Archery's governing body tweeted a font associated with racist stereotypes when celebrating South Korea's Olympic team

• The World Archery Federation has posted a tweet that contains a font associated with racism.
• The organization made the tweet in support of South Korea's archery team at the 2020 Olympics.
• However, as Reuters points out, the font has perpetuated racist stereotypes.

The World Archery Federation posted a tweet Monday that celebrated South Korea's Olympic team, but the post contained a font associated with racism.

South Korea has returned three gold medals in the archery events at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. In the men's bracket Kim Je-Deok, Kim Woo-jin, and Oh Jin-hyek delivered championship performances. In the mixed bracket Kim Je-deok and An San took gold, while An San, Jang Min-hee, and Kang Chae-young did so in the women's bracket.

The women's team in particular traditionally dominates the archery field. South Korea has now won nine out of nine events since the competition was added to the Olympic program ahead of the 1988 Games in Seoul.

Ahead of the women's team success this year, the World Archery Federation posted the following tweet in support of the team:

-World Archery (@worldarchery) July 26, 2021

The tweet attracted widespread condemnation from the platform's users.

As Reuters points out the font is often called things like "chop suey," or "wonton," and has been widely used in Chinese and Chinese-themed restaurants in the western world. The font emulates the brushstrokes used in Chinese caligraphy, but does so in a cartoonish manner.

The font has also perpetuated racist stereotypes and Reuters reported that "the font has appeared in racist leaflets and posters to exclude Chinese Americans in the United States."

The news service reported that a spokesperson for the World Archery Federation said the font was not racist.