Olympics-Archery-World Archery's tweet in "chop suey" font receives backlash

TOKYO (Reuters) -The World Archery Federation's use of a font associated with racism against Asians in a tweet https://twitter.com/worldarchery/status/1419757415285723148 celebrating South Korea's Olympic archers on Wednesday has raised eyebrows online. World Archery shared a video that introduced the South Korean women's team, who are competing in individual rounds, using the so-called "chop suey" font to write out their names. World Archery Federation's spokesperson said the use of the font in the tweet to promote archers from South Korea, which dominates Olympic archery, was not racist.



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