there's a poll at the end of the article on whether it's "racist and inappropriate" or "simply playful and fun." the votes are 60% for for fun. ...that's fucking BULLSHIT.
asians are stereotyped for many things: bad drivers, good at math, buck teeth, slitty eyes. but by far we are most made fun of for our "chinky" eyes. someone "playing asian" by pulling back their eyes is incredibly racist!
can you imagine a magazine putting black face paint on a white model (and tho it has happened, most people were outraged!)? or giving a narrow nosed model a prosthetic hooked nose and saying she's jewish? that wouldn't be allowed because it's recognized as clearly racist!!
this reminds me of the rosie o'donnell racist comments a number of years ago. not only was she clearly racist, but she had the audacity to refuse to apologize (she did eventually, but really only because she was forced to. and honestly, it wasn't a sincere apology.). in fact, her rep said, on record, that "She’s a comedian in addition to being a talk show co-host. I certainly hope that one day they will be able to grasp her humor." oh, i get it. it's funny when people make fun of asians and we jut don't get it because we don't have a sense of humor. well, black people are funny right? yet, i don't see them laughing about how they're discriminated against. also how people no longer make fun of "money grubbing jews", or the "drunk irish", "crime prone blacks", "gambling addicted native americans", "dirty poles", "america hating middle easterners", or whatever the fuck.
no seriously, think for a damn second if someone were making fun of your ethnicity and the violent history that came with hundreds of years of ignorance and discrimination, it's not "simply playful and fun" anymore now is it?
(btw, i've been experimenting with punctuation [specifically with quotation marks]. i've never been fully comfortable with the american way of using quotation marks and recently found out that the british punctuate in a way i find to make more sense.)
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I dont know that its racist.
I mean, was she driving over someone while driving in the photoshoot? Then I'd say it was racist.
Does this mean Michael Jackson turning himself white is him being racist?!
"driving over someone while driving"? ...what?
and yeah, a lot of people would say that mj turning himself white and getting plastic surgery to narrow his lips and nose are signs of racist self-hate.
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