CliffordBigRedDog [he/him]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 11 days agoThe American Sign Language Sign for "China" until disturbingly recently from the 1998 ASL dictionary (CW: racist gesture)NSFWhexbear.netimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down10
arrow-up192arrow-down1imageThe American Sign Language Sign for "China" until disturbingly recently from the 1998 ASL dictionary (CW: racist gesture)NSFWhexbear.netCliffordBigRedDog [he/him]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squaredead [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35arrow-down1·edit-211 days agoThe image says “Note: See page 126 for the preferred sign.” Your screenshot is saying that this gesture is not correct to use. It’s teaching people to not use it. I found an old article. It seems like the signs were changed around 1993. https://archive.is/5umcg (1994 South China Morning Post) https://archive.is/PLf6s (1994 Baltimore Sun)
minus-squaremusicpostingonly [he/him, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·11 days agogood grief. Sign language almost seems a bit more harsh in its slurs, regardless of base language.
minus-squareikilledtheradiostar [comrade/them, love/loves]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 days ago page 126 for the preferred sign the original sign plus a hat and false teeth
minus-squaremanuallybreathing@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-210 days agoWow that SCMP article is wild, especially when compared to the one from the Sun IN a new twist to America’s growing thirst for political correctness, Asia’s citizens are being defended against an unlikely enemy - the deaf.
The image says “Note: See page 126 for the preferred sign.” Your screenshot is saying that this gesture is not correct to use. It’s teaching people to not use it.
I found an old article. It seems like the signs were changed around 1993.
https://archive.is/5umcg (1994 South China Morning Post)
https://archive.is/PLf6s (1994 Baltimore Sun)
good grief. Sign language almost seems a bit more harsh in its slurs, regardless of base language.
the original sign plus a hat and false teeth
Wow that SCMP article is wild, especially when compared to the one from the Sun