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[–] ChicoSuave 13 points 1 year ago

Whitewashing of culture is absorbing another culture by renaming shit, such as wanting local dishes but refusing to learn the language so all the food becomes a generalized term, like curry.

What the "fan" did was absolutely pure racism; to remove Asian people and replace them with white.