A photo of Scott Disick and his daughter has sparked outrage on social media.
The American TV personality shares three children with his ex-partner, Kourtney Kardashian: Mason, Penelope, and Reign.
Disick and Kourtney had an on-and-off relationship from 2006 to 2015.
Although the pair is no longer together, and Kourtney is now married to Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, the exes are still in each other’s lives.
In an episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Kourtney spoke of her relationship with Disick, saying: “Scott and I, we’re going to be in each other’s lives forever. We are soulmates, in a sense. No matter what, whether we’re ever together or not.”
Although their relationship wasn’t always easy, the pair is now co-parenting their children.
Disick’s appearances throughout the years on Keeping Up with the Kardashians and now The Kardashians on Disney+ have certainly given him a large platform, with an Instagram following of over 28 million.
But some of his fans were unhappy with an Instagram post featuring him and his daughter.
Criticizing the post, one person wrote: “It’s a parent’s responsibility to teach a kid to do the right thing.”
Another added: “All that wealth, you’d think some would go towards education on ignorance and cultural sensitivity.”
“Ignorance at its finest,” a third remarked.
Racist stereotypes have been around for years, including people making fun of the East Asian eye shape.
In East Asian countries, the common eye feature is epicanthic folds, also known as monolid eyes, where the upper eyelid meets the inner corner of the eye.
One way people are racist towards these communities is by using their fingers to pull back their eyes, trying to mimic their features.
The ‘slant-eyes’ stereotype is a racist slur against East Asian people.
It originated in 19th-century Western propaganda, in which Asian immigrants were often depicted with yellow skin, buck teeth, and slit eyes, per Dictionary.com.
In the Instagram post, Disick is shown sitting with his daughter at a restaurant. As Penelope and he pose for the snap, she pulls her eyelids up.
To make matters worse, they are eating at an Asian restaurant with chopsticks on the table as they smile for the photo.
Many people in the comments believed this was Penelope doing the Asian ‘slant eyes’ slur because they were at an Asian restaurant.
One person questioned: “Why the F is his daughter doing that? Eating Asian food and being racist??”
However, some fans were quick to defend the photo.
“You people are disgusting talking about a child being racist because she made a funny face?” wrote a fan.
Another asked: “How is that racist? I see a little child making a silly face.”
“I’m Chinese. If you mock Asian eyes, you pull OUT not UP,” a third pointed out.
