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Asiana Crash Exposes 21st Century Racism on Twitter

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If you see the Internet as raceless, colorblind and digital, think again my friend.

It’s a breeding ground for 21st Century racism.

Witness the instances of the nearly instantaneous anti-Asian racist tweets soon after the Asiana Airlines crash this weekend.

On social media, you can see the knee-jerky reaction. It’s racism in real time. Time for bad racist comedy.

 

Sample:

@JKastanis13: Asian airplane crashes?!? Not a surprise cuz they can’t drive!!!

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