A female nail technician is under fire for calling Asian nail technicians “chinks” on her social media account.
Rae Lenelle, a licensed cosmetologist and nail technician who goes by the handle of @polishedby_rae on Instagram, is being called out for her racist Facebook post on Saturday.
“When the chinks can’t get your shape right.” As a daughter of an Asian man who tirelessly worked as a nail tech for 20+ years, this is absolutely appalling. pic.twitter.com/3caNNGNdb4
Some in Asian community posted in the comments section to discuss the offensive social media post.
But things got a bit chaotic after some tried to point out what was wrong with the situation, and asked the person to “get over it” and “keep it moving” if she doesn’t like what she’s seeing.
Following the backlash, Lenelle made another post on her Facebook page.
It turns out that this is not the first time Lenelle used the racial slur while advertising her work. She used the same derogatory term in one of her Instagram posts back in August.
People on Twitter also expressed their outrage over Lenelle’s use of the derogatory term:
Does she really think “chinx” is a legitimate term for Asian people?? She compares it to “Black technician” but those are two immensely incomparable terms
“I’m not racist” but you used a racist term to put someone of a certain down? “Black nail technician” yeah no that’s fine you could’ve called them an “Asian nail technician” but you chose a racist word so what if someone called you a racist word in return? Wouldn’t be good.
also having family members who are nail techs and pride themselves on their work. This is highly offensive. Even the “I DO FOR YOU” has racial undertones.
I find it appalling that people think “chink” is an appropriate term for us Asians. It’s OFFENSIVE. If you’re not Asian, don’t assume it’s okay. Even if you are Asian, IT’S NOT OKAY. Jeez.. I’d love to have someone call me chink to my face.
Ingorance at its finest
Round of applause for this girls people and neighborhood for teaching her the significance
and strength of racial slurs… Brilliant.
I just wanted to point out how unprofessional she is. If you can’t get clients from your own work and skills without having to bash others, then that’s sad. On top of that, calling an Asian a chink isn’t the same as calling someone black “black”.
WHHHAAATTT!!??
Are there people out here really normalizing that word to where they use it in the same manner as “Asian”??😨😨Should I even be surprised?? I’m still called “negro” so maybe I shouldn’t be but come tf on. If a mofo said “darkies” I bet…man yo who is this dumbass? pic.twitter.com/LSxGIK9BjN
People this dumb need to be terminated ASAP. People are taking it personal more than her because she used a racist slur that does not offend her because of her race history. I want to say more but Twitter made a dumb ass text limit…
People on social media chimed in, laughed, and continued to make fun of the slur.
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