The 27-year-old San Francisco-based publication aimed at Asian-Americans said it had “terminated” writer Kenneth Eng, who authored the inflammatory article in its February 23 issue.

Eng, a New York-based writer, wrote that blacks are racially biased against Asians as he unleashed his own race-based diatribe.

“Blacks hate us,” he said.

“Contrary to media depictions, I would argue that blacks are weak-willed. They are the only race that has been enslaved for 300 years,” he wrote.

“Blacks are easy to coerce. This is proven by the fact that so many of them ... tend to be Christians.”

Amid a rising media uproar and condemnation by other Asians, the magazine disavowed Eng’s remarks as “hate speech.”

“AsianWeek rejects Eng’s biased views on a critical segment of American society, African Americans.

“While AsianWeek continues to truly believe in diversity of opinion and freedom of the press, we are also very aware that the promotion of hate speech is not appropriate, nor should it be encouraged.”

The article drew a gush of condemnations in California, which has the United States’ largest population of Asians. Those blasting the article included the top Democrat in the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom.

The magazine admitted its fault in publishing the piece.

“Given that the genesis of the American civil rights movement was borne primarily by the African American community through blood and perseverance, the failing of our editorial process in allowing this opinion piece to go forward, was an insensitive and callous mistake that should never have been made by our publication.”

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