This is the same shit as with r/animemes and the word trap back on reddit.

Discussions like this always bring me back to one thing...can a word itself be racist? Is it racist to use a word if it's not being said with racist intent? It's reminiscent of the gimp debacle...if a words use isn't intended to offend it's honestly beyond me how anyone could find it offensive. Are we supposed to ban every single word that has the slightest history of being used in an offensive fashion? Feel like we'd have a really long list if we did that.

Maybe a pretty popular food should not be used as a racist slang. You barking up the wrong tree bud

I first heard the term "ricer" from some Asian kids I knew in high school so I've never really considered it racist. But then... The N word is also mostly used by black guys (in my experience; don't run into too many super racist non-black people who use it) and it is racist so... 🤷🏻‍♂️

Identifying and making fun of certain behaviors is not racist. It can be used in a racist context, but it's not racist in itself. Do you all believe that the majority of people saying "my rice" have racist intents?