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Slightly off-topic, "open up the kimono" sounds disturbing and creepy to me as an Asian. I suspect I'm not alone in this.
by paradite 2y ago
Slightly off-topic, "open up the kimono" sounds disturbing and creepy to me as an Asian. I suspect I'm not alone in this.
- ein0p 2y agoThat’s even better. I do think it’s disturbing and creepy when someone goes through my private data without my knowledge.
- digging 2y agoThat's not what they meant or what the phrase means. It's mildly racist and misogynist, and the kinds of discomfort it elicits are not the kind that will make people trust you, the user of the phrase.
- dxbednarczyk 2y agoSome share your sentiment. https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/11/02/360479744/why-corporate-executives-talk-about-opening-their-kimonos https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/11/02/360479744...
- arresin 2y agoIs this phrase worth an entire long form blog post from NPR?
- rpastuszak 2y agoHonestly, why not? I love reading about etymologies and I know that many people here do as well.
- _heimdall 2y agoI'm not sure how I've been in tech since before this article was written and today is the first time I've ever even seen/heard this phrase.