ObaChine protest, circa 1998. Asian Americans and others in Seattle called for a boycott of the Wolfgang Puck pan-Asian restaurant because of its décor which many considered racist. Anger focused on the signature poster of a slant-eyed “Chinaman” easily visible through the glass-fronted business. So effeminate was the pigtailed caricature that many believed it was a woman. For more, see photos 3_166, 167, and 169. Photographer unknown.
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