The Squint
February 5, 2009 § 4 Comments
Where do pictures like this come from??
As you can see, all the white people in this picture are squinting their eyes [or even going so far as to pull them back at the corners] while the one Asian person is opening his as wide as he can.
The picture does not become less offensive because there is an Asian person in it. That would be like saying Girls Gone Wild isn’t degrading to women because the women are willing participants; that simply isn’t logical.
Roomie #1 suggested that maybe they had been having a complex discussion about race…I think she was joking. It definitely looks like they were drinking more than anything else; Miley and her bf look pretty trashed. I don’t think that situations like this can even occur without some trace of racism among the group members. It just makes me shake my head…
auradis 
didja read her apology? Here’s one response I’ve read regarding it: http://disgrasian.blogspot.com/2009/02/dear-miley-cyrus-love-means-never.html
hahaha yeah I read it on ONTD today, and the comments on there (finally! comments again! not that I can comment myself…) basically summed up what I felt about it: LIES. I definitely agree w/ disgrasian on this one. I know you thought it wasn’t a really big deal but if we don’t speak up about things like this, it’s not going to better itself.
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