Virtue-signaling soccer star Megan Rapinoe — who tells others 'we have to be better' — stereotypes Asians in resurfaced tweet

Ultra-woke soccer star Megan Rapinoe — who once gave a speech saying, "This is my charge to everyone: We have to be better ..." and has virtue-signaled around the globe for progressive causes such as lack of diversity and the evils of white supremacy and former President Donald Trump — actually may be in trouble with cancel culture.

Yup, right after she was chosen as one of seven "women famous for their achievements" who will replace Victoria's Secret supermodel angels, Rapinoe now has a problematic old tweet to deal with.

And in it she stereotypes Asians.

What are the details?

Her tweet from 2011 tells another individual that "u look asian with those closed eyes!"

Image source: Twitter

According to the Sports Room, the account Rapinoe tagged in the tweet — @tasha_kai00, which no longer exists — belonged to former professional soccer player Natasha Kai, who the outlet said is of Hawaiian, Chinese, Filipino, and Caucasian heritage.

Now what?

As of late Thursday afternoon, Rapinoe does not appear to have explained the nature of the tweet to her 923,000-plus Twitter followers. And the tweet itself still was active as of 4:30 p.m.

Given that folks far and wide have been canceled into oblivion for uttering such stereotypical statements, one might guess that Rapinoe could have some cleaning up and 'fessing up to do if she is to survive this. But then again, Rapinoe — who came into prominence after kneeling for the national anthem a la Colin Kaepernick — is a powerful woman with untold numbers of fans and admirers, and she might simply choose to ignore the whole thing.

How are folks reacting?

The tweet is newly resurfaced, so reaction is still pretty fresh, but the tweet is picking up steam — and so are the comments about it. Here's a sampling:

• "@VictoriasSecret this is your model?" one user asked. "What do you think of this take?"
• "She is racist," another commenter wrote.
• "I'm Asian (Chinese to be exact as it clearly makes a difference to people like you)," another user said. "I'd like an explanation for your comment, Ms. Rapinoe. Or, you think we can be blinded with dental floss, too?"
• "Isn't this the same one who cried about gender equality???" another commenter inquired.
• "Lmao she's not a right winger. Nothing will happen," another user declared.
• "the queen of social justice is about to be cancelled herself," another commenter said. "I have no words."

Oh, and here's that speech noted previously in which Rapinoe tells her listeners, "We have to be better":

Soccer player Megan Rapinoe urges crowd at NYC celebration to 'do better'youtu.be