The owners of a popular eatery will remove a controversial slogan from the footpath at its door, after concerns were once again raised about casual racism, Stuff reports. Visitors to Southeast Asian restaurant Monsoon Poon are greeted by the slogan “Love U Long Time” hammered into the concrete on Lower Hobson St, in central Auckland. The same slogan is etched into the steps leading into the restaurant’s Wellington branch on Blair St. The phrase, first seen in the Vietnam War film “Full Metal Jacket”, is used to sexualise Asian women in a derogatory way. Opposition to Monsoon Poon’s use of the slogan has been growing in the wake of a spate of anti-Asian hate crimes overseas, with many Kiwis calling the restaurant out online.
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