Posted on 03/16/2016 8:36:16 AM PDT by Clint N. Suhks
One student said even an apology is not enough to make up for it.
The student government at University of California–Davis apologized for bringing a sumo wrestling fat suit on campus after people freaked out that it was racist — and now, at least one offended student is saying that their apology just wasn’t enough for something so serious.
“My overall impression is that this conversation is in itself an expression of white supremacist anti-Asian structural racism,” cultural studies Ph.D. student Scott Tsuchitani said in an e-mail to the California Aggie, the school’s student newspaper.
“Asian Americans are treated as mute, hapless victims, devoid of agency, a.k.a. the ‘model minority’ stereotype,” Tsuchitani continued. “That is what I see being reinscribed by this conversation.”
According to the Aggie, the Associated Students of the University of California–Davis (ASUCD) had brought the suits on campus so kids could put them on and wrestle each other as a fun little activity at the school’s block party . . . but it didn’t really work out that way:
“The activity immediately drew criticism from members of the student body, who accused ASUCD of fat shaming and culturally appropriating Japanese culture,” the article states. “According to the students who raised this issue to ASUCD, the sumo suits trivialized Japanese culture and the history of Japanese rikishi or sumo wrestlers.”
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A actually, sumo wrestlers are more and more non-Japanese foreigners competing in Japan.
Reparations?
White people have been sumo wrestling for 30 years, and there have been white Ozeki-level (#2 level) sumo wrestlers.
These stupid lefties don’t even know what the hell they’re talking about. Sumo is way more diverse than just Asians.
A lifetime supply of Twinkies, Red Bull and Fritos....................
Proof that there is a thing as too much college.
They DON’T know what the hell they are talking about.
My pet peeve is all the LA RAZA screamers, with nice Spanish surnames like Garcia and Rodriguez, claiming that the White Man is an invader.
Study some history.
“...cultural studies Ph.D.”
That’s about all I have to know. I suppose a cultural studies Ph.D. could be worthwhile, but I’d bet against it.
Did someone shop Cruz’s face?
According to their standard anyone in Japan that participates in any western activity needs to be stopped...
Stop Japan from culturally appropriating American culture dammit!
(being sarcastic here)
Being fat is a choice. Making money on being fat is better than being fat and poor.
I’m willing to bet that the foam sumo suits are originally a Japanese invention.
I heard CP on it a few minutes ago; hilarious!
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