Asian American here. It’s racist. It offends me because it is racist, and has always been racist.

I’m Asian American. I’m offended by this word. In my experience, it has always been a racist perjorative every time it’s been used.

Like you mentioned in your other comment, you don’t have the American racial experiences with how this is used to understand why this hurts me, so I’d like to clarify that it does.

Asian American. It’s offensive. I probably won’t say anything, but I will look at you funny and assume you’re ignorant at best.