From [HERE] Thousands of Chinese Americans and their supporters rallied at the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) headquarters here Saturday to protest against a skit the company aired. Protesters held banners reading "teach kids to love not to kill" and "Fire Jimmy Kimmel", the comedian who hosted the talk show, while some shouted "Boycott ABC". The current anger stems from a segment that aired on ABC talk show "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on Oct. 16.

In the show, Kimmel asked four children how the United States should pay back the country's 1.3 trillion U.S. dollar debt to China, and one of the 6-year-old children responded: "Kill everyone in China." Kimmel responded: "That's an interesting idea."

He followed up a bit later in the segment by asking: "Should we allow the Chinese to live?" This segment was widely considered racist among the Chinese community in the United States. The Chinese Association said the ABC should be fully responsible for it and asked for an official apology.

During the demonstration, some protesters entered the headquarters to hand out leaflets, which prompted police intervention. Leaders from different Chinese associations went on to a stage to denounce the skit. Wang Tian, one of the protest organizers, told Xinhua: "We hope that the President of the ABC, Paul Lee, can stand in front of all Chinese people to apologize, and use his best judgement to decide whether to suspend or fire Jimmy."

Yan Fei, mother of a six-year-old boy, joined the rally with her son Tommy.

"I feel like I have to let my kid know about this, to let him know that we have our national spirit, and what kind of person he should become. I think it is very important," she said.

Echoing his mother, Tommy said: "I think we are friends, and we should not kill others. Killing people is against the law. He said to kill and he is against the law. Our teacher told us, if you say something about killing people, you will be asked to see the principal."

Jake Levine, who is Jewish, also attended the demonstration.

"It was pretty bad what happened on that show, everybody should be out here because it just represents getting rid of racism," he said.

The rally was only part of a nationwide protest, including New York, Washington D.C, San Francisco, Miami and 23 other cities.