{"id":26555,"date":"2013-01-17T23:16:31","date_gmt":"2013-01-18T03:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=26555"},"modified":"2013-01-17T23:39:32","modified_gmt":"2013-01-18T03:39:32","slug":"google-pulls-make-me-asian-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=26555","title":{"rendered":"Google Pulls ‘Make Me Asian’ App"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google has removed a “Make Me Asian” app — that let players change their appearance — following an uproar by Asian American activists who said the game promoted derogatory stereotypes.<\/p>\n

As of Thursday, “Make Me Asian” and similar apps such as “Make Me Fat” and “Make Me Indian” were no longer available on the search engine giant’s online store Google Play.<\/p>\n

“Make Me Asian” had billed itself as allowing a person to “make himself a Chinese, Japanese, Korean or any other Asian.” The user was able to add features to a person’s picture, such as a conical hat or a Fu Manchu mustache.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, the online activist group 18 Million Rising started a Twitter campaign with a hashtag, #makemeracist, aimed at getting Google to remove the apps.<\/p>\n

Good job everyone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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