An acquaintance of mine once told me there was heated debate among his Twitter friends after they saw my handle in an @reply tweet. They (none of whom were Asi

An acquaintance of mine once told me there was heated debate among his Twitter friends after they saw my handle in an @reply tweet. They (none of whom were Asians) thought that I should change my nick because it was racist and/or offensive to Asians, despite the fact that I'm Asian myself.