatable..regular guys.”[6] Aoki has also praised the 1950s television comedy Bachelor Father for prominently featuring Asian actors and storylines, including "feisty" comedian Sammee Tong and Victor Sen Yung, the scheming "Uncle Charlie," "a slick, Americanized character.
[10] In the interview, Silverman explained that a friend had advised her on how to avoid jury duty by writing a racial slur on the selection form, "something really inappropriate, like, 'I hate chinks'."
NBC and Conan O'Brien issued an apology, but Silverman did not, insisting later on the July 26, 2001 episode of Politically Incorrect that she did not believe that Aoki was genuinely offended, but exploiting the opportunity for publicity.
[11] Silverman and Aoki later appeared together on the August 22, 2001 episode of Politically Incorrect, along with host Bill Maher and panelists David Spade and Anne-Marie Johnson, the latter of whom was chair of the Screen Actors Guild Ethnic Employment Opportunity Committee.
Aoki, while acknowledging that satire was a legitimate practice, stated that Silverman's execution of it was not successful because it ran the risk that people would assume she actually subscribed to the racist viewpoint of her character.
About 20 members of the group carried signs and shouted slogans outside a presentation by the Fox network to TV critics in Hollywood.