August 17th, 2012 at 11:52AM
Bank of Canada bans image of Asian-looking woman from new $100 banknotes

timholtorf:

shorm:

The bank immediately ordered the image redrawn, imposing a “neutral” ethnicity for the woman scientist who, now stripped of her “Asian” features, appears on the circulating note. Her light features appear to be Caucasian.

Because, y’know, everyone knows that white is neutral.

Bank of Canada, you tried, racists spoke up, and you folded. Fuck you.

Oh that just pisses me off.

*pukes*
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    thought it was stupid reasoning for why the changed it.
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    Canada, I love you as my adopted homeland. Which means that, because I love you, I’m going to tell you that sometimes...
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    :T Really not fucking cool. The answer to racists is not to remove PoC. The reaction to concerns about the stereotype of...
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