Sxephil is the screename of a man named Phillip Defranco that gives daily posts that are pretty much really politically incorrect and sarcastic and funny current events. So of course he deals with a lot of seemingly taboo issues... like race.
The link on the bottom is a youtube video he made talking about various things, such as an astroid almost hitting earth, an ex porn star senator, and Miley Cyrus. He talks about a picture where Miley posed with a ton of white people and one asian boy, squinting their eyes to make fun of him, while the asian is wide-eyed in apparent shock.
I don't really know what to think about this... The setting makes it seem like the asian is their friend. It's like a small party in someone's house. That, and why does the asian look shocked if he was looking in the camera? how could he have seen them making fun of him until after the picture was taken.
My bet is this was a posed joke that the asian boy participated in. If that's the case I don't see the harm in it. The boy couldn't have been offended if he agreed to it. Unless this was a situation where since it was a pleasant atmosphere he felt the pressure of people turning on him and being mean to him if he didn't. I guess only the boy will know if it was a bash on his race or not.
Oh and a side note. When Phil talks about the name Lequisha, and bashing it, saying he's never heard people with the name Lequisha pronounce anything properly, is that racist? It's an African name, but I don't know if that has any relevance to the joke. He could just be bashing the name. For example, Bob doesn't seem like a serious name to me.
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