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Originally Posted by MMM
It sounds a lot like "bad English" and apparently it is incomprehensible to Japanese.
Are you going to force me to explain myself again?
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You never really explained yourself the first time.
Though since you're not putting up an argument here, I'll let it slide.
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Yes, the shirt removed their humanity with the word "innate". If it had said "Thanks to my boyfriend's education, he is like a human calculator"...which is more accurate (maybe...certainly simply being Asian does not make a person smart or like a calculator) but is less "funny" (in disparaging Asians way).
I am sorry you think it is funny to compare Asians to computers. I know many Asians that are offended by this comparison...(especially as children living in the US).
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Innate ability =/= Inhuman
Mixing these two is entierly your opinion, and it seperates why you find it offensive and I don't.
I'm not sorry that I find it funny. Humor is humor, and just because you find it offensive doesn't mean I'm going to feel bad for laughing at it. I know many Asians that would buy this shirt on the spot if they saw it.
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It is stupid, as I said, but put yourself in the shoes of a Japanese who has been asked how many samurai swords he owns.
Sometimes the person saying it makes a difference.
Yes, it is not a racist call to arms, but it is based on nothing but ignorant stereotypes.
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*puts self in Japanese person's shoes*
I could kill you with my katana.
*steps out of Japanese person's shoes*
The Asians I know would probably laugh along with me at that. Say whatever you want, but it's neither racist nor offensive.
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We can work to support stereotypes or work to try and eliminate them. I feel comfortable working to eliminate them. I hope you are comfortable doing what you are doing.
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What I am doing? Defending comedy? Sorry, but this shirt is as harmless as it gets imo. I can't argue against something I don't find offensive.
You can't eliminate stereotypes. It's impossible. When someone says "dirt" and you think of the color brown, it's a stereotype of dirt. The human mind works off of stereotypes. If you're truely working to eliminate stereotypes, then you're wasting your energy. Do something more progressive, like educating people on other cultures.