Self-Abusing Logo?

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Sunset High paper says grill's ad left a bad taste

Stereotypes The newspaper refuses to publish a logo

that students say portrays Asians negatively

When John Lee designed the logo for his Cedar Mill restaurant, he opted for an illustrated cartoon he thought resembled himself: a Korean man.

But that logo, which depicts an Asian man waving an "OK" sign, is now at the center of a conflict between Lee and Sunset High School's student-run newspaper.

Last week, editors of "The Scroll" banned Lee's advertisement for the Hawaiian Grill after running it once, saying his logo stereotypes Asians and negatively portrays members of a minority group.

Now, Lee and the students are in a debate that student newspapers face across the country over stereotyping, free speech and censorship.

"As a student newspaper adviser, I feel that if one child feels offended, we change the ad," Yi said. "We have a policy."

Click here to see what all the fuss is about.

What a great lesson for journalists of the future. Jonah Goldberg was right (check my sig).

[HockeyMom]

Oh, so now we can't even laugh at ourselves..........

I'm in a WHOLE lot of trouble.

[Goon]

Oh my, don't these people know there is a war going on and we are worrying about tick tacky issues like this.

Yesh...

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Thank goodness there's a newspaper that sees no problem with publishing an ad like this while high school students are learning that it's acceptable to censor an ad that they think stereotypes a minority. Here's the story on the lynching ad.