<p>Well apparently at Salt Lake City, our graders had a little too much fun and went overboard regarding a racy t-shirt. I researched some more and found these links that sum it up pretty quickly.</p>
<p>@foolish Especially since these are specialists who specifically study history, you would think that they wouldn’t submit to these stereotypes! I can see how people got offended, but I don’t think they meant any harm. However I agree with you to a certain point that if the shirt represented another historical event and ethnic minority in the same kind of manner the shirt had done, no one would have gotten away with it. Imagine a parodic shirt involving MLK and civil rights…here in our country that wouldn’t be tolerated, it’s the same mockery.</p>
<p>If they posted a picture of a black man with exaggerated features and had spelling mistakes and “massah” all over it, Obama would rain down missiles on the AP building.</p>
<p>Hmmm…equating Mao and MLK? I don’t know. But why, exactly, are these particular images offensive? I’m not saying they aren’t, but what is it about them? Is it because they include caricatures of Communist Party Leaders? Because, it seems to me, that a similar picture showing, say, members of the Whig party (all white males) would probably not offend anybody. Do you think these images make fun of the Communist Party leaders because they are ethnically Chinese? Would you feel the same about similar images showing Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin, for example?</p>
<p>I’m Chinese and I find it funny. @Hunt , when you draw a picture of a group of any minority that looks somewhat stereotypical, people who can’t take a joke will freak out. It bothers me when particular groups overreact to something and immediately deem it racist because their race is included. By the way, @foolish , from my experience I’ve learned that for some odd reason you can’t dislike Obama without being a racist.</p>
<p>So I guess I’m racist now since I’m white and see no problem with the shirts. I can see why people would get offended (because unfortunately some people feel the need to constantly be politically correct about everything), but I don’t think there’s a need to be offended. No one’s saying Chinese people are bad, they were just using communism in China as the shirt theme. If they had used a shirt that made white people look “bad,” I wouldn’t be offended.</p>
<p>And there’s a bit of a difference between a Chinese Communist leader and a man who worked for equality for blacks. </p>
<p>It’s so funny when white people say things like “I don’t find this offensive at all” or “Why does everything have to be so politically correct?” when they have literally never experienced real racism and never will</p>
<p>@DAIMYO
I’m multiracial and I haven’t experienced real racism and perhaps never will. What’s the difference between that and being white with the same experience? Some people just happen to think not every news story on racism is particularly offensive. By the way, there are whites who experience real racism and have it difficult for them. My white neighbor was beaten by gang members in the game of Knockout that disproportionately targets white people. I’m sure there are as many whites who experience racism as members of your race. Being white doesn’t make a hell of a difference.</p>
<p>@realtwinkie Uhh yeah it completely does, racism is ingrained in our society, no matter where you go in the US white people are in the power position. Sucks for your neighbor that he got beat up, and I agree that the kids who did that are idiots and have to be punished, but that’s not racism. White people are in the power position in American society, read up on this fact! It’s very interesting to read about how much easier it is to do well… pretty much anything in this country if u have white skin! Did u ever notice that u can say “Well you’re black” or “Well you’re chinese” and it’s an epic insult, but when u say “Well you’re white” it’s a ■■■■■■ insult. That’s because being colored is a funny bad thing, and being white is being white.</p>
<p>The fact that u say u have never experienced real racism is either because a) you’re totally white passing or b) you have experienced real racism and act like u havent because u wanna look good for the whites!</p>
<p>Have I ever experienced racism? No. That doesn’t mean I like it. If I could reverse all the racism that has occurred over the years, I would, because it’s absolutely terrible. I get that. But it seems like people blow things out of proportion a lot too. Not speaking just about racism, but everything. And this is being blown out of proportion, because this isn’t racism. It’s a shirt that is about communism in China. Nowhere does it say Chinese people are bad, or that they all are communist. </p>
<p>@DAIMYO Wow, that’s a pretty stereotypical comment in itself. Also, political correctness doesn’t have to do only with racism. People feel the need to be politically correct in a lot of types of situations, which is a bit ridiculous. </p>
<p>@Hunt Yeah maybe using MLK as a comparison wasn’t the greatest example. I was trying to say that a sterotypical drawing of a black man would be racist, and I know in our society some would condemn the shirt</p>
<p>I do agree with all of you that all in all it’s just graders having fun. People being politically correct. </p>
<p>@DAIMYO
I don’t think you’re accounting for the fact that I live in a multicultural society that’s probably different from your society. If I were white passing, I wouldn’t have slanted eyes and be asked if I’m Hispanic most of the time. Additionally, affirmative action benefits BLACKS, HISPANICS, AND NATIVE AMERICANS, not WHITES. Don’t forget to account for white people who are in poverty as skin color isn’t necessarily a ticket to the middle class. And when people are yelling “White boy!” while continuously beating someone up, something is up. Racism is ingrained in society but being white doesn’t make a huge difference.</p>
<p>@CE527M Don’t really see how Chinese teachers getting angry about yellow-skinned caricatures, a mock Chinese script font, and essentially the mocking of Chinese culture is something that’s being blown out of proportion, but ok white kid! Keep on making the determination that this is not racist when u are not Chinese, and Chinese people have said that they find it offensive and racist</p>
<p>“I agree that political correctness is ridiculous” I think you really mean “I agree that I should be able to do whatever kind of offensive nonsense I want without getting called out for it” :)</p>
<p>Foolish you need to sit down. You see racism and the first thing you do is attack other poc? Honestly please stay in your lane. </p>
<p>@Jellybae
Racism-a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one’s race is superior and has the right to rule others.
I don’t see a 100% match between that picture and this definition. I couldn’t care less if they draw a group of Chinese people with stereotypical features above the words Chinese Communist Party because there are bigger things in life to worry about like Iraq, College Debt, Congress and the President, and my entire education. I feel like it is unnecessary to get pissed over a drawing of people of my race. I’m only trying to tell you there are bigger things to worry about. And about my race- I’m part of the human race.</p>