#japanophobia

This is japanophobia

if you need context for the original photo, here’s a thread. the meme post has over 18,000 notes. you can see where it even blurs out the slur that appears in the window. if you don’t understand how this is harmful... i literally don’t know what to tell you. i have no idea who raven-crow is or their heritage, or if the meme originated with them, but this is unacceptable. please reblog this post to spread awareness and do not circulate the other.

They'll do literally anything but look in the mirror. How are they going to make jokes about nuking a whole country of people, most of whom aren't part of the government. People do this with Japan I assume because they view the country as this "evil sci-fi country that's advanced much farther than it was supposed to", trying to be like "oh they're ALL homophobic or ALL racist" 1) Bigoted people exist in every country 2) Is the country you're from/residing in actively committing or have committed war crimes at the same or a far greater scale? 3) Do you think that nuking a whole country of people is an appropriate response 4) Are YOU the person who should be pointing fingers while generalizing a whole country of people??

i LOVE this book, thank you for the recommendation!! George Takei is one of my favorite Asian American activists too!! he's most known for being Sulu in Star Trek, and is actually also a gay rights activist, being gay himself.

this is orientalism.

this is orientalism and japanophobia.

this is orientalism and japanophobia.