Taylor Swift‘s “Wildest Dreams” music video director Joseph Kahn is not taking accusations of whitewashing lightly. And following a statement to the press Wednesday, he’s continued to defend himself on Twitter.
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Kahn posted Thursday, saying a social justice worker (SJW) “attacked” him for not having minorities in his work, “when I have 25 years of most diverse multicultural work of possibly anyone.”
SJW attacking me for not having minorities in my work when I have 25 years of most diverse multicultural work of possibly anyone. #facepalm
— Joseph Kahn (@JosephKahn) September 3, 2015
He followed that with a link to a Grantland piece covering his career, which has included music videos for everyone from Snoop Dogg to Aaliyah to Shakira and Eminem. He wrote, “Let’s take a history lesson, shall we?”
Let’s take a history lesson, shall we? http://t.co/abjKjGv9mg
— Joseph Kahn (@JosephKahn) September 3, 2015
And then followed up with something more heartfelt:
Sad thing is when people make false accusations of racism and the public rejects it, it makes real racism harder to fight.
— Joseph Kahn (@JosephKahn) September 3, 2015
As defensive as he’s been, Kahn seems to be taking the whole thin in stride too. Wednesday he posted a poll for people to say whether they think he looks like a turtle or a potato. Turns out, he looks like a potato.
All the insults today have me confused. Retweet if you think I look like a turtle, Fav if I look like a potato.
— Joseph Kahn (@JosephKahn) September 3, 2015
The votes are in. I look like a potato 🙁
— Joseph Kahn (@JosephKahn) September 3, 2015
Lol @ journalists insinuating my Asian dog joke makes me racist…against myself? Wait til they see you all voted I look like a potato.
— Joseph Kahn (@JosephKahn) September 3, 2015