NP: How do you define racism?

[CyrusGeo at netscape.net]

Could anyone please help me understand the news article in the following link? Why, exactly, are these t-shirts considered racist? Why do I find them funny and not at all insulting? (Answers like: "because you're not Asian" won't be accepted.)
By the way, I think losing one's sense of humour is the first step towards fascism.

http://dailynews.netscape.com/dailynews/cnn/story_2.tmpl?story=2002041910365001134917&shortdate=0419

Cyrus


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