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Alejandra Onieva Who rumoured to be dating Sebastian Stan posted a picture on Instagram of her and her friends wearing a geisha with the caption saying “Asian Night”. Although she’s the one who made the racist post it seems like Sebastian is the one getting called out.
I do understand why that it is because He’s been more vocalised by blocking fans whose been calling it out so that’s he getting more of the blacklash despite the fact that his rumoured girlfriend’s action.
If you don’t understand on how is something like wearing geisha is seen as racist, well that’s because Geisha are female entertainers who perform traditional Japanese art forms, such as traditional dance and singing.
Geisha are very respected and it even hard to become one. However people like Alejandra and the other non-Asian make it to easy because they are more focus on clothes that they wear and see it as a costume than just a well-respected in Asian culture.
Hollywood seems to exploit the Asian culture and even sees as Asian people as costumes rather than just human beings. One person comes to mind is Gwen Stefani who hired Asian women to pictures of her and were seen in her music videos.
The Asian women were seen as submissive with no expressions on their face and even didn’t talk. This one of the many stereotypes that Asian people have to face.
Another celebrity who has shown to fetishes Asian people and even did cultural appropriation in the past is Katy Perry. At the American music awards back in 2013, Katy Perry performed her single “Unconditionally” where she wore a geisha.
In an interview, Katy expresses her love for Japanese people by saying she wants to “skin them and wear them like Versace”.
Asian people aren’t seen as human beings but rather objects and costumes by white people with privilege who will defend themselves by saying they are “appreacting their culture”.
