Phoenix artist Shela Yu was appalled when she saw the posts on social media.
In mid-March, photos from a few years ago circulated on Facebook showing a Phoenix sushi restaurant s racist and sexist advertising. Moto, located near the southeast corner of 16th Street and Glendale Avenue, hung up a red banner outside the restaurant reading We (heart) you long time with an Asian woman s face as the heart.
The sign was a reference to Stanley Kubrick s war movie Full Metal Jacket, when a sex worker in Vietnam propositions U.S. soldiers with the line, Me so horny. Me love you long time.