[aeturnum]

Unless I misread the article, it seemed to claim that gold iphones sold much more quickly in asia than other markets. Observing that fact and say, "that region probably likes gold more than other regions," is not racist. If you were to get off a plane in hong kong and say to the first person you see, "Hey, everyone here loves gold right, do you wanna buy a gold iphone?" That would be racist.

Populations do things, and it's ok to say that they do things. It's not ok to assume individual members of that population do those same things based on their ethnicity.

[mikeash]

Where, exactly, does it say that gold sold out more quickly in Asia?

All I see is that it said gold sold out quickly in Asia. Which of course it did, just like in the rest of the world.

[the_watcher]

Here is a good roundup of evidence that gold is more popular in Asia (BI did a poor job of providing non-anecdotal evidence): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6431520

[mikeash]

Did you notice that I already replied to that comment?