slant eye

[GeneChing]

I know we've discussed this before but I couldn't dig it out on a cursory search. I didn't realize 'slant eye' when hyphenated together gets censored by our forum here). With the re-emergence of racial issues lately, let's just start this as a new thread. I suspect there will be more soon...:(


Telemundo suspends TV hosts for '**********' gestures after South Korea win (https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jun/28/telemundo-suspends-hosts-racist-**********-gestures)
Co-hosts ‘indefinitely suspended’ for racist gestures on live TV
South Korea had guaranteed Mexico a place in World Cup last 16
Thu 28 Jun 2018 16.59 EDT Last modified on Thu 28 Jun 2018 17.28 EDT

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Telemundo hosts James Tahhan and Janice Bencosme were indefinitely suspended for making a racist gesture on live TV. Photograph: Twitter/@Techivist

A pair of US-based television hosts were indefinitely suspended on Thursday after using racist ‘**********’ gestures during a live broadcast in the aftermath of South Korea’s World Cup victory over Germany on Wednesday that ensured Mexico’s passage into the knockout stages.

James Tahhan and Janice Bencosme, co-presenters of Telemundo’s morning show Un Nuevo Día, could be seen using their fingers to narrow their eyes amid the on-set celebration of the Asian country’s improbable 2-0 win over the reigning world champions.

The immediate outcry from viewers only redoubled as footage of the gesture spread on social media, prompting Telemundo, the Miami-based Spanish language network which is part of NBC Universal, to take disciplinary action on Thursday.


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Dear @Telemundo @TelemundoSports & @TLMDPR , whoever this guy is on the left needs to get fired ASAP for being a racist on air. If someone were to say or make racist gestures about Latinx folks we'd ALL be up in arms & this is no different #SayNoToRacism #TelemundoMundial

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“We are extremely disappointed with our morning show contributors James Tahhan’s and Janice Bencosme’s gestures referring to the South Korean national soccer team,” the network said in a statement issued on Thursday. “Our company takes this kind of inappropriate behavior very seriously as it is contrary to our values and standards.”

Tahhan, the Venezuelan restauranteur known as Chef James, issued a statement on Twitter in both English and Spanish offering an apology for a “lack of sensitivity on my part”.

He added: “I admit that I did something wrong and wanted to apologize to anyone who was offended by it.”

The Taegeuk Warriors’ upset of Germany prompted wild celebrations among supporters in Mexico City, where hundreds of fans descended on the South Korean embassy and hoisted consul general Han Bjoung-yin onto their shoulders amid chants of “¡Coreano, hermano, ahora eres mexicano!” (“Korean, brother, now you’re Mexican!”)

Argentina legend Diego Maradona was accused by an ITV presenter of making a similar gesture toward a group of South Korea fans during a group-stage match between Argentina and Iceland earlier this month, though the encounter was not captured on camera and he was not disciplined.

Last week Mexico’s soccer federation was fined $10,000 for “discriminatory and offensive” ****phobic chants during their opening win against Germany.

Last fall Houston Astros’ Yuli Gurriel was caught making the offensive expression after hitting a home run off Japanese star Yu Darvish during the World Series. That earned the Cuban a five-game ban from Major League Baseball.

[Jimbo]

He's not sorry for offending anybody; he's just sorry he got caught and got suspended for it. People who act stupidly like that are simply showing that they lack intelligence and class. It's also very cowardly.

The slant eye gesture still seems to be a very popular thing, particularly among those from Spanish-speaking countries. Remember when the Spanish basketball team made the gesture during the Beijing Olympics? There's been many other examples.

Ironically, many East Asians' eyes (including those in my own family) are naturally no more squinty or slanted than this James Tahhan and Janice Bencosme's eyes already are without them making the gesture. And like any racist gesture, doing that at the wrong time or place, in front of the wrong people, would get their @sses kicked.

[GeneChing]

Strange how prevalent it is at world sporting events lately.


Just stop with the slanted-eye racist gestures (https://theundefeated.com/features/just-stop-with-the-slanted-eye-racist-gestures-2018-fifa-world-cup/)
After South Korea’s 2-0 victory over Germany, racism and insensitivity once again

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Korean players celebrate next to Mario Gomez of Germany at the end of the FIFA World Cup 2018 group F preliminary round soccer match between South Korea and Germany in Kazan, Russia, on June 27. Photo by Diego Azubel/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock

BY CARY CHOW @CARYCHOWESPN
June 29, 2018

Remember Chris Rock’s bit in Never Scared when he couldn’t believe the mounting allegations facing Michael Jackson? “Another kid?! Another kid?! I thought it was Groundhog Day when I heard that s—.”

That’s how I feel about the recurring emergence of a racist, stereotypical action at the World Cup that every Asian-American is all-too familiar with: the slanted-eye gesture.

Another gesture? Another one?!

After South Korea’s improbable 2-0 victory over Germany to send Mexico to the knockout stage in the World Cup, fans of the two countries celebrated around the globe in scenes that could come straight out of a Pepsi commercial that doesn’t star Kendall Jenner. At the South Korean Embassy in Mexico City, fans lifted the Korean consul general onto their shoulders and danced in the streets. He in turn took a tequila shot with the grateful fans. It was a beautiful reminder of how sports can connect cultures, like when “Baby Got Back” pops up at a bar.

But amid the glorious celebrations, it’s easy to get caught up in one’s senses and lose sensibility. On Telemundo’s morning show Un Nuevo Dia, two hosts — James Tahhan, aka “Chef James,” and Janice Bencosme — flashed the slanted-eye gesture. Both Tahhan and Bencosme have apologized for their actions, while Telemundo has suspended them indefinitely.

That incident was the second notable instance of the slanted-eye gesture made during the World Cup. Argentinian soccer legend Diego Maradona made the gesture to some Asian fans during the Argentina-Iceland game, according to at least two eyewitness reports. Maradona acknowledged an interaction with an Asian fan but denied any wrongdoing.

Here’s the predicament when it comes to offending people. It’s subjective. What offends me might not offend you, and vice versa. Critics complain that the offended are too sensitive. They can’t take a joke, as if the offended are all as serious as Daniel Day-Lewis prepping for a role. The problem with that tired excuse is that odds are this isn’t the first time we’ve heard the joke — or, in this case, the gesture. Are you still laughing at a Carrot Top joke from 2000? It’s not like using your fingers to pull back your eyes is “Coming to America” material.

The physical impression isn’t what is so frustrating with this gesture. For many Asian-Americans, the gesture represents the concept of otherness. The Perpetual Foreigner Syndrome is the concept that regardless of where Asian-Americans were born and raised, their American-ness is often questioned based on their physical appearance. This is best exemplified by the question every Asian-American has received at some point: “Where are you really from?” Or “Your English is great!” It’s like when a black athlete is described as “well-spoken.”

It’s a seemingly innocuous question or statement that isn’t meant to be malicious, but when you’re constantly asked that same question, it still affects your sense of inclusion, especially when you’re young. I rejected my Chinese heritage to better assimilate for the larger part of my childhood. It worked socially, but it wasn’t until well after I graduated from college that I truly became comfortable with my culture.

When you grow up as a minority, it’s easy to laugh along with stereotypes. You’re still developing your identity, and as confident as you might be, you still long to belong. The need for inclusion is a sentiment anyone can relate to, and that’s what leads to conformity. But when others reduce your entire identity to a simple facial feature, it can have a lasting psychological effect. Frank Wu, author of Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White and the one who coined the term Perpetual Foreigner Syndrome, wrote this during the 2008 Olympics after the Spanish men’s basketball team posed making the same gesture:

“Few who regard themselves as members of the mainstream understand what it is like to be ashamed of one’s parents, to be constantly striving to be just like everyone else without ever being able to fit in.”

That’s why the gesture needs to stop among mainstream influencers such as Maradona and the Telemundo hosts. Young, impressionable viewers see what they’re doing — laughing, having a good time — and emulate, not knowing about the consequences. To echo Charles Barkley’s famous Nike ad, they’re not paid to be role models, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t. I applaud Telemundo’s immediate action to suspend. Meanwhile, when Yuli Gurriel made the same gesture during the World Series and wasn’t suspended until the next season — by the way, he served the suspension while injured and unable to play anyway — it sends the wrong message. That was the equivalent of a finger wag for a finger pull.

It’s important to mention that I’m talking about these incidents via an Asian-American perspective versus a native Asian’s (Asians in Asia). It would be unlikely for native Asians to take the same level of offense. As Wu explains, “They are the dominant majority and take for granted that they belong to their societies.” For instance, in South Korea, where the population is more than 51 million, the country’s ethnic classification is ****geneous, according to the CIA. Needless to say, it would be odd for Koreans to flash each other slanted-eye gestures like they were giving dap.

It’s 2018 and easy to think we all know better when it comes to certain aspects of cultural sensitivity, but that’s not always the case. I was doing a story on a Los Angeles Rams player a couple of years ago when the player’s spouse colloquially used the term “*****y eyes” next to me (not in reference to me). She didn’t mean to offend, but she also didn’t realize how offensive the term was. Making a racist gesture doesn’t make you racist, but it does make you either uninformed or indifferent. When it comes to Asian-American culture, there’s still plenty to learn. Ten years after writing about the incident in the Beijing Olympics, Wu said in an e-mail exchange: “It’s not a new issue. It keeps happening.”

And it’s not Groundhog Day either.

Cary Chow is a writer at The Undefeated. He has an unrivaled talent for breaking video equipment, still thinks Omar was wronged in "The Wire," and roots for both the Clippers and Lakers and doesn't care about your fandom rules.

[boxerbilly]

To god **** many. Not enough !

[GeneChing]

srsly? wheelchair slant eye (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?70843-**********)? and a fencer (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?9851-Fencing) too? :o


12/14/2018 04:29 pm ET
World Champion Fencer Under Fire For Racist ********** Gesture While In Japan (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/emanuele-lambertini-fencer-paralympic-racist-**********-gesture_us_5c13f3b8e4b05d7e5d81d4be)
Actor Jimmy O. Yang called on people to “take a stance against this.”
By Kimberly Yam

Not. This. Again.

Emanuele Lambertini, a paralympic wheelchair fencer for Italy, shared a picture on Instagram Friday of himself making the ********** gesture often used to mock Asians.


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Grace Lynn Kung
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Olympic level racism: 🏆#EmanueleLambertini #Olympics #italy #fencing #Tokyo2020

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The picture, taken while in Japan for a competition, is accompanied by a caption which translates to “That’s how I feel after having eaten 🍣🍚🍜 for a week ... but at least it was worth it!” It has since been removed from Lambertini’s Instagram.

Those of Asian descent were quick to call out the racism behind the post, flooding Lambertini’s account with criticisms. Jimmy O. Yang of “Silicon Valley” even posted about the photo on his own Instagram, urging people to “take a stance against this.”

“This type of overt ignorance is absolutely unacceptable,” Yang said.

Criticisms of Lambertini spilled over to other social media platforms as well, with Twitter users also pointing out the athlete’s offensive post.


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Yushika
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Meet Emanuele Lambertini
Who posted this racist picture on instagram.
Your a paralympic fencer and you in Japan who hosted you with all there hospitality.
And this is how you thank them.
With this racist picture
SHAME on you!#EmanueleLambertini #Olympics #Tokyo2020 #paralympics

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Lambertini, who took home a silver medal at the Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Kyoto, has yet to respond to the backlash. HuffPost has reached out to the International Paralympic Committee for comment.


Kimberly Yam
Asian-American Affairs Reporter, HuffPost

[GeneChing]

Rapper Lil Pump in racism storm over new video mocking Chinese (https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/18/asia/lil-pump-china-racist-intl/index.html)
By Ben Westcott and Yong Xiong, CNN
Updated 10:33 PM ET, Tue December 18, 2018

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US rapper Lil Pump attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20 in New York City.

Hong Kong (CNN)A racist music video released by US rapper Lil Pump on social media has infuriated Chinese musicians over lyrics and gestures perceived as anti-Chinese.

In "Butterfly Doors," Lil Pump sings, "Smoking on dope, they call me Yao Ming 'cause my eye real low," in a reference to the Chinese former basketball star. He then pulls his eyelids in a common gesture mocking Asians.
Following the second verse, the rapper sings "Ching chong," a derogatory term often used against Chinese people.
Lil Pump, an 18-year-old Colombian-American, rose from social media fame to huge mainstream success. His songs have hundreds of millions of views on YouTube and he has even appeared in a video with Kanye West.
"Butterfly Doors" was posted to his Instagram account on Monday and has since been viewed more than four million times.
Chinese rapper Li Yijie, known as ****y, a member of the Chengdu Revolution (CD-Rev) rap group, released a diss track on his country's social media targeting Lil Pump over the new song.
"From being discriminated against, to act discrimination again. The fact is you and white racists the same. Respect yourself," ****y sings in the track, titled "F*** Lil Pump."
The Chinese rapper goes on to say that the Chinese are "great like Yao Ming."
Speaking to state-run tabloid Global Times, ****y said he felt angry "as a Chinese" about the lyrics.
"And as a rapper, I'm ashamed with what Lil Pump wrote in his song. Lil Pump, one of the most popular rappers in the US, should not humiliate the spirit of the rap," he said.

Hold the phone...there's a Chinese rapper named ****y?

[Jimbo]

Funny how those who make the slant eye gesture tend to be d0rky-looking themselves. That rapper Lil Punk is actually stupid-looking, lol.

[GeneChing]

That rapper Lil Punk is actually stupid-looking, lol.
Clearly his *******ery matches his looks. Why is it racists always say crap like 'I got Asian homies' or 'I got black friends'. :mad:



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Rapper Lil Pump apologizes for racist video after facing fury of angry Chinese netizens
"I got Asian homies, you know."
by Alex Linder December 28, 2018 in News

After making enemies of 1.4 billion Chinese people, Colombian-American rapper Lil Pump has apologized for using offensive lyrics and gestures in a teaser video earlier this month.

“I came here to tell you from my part that I’m sorry and I apologize for posting that. It was not my intentions to hurt nobody or do none of that,” the 18-year-old rapper said in an Instagram video posted on Christmas aimed at “spreading the love.”

“I got Asian homies, you know. I **** with everybody and I don’t got nothing against nobody. It’s all love,” he added.

Lil Pump’s Instagram and other social media accounts had been consumed with angry comments from Chinese netizens following his release of a teaser video for his new song “Butterfly Doors” which includes the line: “Smokin’ on dope, they call me Yao Ming cause my eyes real low, ching chong!” said as the rapper pulls his eyelids back.

That video was deleted a few days later, though that gave the rapper little reprieve from the onslaught of outrage.

In case you are unfamiliar with his other work, Lil Pump is best known for his 2017 song “Gucci Gang. ” His music videos boast hundreds of millions of views on YouTube and he has more than 17 million followers on Instagram.

Following the release of “Butterfly Doors,” a number of Chinese rappers hit back with diss tracks attacking Lil Pump. While he won’t be able to understand the majority of them, there was one in English from none other than ****y, an infamous nationalistic rapper from Chengdu known for putting out laughably bad diss tracks.

“The fact is you and white racists are the same / Respect yourself, you’ve suffered the pain / You don’t know anything bout the history / Cuz you a nation of immigrants / And if you really won’t take it serious / Check it out on those Indians,” ****y raps in one verse.

“I won’t say the N-word / But **** Lil Pump / You broke ass dead jerk / Got that **** nerve to **** with us / You stupid lil retard,” goes the chorus.


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Of course, it's NPC to say retard now. :rolleyes: