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reallifedocumentarian: angryasiangirlsunited: So this is a photo of a white girl (who has openly and repeatedly stated that Asian girls are not attractive in the past and overall denies any form of privilege) with a tattoo of Buddha on her arm.Buddha did not want his image used in such a way (literally in the temples and from his basic teachings, you are taught not to tattoo Buddha’s image to the body), and there’s also a tat of a white lotus which stands for mental purity and spiritual perfection which is another thing you’re not supposed to advertise on yourself.  But a lot of white girls like the idea of a beautiful flower growing out of mud for some reason (without even doing the research of its cultural significance before getting it as a tattoo). Buddha isn’t some image white people can make a tatted sleeve out of because they think it’s cool and they think they can identify with one of the enlightened people of our culture.  If they knew anything about Buddhism at all they’d know that having a tattoo of Buddha is offensive to the overall culture and religion.  But I guess no fucks were given. Though it’s a religion, it’s entrenched in its culture and I just find the whole thing super offensive especially since it’s a white girl who has made racist remarks in the past and decides to take from the culture and disrespect the cultural and religious image. I’m  tired of seeing white people taking from cultures without any clue of the significance and damage of the appropriation.  It’s racist and a modern day perpetuation of white colonialism.  But I doubt the owner cares. I have feelings like this, too. Those feelings also come up when I see white folks with Japanese tattoos (or tbh, any Asian tattoos).

reallifedocumentarian:

angryasiangirlsunited:

So this is a photo of a white girl (who has openly and repeatedly stated that Asian girls are not attractive in the past and overall denies any form of privilege) with a tattoo of Buddha on her arm.

Buddha did not want his image used in such a way (literally in the temples and from his basic teachings, you are taught not to tattoo Buddha’s image to the body), and there’s also a tat of a white lotus which stands for mental purity and spiritual perfection which is another thing you’re not supposed to advertise on yourself.  But a lot of white girls like the idea of a beautiful flower growing out of mud for some reason (without even doing the research of its cultural significance before getting it as a tattoo).

Buddha isn’t some image white people can make a tatted sleeve out of because they think it’s cool and they think they can identify with one of the enlightened people of our culture.  If they knew anything about Buddhism at all they’d know that having a tattoo of Buddha is offensive to the overall culture and religion.  But I guess no fucks were given.

Though it’s a religion, it’s entrenched in its culture and I just find the whole thing super offensive especially since it’s a white girl who has made racist remarks in the past and decides to take from the culture and disrespect the cultural and religious image.

I’m  tired of seeing white people taking from cultures without any clue of the significance and damage of the appropriation.  It’s racist and a modern day perpetuation of white colonialism.  But I doubt the owner cares.

I have feelings like this, too.
Those feelings also come up when I see white folks with Japanese tattoos (or tbh, any Asian tattoos).

匿名 sent: Nothing wrong with being cishet so I'm not sure why you included that, but basically what I asked is, while saying "I love (race) girls, they're so hot!" is racist/fetishistic saying "I love hot (race) girls" wouldn't be right? Enjoying an attractive non-white girl of one race over an attractive non-white girl of another race seems like it'd be fine but I'm not sure. It's not saying all (race) girls are hot, it's saying that I like the ones that are.

Ok but you see you are pretty much making the exact same statement it’s just now you’re saying that you only meant that you find hot girls likable which is often a completely unnecessary statement and actually suggests that it’s their race which you are attracted to which is inherently problematic and fetishistic especially if you are a white man.
Ps was not suggesting that there was something wrong with being cishet, so I don’t know why you brought that up.
Thank you

匿名 sent: I have a question I asked a while but but I don't think got answered. Saying "I love asian girls they're so hot!" would be fetishistic, but saying "I love hot asian girls!" would just be me being a pig, right first groups all asians into being hot and plenty aren't the other just shows I only like hot ones which doesn't seem to be fetishistic to me. I've got no problem looking like a douche, but I'm not out to be racist about it. the

I couldn’t really understand your message but it smells like some cishet fetishistic white man logic

dezzidamned: Cheeky boob in my favourite oriental gown :p #oriental #japanese #geisha #cleavage #tattooed #DezziDamned Racism is not sexy

dezzidamned:

Cheeky boob in my favourite oriental gown :p #oriental #japanese #geisha #cleavage #tattooed #DezziDamned

Racism is not sexy

soon-notyet:

“Everybody has a preference. It’s not that big of a deal. It’s not a fetish.”

I have been grabbed on the street by drunk white men hollering at me and asking if I have a “vice grip” because apparently “Asians are tight”. Then there are the more subtle forms of fetishization, which are just as problematic and pervasive. Why do people try to play it out like this shit doesn’t matter? Who the hell are they to speak on behalf of all poc? Ugh.

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Fukuko Katsuura Is One of the Few Kimono Weavers Left In The World

asiaberkeley:

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Fukuko Katsuura and her son at the University of California, Berkeley on 6.13.13

why the fuck are you squinting your eyes and calling this geisha what the fuck is wrong with you

why the fuck are you squinting your eyes and calling this geisha what the fuck is wrong with you

匿名 sent: i love this blog sososo much honestly my only criticism is that you don't post enough ):

Thank you, I would post more if there were people moderating…

notsuperstitious sent: I know that in many Asian countries, it's customary to put a person's family name before their first name (ex. Osumi Takeshi or Doo Ho Choi, instead of Takeshi Osumi or Choi Doo Ho). Is it disrespectful to say them the anglicized way, with first name before family name?

In English? No

saneisdead: Shout out @skribs94 for the dope ink as always #traditional #ink #hannya #Japanese #unique #original #skribz #junkyard I like it when white people get racist tattoos because then I know to avoid them without having to talk to them

saneisdead:

Shout out @skribs94 for the dope ink as always #traditional #ink #hannya #Japanese #unique #original #skribz #junkyard

I like it when white people get racist tattoos because then I know to avoid them without having to talk to them

PoC: I'm tried of living in a society were I'm disrespected because of my race. That shit is literally killing me and sometimes (or all the damn time) I need to talk to others about it or I need to just fucking vent
the whites: OH MY GOD STOP TALKING ABOUT RACISM HOW FUCKING DARE YOU BLOG ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO BLOG ABOUT ON YOUR BLOG DAMN YOU SJW
the whites: hahah n*ggers are monkeys! ni*ggers love chicken!
the whites: Mexicans need to go home the fucking w*tbacks
the whites: it's okay if Muslims are killed because they're terrorists
the whites: I'm a Cherokee G*psy Submissive Asian Princess with a Bindi but Natives, Romanis, Asians and Desi women are ugly
the whites: I don't understand why these stupid SJW hate white people
PoC: .........
the whites: I just don't understand. reverse racism at it's finest

vvila92:

I served these men at work yesterday - I’m pretty sure they were Japanese. I think that’s what they were speaking in… it sounded really cool. I used to watch Naruto as a kid with subtitles and loved the way Jiraiya’s voice sounded. It was so deep. And this guy’s sounded exactly like that. I think they thought I was creeping because I lingered a little bit. I wish I could just sit down and listen to them talk all day. It doesn’t even matter that I have no idea what they’re saying. It’s like a song or dance. I’m totally going to make sure I’m the one that serves them again, just saying.

That’s weird and gross don’t do that

匿名 sent: "especially when they feel enitiled enough that they think they know more than a person of color about their. own. culture" Um, I'm BLACK and I know more about Mexican culture than many of my friends who are 100% Mexican and come from parents that were born there. If I magically became white, would that suddenly mean that I don't know more than them? I don't get it.

匿名 sent: Um, you did realise that the last ask was about how you felt about ASIAN people using the word, not white people?

haha no sorry, I guess I’m not really worried about asian people using the word oriental. Although I would say internalized racism could make that a problem, the people I see use oriental in a gross way is mainly from white people.

匿名 sent: Hey, if you don't mind me asking, how do you guys feel about Asian people reclaiming the term "oriental"?

very gross and disturbing to the point I want to punch a white person the moment it comes out of their mouth
http://angryasiangirlsunited.tumblr.com/post/41135251499/yellow-face-and-orientalism-in-the-media-controlling