Recently, hip-hop female singer Doja Cat has attracted a lot of attention because of the hit song "Say So" on TikTok.
The old song "Say So" made its way into the top 10 of the Billboard singles charts for the first time this week, ranking ninth with a magical dance on TikTok.
But when people pay attention to more of Doja Cat's work, they suddenly find that in one of her songs, "So High", she describes her drunken and hazy state of not being able to open her eyes as: "We look like Asians"
Many fans feel a little uncomfortable hearing such lyrics.
Because racial discrimination is a foreign concept, as a single-racial power, China is not a multi-racial country, and most people have not experienced it and do not know what racial discrimination is.
The first impression of Asians in foreign countries is that the eyes are relatively small or squinting, and the description of "Asian/Chinese eyes" is also quite deeply rooted in the United States, so it has also become a stereotype.
In terms of ethnic characteristics, it is normal to simply discuss asians with small eyes, high nose bridges of Europeans, and thick lips of Africans; but if culturally speaking, describing asian eye characteristics is often associated with racial discrimination, because in the multiracial society of the United States, people often use this reason to mock Asians;
Although I think that whether a person is a racist or not should be judged specifically by whether she is malicious or unintentional, some people will unintentionally do something offensive to others because of ignorance, and some people are really deliberately offended, there is still a very big difference between the two.
But in general, such lyrics are still very inappropriate.
Since Doja Cat became popular, netizens' attention to her has also skyrocketed, and many people have begun to turn over the black history.
Many people have different views on discrimination against Asians. Some people choose to forgive her, believing that she did not mean it, but an inadvertent mistake. Some people thought she was excessive and wanted her to apologize.