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Heres a link to a similar stoy with images of the shirt for context. I think the shirt is sort if racist but I still feel it is important to see it. This is esp

Heres a link to a similar stoy with images of the shirt for context. I think the shirt is sort if racist but I still feel it is important to see it. This is especially important for news media to provide the images so people get the full story. Otherwise people will imagine the worst possible case, when that is not nessisarily the case. https://www.vladtv.com/article/261998/lululemon-art-director-fired-after-sharing-racist-bat-fried-rice-shirt https://www.vladtv.com/article/261998/lululemon-art-director...

mytailorisrich 7y ago
It is racist. It's on the same level as associating watermelon with African-Americans. It's right that the employee was fired.
- sigmaprimus 7y ago
  >>> It's on the same level as associating watermelon with African-Americans. Or haggis with Scottish? How about sauerkraut with Germans? Maybe apple pie with Americans? Sushi with Japanese? It's kind of racism but not extremely racist. Maybe it was the bat wings that made it racist? The font used on the sleves could be considered racist I suppose. All important information that was not provided by the reporter BTW. Would I have fired the employee? Possibly, but I think I would have at the very least demanded a public apology from them and had a frank discussion with them. Considering the comments Chip Wilson made that Fat Women shouldn't wear their yoga pants I'm not surprised this happened at lulu. My comment was more to the point that certain media outlets provide incomplete information in their stories to fit the narrative of their choice. I hate to call it fake news because of the stigma attached to that turn of phrase but I think it approaches the realm of half truths when critical information is ommited. Personally I think the artist thought that they were being funny, racist or not they didn't follow the rule of: "Tradgedy+TIME=Comedy"
  - mytailorisrich 7y ago
    Associating sushi with Japan is not a racist stereotype. Sushi is a cultural part of Japan. Although this can obviously be used in a racist way. Associating watermelon with African-Americans, or greed with Jews, is a racist stereotype. Chinese are no more fond of bats than blacks are fond of grape juice (in fact it's worse than that as Chinese do not generally eat bats at all). This is fake news that feeds racism. This cartoon is idiotic and racist. Publishing it on social media added another layer of stupidity. The guy rightly got immediately fired.
    - sigmaprimus 7y ago
      I can appreciate your opinion of greed being negative, but not watermelon, I like watermelon. Im so sick of this crap, food is not racist and just because your negative opinion of a type of food makes you think it is bad, doesnt make you right. I am not going to argue over such foolish things all the while allowing you to continue to virtue signal. The guy got fired, I posted the link in an effort to provide context, thats it, deal with it snowflake.

mytailorisrich 7y ago

It is racist. It's on the same level as associating watermelon with African-Americans. It's right that the employee was fired.

sigmaprimus 7y ago
>>> It's on the same level as associating watermelon with African-Americans. Or haggis with Scottish? How about sauerkraut with Germans? Maybe apple pie with Americans? Sushi with Japanese? It's kind of racism but not extremely racist. Maybe it was the bat wings that made it racist? The font used on the sleves could be considered racist I suppose. All important information that was not provided by the reporter BTW. Would I have fired the employee? Possibly, but I think I would have at the very least demanded a public apology from them and had a frank discussion with them. Considering the comments Chip Wilson made that Fat Women shouldn't wear their yoga pants I'm not surprised this happened at lulu. My comment was more to the point that certain media outlets provide incomplete information in their stories to fit the narrative of their choice. I hate to call it fake news because of the stigma attached to that turn of phrase but I think it approaches the realm of half truths when critical information is ommited. Personally I think the artist thought that they were being funny, racist or not they didn't follow the rule of: "Tradgedy+TIME=Comedy"
- mytailorisrich 7y ago
  Associating sushi with Japan is not a racist stereotype. Sushi is a cultural part of Japan. Although this can obviously be used in a racist way. Associating watermelon with African-Americans, or greed with Jews, is a racist stereotype. Chinese are no more fond of bats than blacks are fond of grape juice (in fact it's worse than that as Chinese do not generally eat bats at all). This is fake news that feeds racism. This cartoon is idiotic and racist. Publishing it on social media added another layer of stupidity. The guy rightly got immediately fired.
  - sigmaprimus 7y ago
    I can appreciate your opinion of greed being negative, but not watermelon, I like watermelon. Im so sick of this crap, food is not racist and just because your negative opinion of a type of food makes you think it is bad, doesnt make you right. I am not going to argue over such foolish things all the while allowing you to continue to virtue signal. The guy got fired, I posted the link in an effort to provide context, thats it, deal with it snowflake.