{"id":5254,"date":"2016-08-11T00:00:37","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T16:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/08\/11\/snapchat-released-another-racially-insensitive-filter\/"},"modified":"2016-08-11T00:00:37","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T16:00:37","slug":"snapchat-released-another-racially-insensitive-filter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/08\/11\/snapchat-released-another-racially-insensitive-filter\/","title":{"rendered":"Snapchat released another racially insensitive filter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Snapchat has again released a filter that seems to channel racial sterotypes, igniting a backlash from users accusing the company of trafficking in digital yellowface. The new filter debuted Tuesday, and gives users slit eyes and contorted facial features.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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It appears that Snapchat has taken the filter down as of this morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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SEE ALSO: Hollywood is finally opening up to Asian Americans<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

“This anime-inspired lens has already expired, and won’t be put back into circulation,” Snapchat said when asked to comment. “Lenses are meant to be playful and never to offend.”<\/p>\n

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Nonetheless, the filter was seen as tone-deaf, given America’s history of yellowface, a term usually referring to non-Asian actors playing stereotyped or caricatured versions of Asian people onscreen. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n

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