A South African ramen restaurant is under fire on social media for naming its eatery after a memorable line in Full Metal Jacket, in which a Vietnamese prostitute propositions two American G.I.s to have sex with her.
“Me so horny. Me love you long time,” she says, right before they get screwed over. The scene served to depict urban life in South Vietnam.
According to Distractify, the restaurant serves all manner of Korean cuisine including ramen, hot pot, Korean BBQ, poke, and so forth. An obvious play on the famous line in Full Metal Jacket and miso soup, the business named “Misohawny” is being criticized for racism and insensitivity towards Asians.
People complaining about the name were particularly drawn to the fact that the two owners are white men.
A new 'Asian' restaurant opening in Joburg, owned by non Asians. It covers 3 different cultures: 1.ramen (Japanese), 2.poke (Hawaiian) & 3.Korean BBQ. As an Asian woman, I really hate the name. It might seem funny but when men say it while they sexually harass you it's not. pic.twitter.com/gAVDiSKFah
— Ming Chows 林明巧 (@mingcheau) November 14, 2017
2 white guys are opening a Ramen restuarant in Melville and are calling it "Misohawni"… pic.twitter.com/wVlUsyOLmJ
— Killua Zoldyck (@nyatalija) November 7, 2017
This phrase has been said to me on the street by men harassing me. It's been cracked to me as a joke. I've held my head high in life despite this haranguing.
— Dakota Kim (@dakotakim1) November 14, 2017
When you put this on your sign, your menu, you celebrate your power over me. Your power to make me feel like shit just seeing it exists.
— Dakota Kim (@dakotakim1) November 14, 2017
disgusted but not surprised in the least pic.twitter.com/Tbpq6qnASY
— lindy (@Lindyyay) November 14, 2017
not to mention, it's not in a real Asian language but a mock-up amalgation of "Asian sounds" that white ppl have used to hurt me & ppl who look like me for centuries
— 💛SAD CHINA💛 (@svnnyc) November 14, 2017
Mashable’s Yvette Tan called the name “full on offensive, especially in light of what’s happening in Hollywood right now,” as if a humorous reference to a popular film somehow makes light of rape. In the Full Metal Jacket scene, the prostitute engaged the two soldiers into having consensual sex (for money) with her.
“It’s 2017, but 2 white guys are opening a ramen restaurant called ‘Misohawni,’” reads the headline.
According to South African food magazine EatOut, the Melville-based restaurant opened on November 12 and had its name inspired by similar restaurants its owners visited in Berlin.
Current estimates have Asians representing over 60 percent of the global population, making them the ethnic majority, even as compared to all other ethnicities combined. By any standards, these men are a marginalized minority.
Sources: Distractify
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True.Epic.Crusader
November 19, 2017 at 9:33 am
That name is amazing and I bet they’re enjoying all the free publicity right now. Good job, guys! If the fatties are angry, you know you did something good.
webkilla
November 19, 2017 at 9:47 am
ya. free publicity – best deal they could have asked for. I doubt the locals in their area care
True.Epic.Crusader
November 19, 2017 at 10:39 am
I’d make it my new go-to restaurant if I lived in that area.
SaveTheWorld
November 19, 2017 at 11:40 am
Publicity that they could never afford… BRAVO.
Ryan S
November 19, 2017 at 12:04 pm
Whites are oppressed people in South Africa facing genocide…so I doubt they give two f-ks what some SJWs in other parts of the world care.
I_h8_disqus
November 19, 2017 at 12:40 pm
Let me whip out the 2 Live Crew.
Sicks5
November 19, 2017 at 12:54 pm
The snowflakes…. they be meltin.
Bobby Barrett
November 19, 2017 at 1:23 pm
I’m laughing at all the deranged, easily offended.