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Did I just experience racism?


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I think he probably wanted to compliment you, but did it in a really jerky racist way (without realizing it).

 

yeah uh, there's no one under the age of 50 that could think 'china doll' isn't yucky and racist. its on par with referring to asian people as 'orientals' or 'geisha girls'

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Fetishization would be a better word to describe it. But yeah that's gross and uncalled for.

 

This. 

Sigh, I've been hit on by these disgusting older men who try to say hi to me and call me pretty in shoddy Chinese... JFC, once I walked past someone and he whispered in my ear: "I love China." Like, TF!?

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I'm not sure, isn't it more like stereotyping? 

This reminds me of a story I read on twitter

A guy(Indian) was trynna hit on the girl saying " Hey chocolate mama"

and to counter she said, "Hey sizzling samosa"

and the guy got mad at her and left

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Yes. But me - who is olive-skinned - gets called 'china doll' by uncles/aunties for having round face and big eyes like olden porcelain dolls, so if it came from a elderly person known to you, for whom it is a type rather than ethnically inflected...

PS Here porcelain is called 'china earth'.

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