Pat Robertson Controversies - Racist Comments About Asian Appearance

Racist Comments About Asian Appearance

On the February 7, 2007 edition of The 700 Club, Robertson stated that people who have too much plastic surgery "got the eyes like they're Oriental" and stretched his eyelids in a manner stereotypical of Asians.

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