{"id":400583,"date":"2021-04-08T15:58:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T19:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=400583"},"modified":"2021-04-08T15:58:32","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T19:58:32","slug":"cnn-claims-popular-asian-fonts-perpetuate-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-claims-popular-asian-fonts-perpetuate-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Claims Popular \u2018Asian\u2019 Fonts Perpetuate Racism"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcnn-claims-popular-asian-fonts-perpetuate-racism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=400583&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-962.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>In a bizarre op-ed published Thursday, a writer for CNN suggested that certain fonts can perpetuate racism.<\/p>\n<p>The piece by Anne Quito, titled \u201cKarate, Wonton, Chow Fun: The End of \u2018Chop Suey\u2019 Fonts,\u201d ridiculously asserts that fonts used to communicate \u201cAsaianness\u201d perpetuate negative stereotypes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cType designers in the West have since cooked up many of their own versions of chop suey. Variations on the font are commercially distributed as Wonton, Peking, Buddha, Ginko, Jing Jing, Kanban, Shanghai, China Doll, Fantan, Martial Arts, Rice Bowl, Sunamy, Karate, Chow Fun, Chu Ching San JNL, Ching Chang and Chang Chang,\u201d the report said. \u201cIt\u2019s hard not to cringe at the Chinese stereotypes bundled up with each font package \u2014 especially when seen through the lens of today\u2019s heightened vigilance toward discrimination and systemic racism. Critics believe that using chop suey typefaces is downright racist, particularly when deployed by non-Asian creators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Quito\u2019s argument continues for several paragraphs. She then later asserted that these fonts have been used by politicians to perpetuate racism but, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cnn-fonts-racist-asianness\">Fox News<\/a> rightly noted, she cited just \u201ctwo examples from the past 144 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later, Quito admits that Chinese immigrants themselves have regularly employed the font on their own businesses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s worth noting that, in 1930s America, some Chinese immigrants themselves used chop suey fonts on their restaurant signs, menus, and advertisements, as a way to heighten the exotic appeal of their establishments,\u201d Quito wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.169491525424\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For years, the West has relied on so-called &#8220;chop suey&#8221; fonts to communicate &#8220;Asianness&#8221; in food packaging, posters and ad campaigns. But such fonts perpetuate problematic stereotypes. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w85xSXp0iN\">https:\/\/t.co\/w85xSXp0iN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CNN (@CNN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN\/status\/1379841589267197954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It should be noted that Gothic fonts have regularly been deployed to portray European cultures since settlers first came to American shores.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCNN has reached the epitome of \u2018we\u2019re out of stuff to pretend to be outraged by this week for clicks\u2019 if they\u2019re surmising which fonts are racist,\u201d political satirist Tim Young told Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis piece leaves me with more questions than virtue signals,\u201d Young said. \u201cWhich fonts belong to which demographics?&nbsp;Does this mean Times New Roman is a Caucasian font?&nbsp;Is the old typewriter font for elderly people? Are there straight and gay fonts or fonts based on the 54 genders? I need to know.&nbsp;I\u2019m so confused at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>People on Twitter roasted CNN for asserting that a cultural font can somehow perpetuate racism:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh my God. Do people not have better things to do than find things to cancel? How are people going to personify fonts like this?!?? WHO CARES\u201d tweeted one user.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.5\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oh my God.  Do people not have better things to do than find things to cancel? How are people going to personify fonts like this?!?? WHO CARES <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qQXfF16FBt\">https:\/\/t.co\/qQXfF16FBt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shana Nokham Vick (@urshulashana) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/urshulashana\/status\/1379953037582725122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis is dumb. Stop looking for ways to divide people. Typography is a communication tool, and in the vast majority of instances this is well-intentioned and informative,\u201d tweeted another user.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.4615384615385\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is dumb. Stop looking for ways to divide people. Typography is a communication tool, and in the vast majority of instances this is well-intentioned and informative. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/skrK1Z3VhB\">https:\/\/t.co\/skrK1Z3VhB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Swaim (@mattswami) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattswami\/status\/1379974515887865857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cDoes racist even mean anything anymore? It used to be reserved for nasty people. Now it\u2019s a marketing tool,\u201d tweeted another.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.2295081967213\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Does racist even mean anything anymore? It used to be reserved for nasty people. Now it\u2019s a marketing tool. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T4XuLctkVS\">https:\/\/t.co\/T4XuLctkVS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Eisenmann (@thehumanashtray) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thehumanashtray\/status\/1379884576366006273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cJust stop it! You all have absolutely zero problems stereotyping middle Americans as rednecks and hillbillies,\u201d tweeted another.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.2673796791444\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just stop it! You all have absolutely zero problems stereotyping middle Americans as rednecks and hillbillies. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u2fTE8ljPB\">https:\/\/t.co\/u2fTE8ljPB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Liberty \ud83d\uddfd Bella (@DreamWeaver61) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DreamWeaver61\/status\/1379991528173604865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cnn-claims-there-is-no-consensus-criteria-for-assigning-sex-at-birth-in-news-article\"> CNN Claims \u2018There Is No Consensus Criteria For Assigning Sex At Birth\u2019 In News&nbsp;Article<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a bizarre op-ed published Thursday, a writer for CNN suggested that certain fonts can perpetuate racism.The piece by Anne Quito, titled \u201cKarate, Wonton, Chow Fun: The End of \u2018Chop &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311877,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-962.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"CNN Claims Popular \u2018Asian\u2019 Fonts Perpetuate Racism","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-400583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-962.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"CNN Claims Popular \u2018Asian\u2019 Fonts Perpetuate Racism","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}