Karate, Wonton, Chow Fun: We should end the racism of 'chop suey' fonts

CNN ^ | Anne Quito

[algore]

Here's a thought experiment: Close your eyes and imagine the font you'd use to depict the word "Chinese."

There's a good chance you pictured letters made from the swingy, wedge-shaped strokes you've seen on restaurant signs, menus, take-away boxes and kung-fu movie posters.

These "chop suey fonts," as American historian Paul Shaw calls them, have been a typographical shortcut for "Asianness" for decades.

[algore]

[BenLurkin]

Racist fonts?

Have we reached peak idiocracy yet?

[dfwgator]

Hey, didn’t that Trump-hater Serj Tankian’s band System of a Down, have a big song called “Chop Suey”?

[Larry Lucido]

Chow fun? That’s either a movie, or a broad noodle.

[Gman]

Raffing out Roud.

[jjotto]

That sure looks like an Arthur Szyk work.

[ryderann]

Isn’t karate Japanese?

[Boogieman]

Better ban the “Olde English” fonts and “Gothic” fonts too. Oh wait, those are only racist towards white people. Carry on, then.

[LukeL]

This is so stupid. So I guess Greek restuarants should stop using the Greek font because it is racist. I also guess reruns of the Gong Show are right out.

[Larry Lucido]

I think fusilly Jerry is racist! And what's with the calzone folks becoming shirt-cooks all of a sudden, huh? Now we're doing your laundry too?

[bk1000]

“ Have we reached peak idiocracy yet?”

I fear we are only scratching the surface.

[escapefromboston]

Pretty sure those restaurants and movies were made by Asians

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Well, that’s it. I’m throwing out the Mah Jong tiles!

[Larry Lucido]

That's "kar-ah-tay." You have to find your katra.

[mylife]

[VanShuyten]

Another wasted minute reading this article by someone from the far left side of the bell curve.

[PGR88]

Its called “calligraphy.” Chinese grade-school students practice it, just as US students used to practice cursive handwriting

[blueplum]

on the flipside, anyone using English language-connected fonts, of which there are many, many versions, is culturally-appropriating and racist

[mylife]

Nope, needs more msg ...

[Richard Axtell]

What if a law were passed that required people... to stop listening to idiots? We wouldn’t have to do the head palm and groan thing so often. Plus the MSM and loser cable news would lose 100% of its audience. That would not be such a big deal, as they hardly have more than a tiny, teeny, little, weak, stupid audience now. Several of the more popular Conservative YouTube programmers have greater audiences watching them than either CNN or MSNBC. And the trend for these woke media jokers is not encouraging.