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[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 28 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Are you kidding right now or seriously asking how portraying an Asian person as yellow is racist?

[–] abfarid@startrek.website -2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

I never made that connection, thought it was a shape thing (oh and the red shirt). But I never saw asian people as yellow, and don't understand that remark. An asian friend of mine once jokingly referred to herself as a banana, but then had to explain the joke to me.

[–] LesbianLiberty@hexbear.net 19 points 3 months ago

Whether you personally are caught up or not it still has a deep history in anti-asian racism. Depictions of asians as yellow is a classic hallmark of anti-asian racism.

[–] ExotiqueMatter@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Internalized racism is a thing, just so you know.

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 0 points 2 months ago

Racism is racism. If you think that certain nation is of a certain kind because of their genetics, it's just racism, whether it applies to yourself or not.

But to clarify, she was only making a joke, it wasn't racist.