This (part of Papa John’s half-assed “apology” for the Lady Chinky Eyes comment) is exactly what people don’t understand about racism. Racism is casual. It can be subtle and carefully threaded into everyday conversation and action. It can also be deadly, as the tragic torture and death of Private Danny Chen has shown. Racism is everywhere every single damn day and in the end it’s not about whether or not someone “meant harm”. It’s the fact that it happened in the first place and the ASSISTANT MANAGER (read: person in charge) takes it lightly enough that anyone who takes offense to the comment becomes marginalized. 

Marjani, the Papa John’s employee who issued this “apology”, puts complete faith in the employee. Of course they didn’t mean any harm. Of course they’re not a racist. You know what? I bet they even have an Asian friend! That means it’s impossible for them to be a racist. Obviously.

(via fascinasians)

(via baseln)