I think the racists connotation came first, but I also heard it explained as an acronym - "Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancement"

Discussions like this always bring me back to one thing...can a word itself be racist? Is it racist to use a word if it's not being said with racist intent? It's reminiscent of the gimp debacle...if a words use isn't intended to offend it's honestly beyond me how anyone could find it offensive. Are we supposed to ban every single word that has the slightest history of being used in an offensive fashion? Feel like we'd have a really long list if we did that.

It's not a pejorative toward asian men at all. Not everyone is as racist as you.

I first heard the term "ricer" from some Asian kids I knew in high school so I've never really considered it racist. But then... The N word is also mostly used by black guys (in my experience; don't run into too many super racist non-black people who use it) and it is racist so... 🤷🏻‍♂️

This is the same shit as with r/animemes and the word trap back on reddit.

I just realized that "racer" with an Australian accent is "ricer" with an American accent. That makes it sound less mean.