stop calling atsumuย โr/tsumuโ
calling japanese charactersย โratsโ is racist. iโm tired of seeing it.
in fact, donโt do it to any east asian character.ย
yes, the term โratโ is used nowadays as a way of saying a โsnitchโ or โtattle-tale,โ and so people use it without the racism intended. the issue is that, in american media, the japanese character IS a snitchy type.ย
back in world war two,ย there was anti-japanese propaganda calling the japanese โrats.โย it was to say that โthe rats are always listeningโ in that the japanese were spies and/or double agents for the japanese government.ย
on top of this,ย america had a period that they called โthe yellow perilโ,ย a racist color-metaphor that misrepresents the peoples of east asia as an existential danger to the western world. they used the termย โratโ to further integrate and spread that propagandaย (these links refer you to wikipedia articles on the matter).ย
if youโre going to use the termย โratโ, just useย โsnitchโ orย โtattletale.โ so stop calling atsumu aย โratโ. stop using that to sound quirky, to tease, to soundย โcutesy.โย
donโt use it!! even if you are east-asian, because most people donโt know you are and the best way to stop the usage of it is to stop using it entirely.ย
