It doesn't read like satire to me personally, I don't think it went far enough over the top to make it clear that it was meant as a joke. The way it's worded, also gives me the impression the user really believes what he said...
Yeah, I don't think anyone can argue that it wasn't stereotyping.
Even if it was meant in jest it's still the repetition of the "Asians are good at school" stereotype.
So if you think that kind of stereotyping is racist then the post is racist.
I think a more interesting question is exactly how the racism works in this post.
Roughly, the poster is saying that Asians are:
Super cute
Well behaved
Good at school
So it's nothing hateful or malicious or anything like that. He's stereotyping Asians but it's not like he's doing it in a mean spirited way.
OR is the racism here that he is basically saying that Asians are superior at being cute, well behaved and good at school. In a sense he is being racist to all non-Asians by saying Asians are the best at these things. He's some kind of Asian Supremacist?
It could be both, right? On one hand he is stereotyping Asians and putting unrealistic expectations on an entire race to live up to. On the other hand he is running down all other races by saying Asians are the best at these things.
In the context of ResetEra it has a couple of other interesting angles.
Firstly, the site is supposedly super opposed to Racism. That's a good thing. Racism is bad and should not be tolerated. They only give the guy a one week ban though. They've deemed his statements to be Racist, they have banned him for being Racist, he can come back in a week though, no worries?Are people still not allowed to even talk about Colin Moriarty on the site? Hm. That's interesting.
Be Racist on the supposedly most anti racist message board. Only get banned for a week. Weird.
Secondly, can we predict how would this fly if a poster said something similar but about white kids?
Like if the poster said "I'd rather adopt a white kid because they have Positive Attribute X".
This would surely not be deemed racism against whites.
It could easily be seen as white supremacy.
Somehow I doubt the ban would be 1 week in that instance.
What's not clear to me in the ban is if it's racists because it's a stereotype, if it's racist because the guy is saying Asians are superior or if it's both.
The history of the site implies that if someone said "white kids are the best" then the ban would be more severe and would not be for "stereotyping whites" but rather would be for "promoting white supremacy".
Probably someone should start a "Ban Bait" thread asking if you'd rather your future child was a boy or a girl...