Not only was the character Han Lee criticized for being racially offensive, but dialogue the show’s writers wrote for him received backlash — specifically a remark about Aboriginal women. According to the BBC on an episode of “2 Broke Girls” in 2015, the character Han makes the comment, “I’m in a casual flirtation with a woman in Australia. She’s part Aboriginal but has a great personality.”
Unsurprisingly, this upset a lot of Australian viewers. One viewer commented in a since-deleted Facebook post, “Way to go ‘2 Broke Girls’ — how to denigrate the First Nations People of Australia — as if we didn’t have enough from White fellas as it was.”
This, however, was in line with the show’s reputation for racially insensitive jokes based on stereotypes. For example, in an earlier episode of the show, Beth Behrs’ character, Caroline, comments, “Sophie is the loudest person we know. Even Black people at the movies tell Sophie to be quiet.” Yikes.
