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Racist keywords - Help needed from IMDb staff
Dear IMDb staff: your help is needed to permanently ban several racist keywords that are racist against Asian people.
These keywords are mostly the work of a single troll. When the keywords are deleted, the troll typically adds them right back.
almond-eyes
almond-shaped-eyes
asiatic
chinaman
chinawoman
oriental-woman (should be merged into asian-woman)
slit-eye
The keywords need to be permanently banned. Thank you in advance for resolving this.
Michelle
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3 years ago
Hi keyword_expert -
Thanks for your report, I have now removed the applicable inappropriate keywords from the site ("chinaman"/"chinawoman"/"slit-eye") and have merged "oriental-woman" into "asian-woman", as suggested, and merged "asiatic" into "asian".
I have also blocked these racial terms to be re-listed on the site.
Cheers!
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bradley_kent
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It is long past time for IMDb to take some action on this problem. Where is your common sense?
If "almond-eyes" and "almond-shaped-eyes" are acceptable keywords, what is next? "kinky-hair" for some Black people, "broad-nose" and "big-lips" for some Back and Aboriginal people, "straight-pubic-hair" or "uncurly-pubic-hair" for some Asian people, "susceptible to-freckles" for some redheaded people, "susceptible-to-sunburn" for some Scandinavians and Caucasian Australians, etc.
This has become totally absurd. Are we entering a new era of eugenics, which had proven to be both unscientific and racially biased? I thought this nonsense ended with the nazis.
And, as to the blatantly sexist keywords... How many refer to their grandmother, mother, wife, daughter or female friend as a "skank," "slut," "easy-woman," "loose-woman, "doable," "chick"-- with "creamy-legs," "velvety-thighs," "legs-to-die-for," "god's-gift-to-man," "boobs" -- and the list goes on-and-on.
C'mon, wake up to the 21st century.
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Michelle
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3 years ago
Hi All -
Apologies for the delayed response. I can confirm that the keywords "almond-eyes" and "almond-shaped-eyes" are offending terms and these Keywords have now been removed from the site.
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