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Google's motto is "Don't Be Evil", which makes it difficult to fathom why
they carry the "Make Me Asian" and "Make Me Indian" apps by KimberyDeiss on
their Google Play Store. These apps overlay dated and racist stereotypes
onto your photos: rice paddy hat, fu manchu mustache, slanty eyes and yellow
skin - and voila, digital yellowface! Or you can pretend to be a Native
American by slapping your picture with war paint, feather, and broadened
nose, because we all know that that is all that it takes to represent "
Indians". These apps perpetuate hateful and offensive stereotypes that are
used to this very day to marginalize and humiliate Asians and Native
Americans. They are not funny, and their use highlights a vicious double
standard, where people are allowed to characterize Asians and Native
Americans in a way that they never would do to other races or ethnic groups.
Google is implicitly normalizing these characterizations by allowing them
to proliferate on their branded Google Play store. THESE APPS NEED TO COME
DOWN NOW. And here's what you can do:
Go here and flag both apps as inappropriate directly on the Google Play site
, preferably from an Android device. The apps are named "Make Me Asian" and
"Make Me Indian", the developer name is KimberyDeiss, and the urls are
respectively, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.makemeasian&
hl=en and https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.makemeindian&hl=
en
If you have Twitter, tweet this out: @ericschmidt Take the racist Make Me
Asian and Make Me Indian apps off @googleplay NOW! #makemeasian https://www.
change.org/petitions/google-remove-the-racist-make-me-asian-app-from-the-
google-play-store
There is a partner petition by our friends at 18 Million Rising that we
encourage you to sign as well. |
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