[sushid]

Wow, I didn't expect anyone to reply to those specific examples. My point was that they're asinine. Context matters and those situations are clearly vague enough that it's doesn't warrant any further discussion.

In Pao's context, the comparisons drawn does suggest a racist undertone, an issue the parent commenter in my post seems to try and skirt around by asking another question.

Basically, you're literally missing my point. I'm pointing at the moon and you're too busying looking at my finger.

As an aside, it's hilarious to me that you think it's accommodating to compare Italians to Mussolini (over Mao or other dictators due to their shared cultural connection).

[mbrameld]

You're focused so hard on the moon while everybody else has been talking about the stars the whole time.

Pao sounds a lot like Mao. It would regardless of the race of the person with the name Pao. Mao was an oppressive dictator. The people that called Pao Chairman Pao weren't doing it because she's Asian, they were doing it because they didn't agree with her leadership style and were comparing it to the style of an oppressive dictator.

You are the one who saw it as a racial thing, the problem is with you.