Not racist, at all.
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“Refusing to pronounce someone’s name correctly & telling them to ‘go home’ furthers the perpetual foreigner myth, fostering anti-immigrant sentiment that AAPIs do not belong in the U.S,” the Asian American Foundation wrote in a post Monday on X, formerly known as Twitter. “AAPI names are not punchlines & we expect public figures to use their platforms responsibly.“
I join with all other TNCR orientals in solidarity with this outrage. Our voices WILL be heard, and you WILL pronounce our names correctly. Ax. TEE GEE. ZEEnon. HORISS.
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British-born black comedian Lenny Henry famously said - “Enoch Powell says he wants to give me £1,000 to go back to where I came from. Which is great, because it’s only 20 pence on the bus from here to Dudley”