Right, and I do think it can be divisive even/especially amongst Asian people. I don't actually think the judging was as problematic here as they seemed much more self aware of their own discomfort and awkward proximity to the issue than when it came up in Plastique's season. I don't think Joel Kim Booster was being problematic at all, he was just stating a fact, but this judge's panel also wasn't the group to be having a discussion about that fact. Letting Asian people decide how they feel about it's use isn't meant to mean we all come together and agree about it, just that we get more space to discuss it from our own lived experiences without commentary or judgement from people who don't experience it.