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Racist Band Thinks Racist Song Somehow Not Racist
"Some of our best bass players are Asian."
July 30, 2013
Image via Complex Original
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We don't advise listening to this song, because, aside from being putrid on a musical level, it's also unquestionably racist. Packed with basic stereotypes exoticizing and fetishizing Asian people, the song and its accompanying video are completely indefensible; if it wasn't already reaching a viral tipping point, we wouldn't bother posting it.
But worth reading: the group's defense of the song as written on their YouTube page. Imagine the level of cognitive dissonance required to think that trafficking in racist stereotypes is okay, because you know racism is a thing that exists. To wit: