Jap draws cartoon about having a gorilla bf, deduce its about racism

Comic is honestly cringe but having a (jap) character look like a gorilla is a long running gag in their media. Which is why despite being a and that striking my mind first I thought it wouldn't feature too much in the discussion. Ofc that's not the case, redditors are convinced its about Africans.

Again, off the top of my head I can remember three gorilla characters in popular mangay, I've probably seen more just forgotten but it doesn't come into their mind

I don't understand how anyone can be on /r/manga and not have come across this trope in some obviously non racist context in the past. !anime