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In this edition of everything is racist, CNN thinks that fonts are racist. As in typeface. Karate, Wonton, Chow Fun: The end of chop suey fonts, by Anne Quito was published on April 8. An editor s note at the top insists you know that This feature is part of CNN Style s new series Hyphenated, which explores the complex issue of identity among minorities in the United States.
The piece in question is 1,777 words.
The piece opens up with: Here s a thought experiment: Close your eyes and imagine the font you d use to depict the word Chinese.
We’re doing everything we can to fight racism, but will it ever be enough?
I hope I delivered those words in a very virtuous font.
But judging by a new CNN op-ed, I may not have.
The article begins with a test:
Here’s a thought experiment: Close your eyes and imagine the font you’d use to depict the word “Chinese.”
So how’d it look? Did you envision an alphabet rife with “the swingy, wedge-shaped strokes you’ve seen on restaurant signs, menus, take-away boxes and kung-fu movie posters?”
If so, well,
That type of writing the piece poses has been a “typographical shortcut for ‘Asianness. ”
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