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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. ”
CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS TRY TO VASTLY TOUGHEN RULES FOR PRIMARY SEASON MATCHING FUNDS
Starting in 1984, minor party presidential candidates have used primary season matching funds to help pay for petitioners to get on the ballot. Now, Democrats in Congress propose to make eligibility for primary season matching funds five times more difficult. H.R. 1 and S.1 make many election law changes. Among the changes are increasing the difficulty of receiving primary season matching funds. Current law requires small donations totalling at least $5,000 from each of twenty states. The bills raise that to $25,000 from each of twenty states.
Minor party presidential candidates who have received primary season matching funds, and the amounts, are as follows: