On Friday, October 6, the Daily Egyptian printed an advertisement on the second page. This advertisement, for the Daily Egyptian itself, consisted of a caricature of an East Asian face, with an apocryphal message from Confucius in broken English.

I am sure the DE’s readers all enjoyed this callous, offensive humor, verging on racism. I imagine they all eagerly anticipate further ads denigrating other groups, including (in no particular order) Christians (Jesus?), Moslems (Mohammed?), African-Americans (Martin Luther King?), women (Susan B. Anthony?), foreigners, gays, the handicapped, dead white males, etc.

Respected figures could be used to promote all kinds of different products; The possibilities are only limited by the imagination of your advertising staff since they are so lacking in judgment, not to mention good taste.

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Associate Professor of Chinese