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Apologies if the wok explanation came across as insensitive or racist. The wording used was 'a wok is unwieldy and uncommon in a lot of home kitchens'. As one

Apologies if the wok explanation came across as insensitive or racist. The wording used was 'a wok is unwieldy and uncommon in a lot of home kitchens'. As one of the two Asian writers who this got past, we believed that this statement was true enough for North American beginners looking to learn how to make scrambled eggs. I have changed the copy there and endeavour to make sure that we are more culturally sensitive in the future.

blub 4y ago
How did we get to a point where somebody with an English sounding name is teaching lessons on racism against Asians to an Asian? You did nothing wrong. As a European I didn’t even have a clue what a wok might be for most of my life. Buying one would make no sense.
- ziddoap 4y ago
  >English sounding name is teaching lessons on racism They didn't "teach" a "lesson" on racism, they said an entire 15 words in an edit and gave a range of "sheltered" to "at worst, practically racist". A bit hyperbolic? Sure. A lesson? No.
InCityDreams 4y ago
Not a racist comment.
bastardoperator 4y ago
It's not racist, but I would consider it an invalid assumption. You should ask what people have available from a tools and ingredients perspective. Take for instance everyone I know owns a wok, I have two.
powersnail 4y ago
It's not racist. It's just untrue. While the wok is indeed uncommon in NA, as compared with skillets, there's nothing unwieldy about it, in terms of scrambling an egg. You can scramble eggs in a wok in exactly the way as you would a skillet.
Cr4shMyCar 4y ago
I think it'd be a good move to avoid assuming too much about what equipment someone might have. A wok isn't too far out of what even an absolute beginner may have, maybe they got it with some other cookware or as a gift. As others have said here, the writing does come off as kinda condescending. Granted, I'm a somewhat experienced home cook and I haven't tried the app yet, but if I'm learning something, the last thing I want to do is have a tutorial app sound condescending, even if that's not the intention.
misja111 4y ago
> we believed that this statement was true enough for North American beginners looking to learn how to make scrambled eggs So your target users are North Americans? That's a pity. When reading your linked websites I got hope that Europeans were also included, because you are saying 'A giant opportunity in making cooking easier for a billion people' and 'Because a billion home cooks is good for people and great for the planet'.

blub 4y ago

How did we get to a point where somebody with an English sounding name is teaching lessons on racism against Asians to an Asian? You did nothing wrong. As a European I didn’t even have a clue what a wok might be for most of my life. Buying one would make no sense.

ziddoap 4y ago
>English sounding name is teaching lessons on racism They didn't "teach" a "lesson" on racism, they said an entire 15 words in an edit and gave a range of "sheltered" to "at worst, practically racist". A bit hyperbolic? Sure. A lesson? No.

InCityDreams 4y ago

Not a racist comment.

bastardoperator 4y ago

It's not racist, but I would consider it an invalid assumption. You should ask what people have available from a tools and ingredients perspective. Take for instance everyone I know owns a wok, I have two.

powersnail 4y ago

It's not racist. It's just untrue. While the wok is indeed uncommon in NA, as compared with skillets, there's nothing unwieldy about it, in terms of scrambling an egg. You can scramble eggs in a wok in exactly the way as you would a skillet.

Cr4shMyCar 4y ago

I think it'd be a good move to avoid assuming too much about what equipment someone might have. A wok isn't too far out of what even an absolute beginner may have, maybe they got it with some other cookware or as a gift. As others have said here, the writing does come off as kinda condescending. Granted, I'm a somewhat experienced home cook and I haven't tried the app yet, but if I'm learning something, the last thing I want to do is have a tutorial app sound condescending, even if that's not the intention.

misja111 4y ago

> we believed that this statement was true enough for North American beginners looking to learn how to make scrambled eggs So your target users are North Americans? That's a pity. When reading your linked websites I got hope that Europeans were also included, because you are saying 'A giant opportunity in making cooking easier for a billion people' and 'Because a billion home cooks is good for people and great for the planet'.